Floor Lamps We Love: Light List One

Today I'm excited about: lamps that start at the floor.

I'm not going to try and tell you that this is a list of my all time favourite lamps, but lets just say that this is list number one of lights that excite me. Today's light list feature those that start at the floor. This month, Dwell magazine came out with an article on "Pendant Lamps We Love", so this is NWNS' "Floor Lamps We Love".

You may have noticed the token makes-a-room-look-expensive-and-magazine-ready-lamp: Flos Arco Lamp? Well, this is the better looking and more affordable rip-off that's still too expensive: The Arc Floor Lamp from Chiasso. Not wanting to spend almost $3000 on the original, you can have the Chiasso in your home $448 later.



For the same price, the beautiful (and my pick, definitely): Shower Mega Floor Lamp by BoConcept.



And, of course, CB2 makes an excellent rendition, with their $199 (!!!!) iPod white: Bauhaus Arc Lamp.



Another BIG favourite of mine, is the Luxo Great-1. Remember Jac Jacobsen’s iconic Luxo L-1 Desk Lamp which, since the 1930's, has sat on every desk or workspace on the planet, and the beginning of each Pixar film? You know - the one armed, fully adjustable, spring spined, white lamp that was ever-so practical (and cute on screen)? Well, for it's 70th anniversary, the Great-1 was built. Same light, only 14 feet high. Remarkably looking, and remarkably priced ($9500). You will fall in love. Even if you never thought you could feel anything for incandescent lighting. You will.



Sorry for the terribly cheesy photo, equipped with its overly dramatic female model and makes-a-room-look-expensive-and-magazine-ready-chair. Go see it at your local DWR. Worth. It.

Way to Be Transparent

Today I'm excited about; tiny succulents, things that you can see through.

I love transparency in design. Now, I don't mean the transparency design of 1998, with its tacky see through g-shock watches and calculators showing their naked mother boards. I'm talking about transparency that provides space, and light, and a sterile cleanliness you just want to pocket.




Today I'm incredibly excited about Lítill's interpretation of desk top - hard to kill - indoor plants: Modern Terrariums. These never identical, magical realms of tiny succulents, are housed by hand blown glass that remind of sad, tired, purses you never want to pick up. Their thin glass walls somehow don't provide that ship-in-a-bottle-from-a-garage-sale feel, but rather, this ethereal fauna space that seems static but is alive. Shipped with precise set up and up keep instructions for anywhere between $150 - $800, these beautiful lítill worlds of frigid plants are to die for. squeal.

So, to shout out to my favourite, affordable design store, CB2, Crate & Barrel's trendier and a little less upper east side younger brother ... a spot light on three objects that I could stare at for hours at length; a cup, an hour glass and a set of acrylic office accessories you'd not dare purchase for anyone else.







Then, of course there is Philippe Starck for Kartell and his Lou Lou Ghost chairs for $135 a pop - I WANT!!



... and for poops and giggles, this transparent toaster by Kancept, which is currently under works (said a blog from '06) - actually, it makes a lot of sense.

A Place and Time for Everything

Today I'm excited about; bookshelves and clocks.

There is a place and time for everything ... it just depends how much you want to spend, and sometimes, how much time you want to spend placing it. Makes sense? Didn't think so.



Here is what I'm excited about: a book shelf so clean, and so perfect and so beautiful that I want to kick myself in the shin for not creating it first. Sure, it costs $3000, but the genius designers Mike and Maaike deserve the bloody cash for this. "JUXTAPOSED: Power" is the answer to every minimalist OCD who hates laying books on their side or in a box under the bed because of its unfortunate oversize spine, or undersized accompanied shelf height.

Of course, this said OCD might feel queazy when a friend goes to read a book from Mike and Maaike's shelving piece, so the only way to achieve success is to partner this $3000 block of wood with a half dozen rubbish hard covers that detail the meetings of some company no one would ever care to breath of.

OR, there are these other alternatives: book-bookshelves!

A shelf of books by Jennion



A shelf of national geographic magazines by Sean Miller.



And for no other reason, besides working (pretty badly) with the title of this posting - a shout out to my favourite clock by Jonas Damon. The 80 dollar steal I steal wouldn't buy hahah! - "Numbers Clock"

Starting with Farleys

Today I'm excited about: coffee, dwell magazine, free online flash generators.

The search for the finest cappuccino will be something I do forever, and only because every cafe is just as thrilling as the last, whether i like or dislike. I've learnt that usually, in america, my desired drink of "a small cap thanks" needs to be translated as "a latte with the smallest cup you've got" but not at Farley's on 65th in Oakland.

What once was Bailey's, is now Farley's - and they know coffee. They call it community in a cup, but i call it yum for $2.50



The second best bit is that they sell magazines, that are mostly for drinkers to peruse through whilst they wait to sip, and as they sip. Takes me to my young squealing crush for dwell magazine and specifically their "100 houses we love" special edition out now, and on shelves at your local Farley's. S-weet.

If you haven't heard, I've just started up my own web design company called Kuchikoo! We've (what am I talking about - I've) already launched site number four, but I'm wanting to expand my capabilities as a web designer. And so, I've found myself getting quite excited (and stressed from my lack of sleep because of this finding) for free online flash generators. Whilst I am totally aware that these have been in existence for a while, I have only just found it, and so I'm excited about it today.

Let's see if this blog keeps on-a movin.