Apr 6, 2024
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was inspired by josh-chun’s beautiful show stopping seal lamp to post MY favorite lamp ……… also animal shaped …………… got it from the thrift store and i was afraid it wouldn’t work. i also did not have anywhere to put it. but it was labeled $0.49 so i said shit whatever !!!!!!!!!!!! turns out it DOES work and casts a spectacular orange glow…….not to mention i found a place for it next to my desk…………….rec of the day is lamps you guys. buy lamps. they will change u
Jan 29, 2025
I love lamps that softly diffuse light — can’t go wrong with lanterns (link here, here and here for inspo), plus they have endless DIY potential. I made this one with a stack of shades + a base from another broken lamp.
Sep 3, 2024
New materials, instruments, software or objects often aren’t the solution for inspiration. Creativity is stoked by limits — work with what you’ve got, and don’t let consumer culture tell you shit about what you need. When you’re not overwhelmed with new, expansive (and expensive!) inputs, the outputs abound.
Anyway, I’ve had this orb lamp and glass fixture cover for a long time, just realized I can put them together. New lamp! Looks like a pearl! Yes, it has a duct tape roll at the base!
Feb 3, 2025
Top Recs from @madcampb
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Mrs. Dalloway: a classic and a masterpiece. It’s a love story.
The baron in the trees: weird and allegorical. A boy goes up into the trees and never comes down.
Memoirs of Hadrian: the only historical fiction I’ve ever loved. Published by a French woman in the 50s after a decades long obsession with the project.
The last samurai: by Helen Dewitt unrelated to the Tom Cruise movie of the same name. A totally original story about the life of the mind.
Family lexicon: a spare memoir/novel about growing up in an anti-fascist family during the rise of Mussolini.
Remains of the day: how does Kazuo Ishiguro do it? He also wrote Klara and the sun rec’d above. Ending is wow.
More: East of Eden, Middlemarch, The things they carried, Close to the knives, Giovanni’s room, Just kids, The Road, The myth of Sisyphus
Apr 30, 2024
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Damn y’all I couldn’t recommend this more
Apr 2, 2024