November 19th, 2007
Honeycomb Lamp
This lamp is so awesome. I saw it and thought “Genius! Why didn’t I think of that?!” Because my name’s not Kouichi Okamoto, that’s why. All you need is one of those corded light bulb fixture thingies and voila! Working lamp. I bet it glows a lovely red. It’s for sale at accessories purveyor Poketo (who I profiled last year).
I’ve long had a sweet spot for pop-open-and-clip paper honeycomb-style decorations. I remember we had a turkey for Thanksgiving and maybe a snowman for the holidays? They also come in pineapple (which I love), wedding bell and snowflake formations. Oooh, I wonder if I could make a skirt in the honeycomb paper style. I’d need someone to clip me in!
Wow. It’s a very beautiful piece of design. Now, just before I shell out $70 (which is reasonable) I’m trying to work out if it’ll be durable… any thoughts?
Oooh I wish I had one sitting here so I could tell you. Looking at the picture, the base of the lamp seems to have a lot of paper so I’m thinking it’s pretty sturdy. Perhaps if you kept it clipped and in use it would have less wear and tear. And I’d keep it away from windows because paper can fade like crazy.