Yesterday, I started the curate the world project and spent some time thinking about why I like my lamp. It appears I am sentimentally attached to it, I never knew I felt this way before...
Here's the objective stuff on the lamp, the subjective is far too personal to share with my blog. I love my lamp.
The lamp
The lamp has a wide base which curves into a long slim stem and mimics an elegant vase. It tapers in the middle to be balanced out by the large rounded shade at the top. If the shade were any bigger, it would seem top heavy but the length of the base stem counteracts this. The lamp is taller than most other table lamps and this gives it a strong presence and a larger scale, exacerbated by the long slim stem and width of the shade.
The base is ceramic with a glossy red paint overlay which gives off a sleek shine and a smooth look. The shade is woven acrylic with a plastic backing and a slim acrylic trim around the top and the bottom. The woven nature of the material of the shade adds a softer contrast to the shiny, harshness of the base and the trim adds a finishing line at the top and bottom of the shade.
Its function is that of providing light(!). Light is filtered through the red shade to create an amber red glow on a cream wall which projects in thick shapes and creates impact with its shadows. The lamp is from Habitat and is not rare or expensive (although it is now out of stock so I cannot get hold of another) but is an example of how good design can be mass produced and available to all.
The lamp has a wide base which curves into a long slim stem and mimics an elegant vase. It tapers in the middle to be balanced out by the large rounded shade at the top. If the shade were any bigger, it would seem top heavy but the length of the base stem counteracts this. The lamp is taller than most other table lamps and this gives it a strong presence and a larger scale, exacerbated by the long slim stem and width of the shade.
The base is ceramic with a glossy red paint overlay which gives off a sleek shine and a smooth look. The shade is woven acrylic with a plastic backing and a slim acrylic trim around the top and the bottom. The woven nature of the material of the shade adds a softer contrast to the shiny, harshness of the base and the trim adds a finishing line at the top and bottom of the shade.
Its function is that of providing light(!). Light is filtered through the red shade to create an amber red glow on a cream wall which projects in thick shapes and creates impact with its shadows. The lamp is from Habitat and is not rare or expensive (although it is now out of stock so I cannot get hold of another) but is an example of how good design can be mass produced and available to all.
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