Everything old is new again, or so it goes with this latest novelty lamp design called “Good Night Eileen” by Christine Birkhoven. Mixing old uses with new technologies, this lamp design is intended for people who clearly posses the modern convenience of light switches and electricity, but prefer to walk around with their light source in hand, for those moments investigating that creepy breathing noise coming out of your attic or basement. Pull the lamp from its base and the light comes on, set it back down and it fades to black. Using energy efficient LED lights with electricity transferred between the lamp and its ceramic base via magnetic induction, this design is clean, modern and old school fun.
On first sight, the Octocube ( Designer Vivien Muller) is all smoke and mirrors. You could spend quite a while trying to figure out what it is or does. Go on. See if you can figure it out. If you can’t work it out from the pictures alone then how about the name. Octocube. Any help? The sharper eye will observe the 2 cables/pipes at the rear so surely it does something right? Designer Vivien Muller has created this little mystery for your Thursday morning enjoyment. Give up? Entirely created from a single 90 degree elbow, the Octocube builds up into a radiant heater with a large surface area, and the inherent flexibility and modularity of the elbow. It is designed to be a sculptural heater that fits in with any interior.
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Which brings me to this truly genius and humanitarian way to rid your lawn or outdoor space of pesky flies. The “Anti-Fly Sphere Device” by designer José de la O is based on an old Mexican solution of ridding flies by hanging clear plastic bags filled with water just above taco stands. The refraction of the water, amplifies the colors and movements that catch the complex eyes of a fly reflected on the sphere, scaring the offending flies away. Yes, it is fly on fly crime, but isn’t that their problem?
