Nelson Platinum Lamp

Bedtime glam. While Jonathan Adler has left us cold with his new stuff, his earliest designs (the one that made him well known) continue to astound. The Nelson (Major and Minor) are true classics (and copied all over the place) and we love the platinum version (thought at $495 the price is hard to swallow).

We pitch this for Bedroom month as one of a number of perfect bedside lamp combinations.... MGR

Comments (5)

Buying a knockoff and painting the base silver may be an affordable subsitute, no?

posted by ny on 2005-02-15 16:01:40

Excuse me Max, but why is $495 hard to swallow when
you quote a price for lamps starting at $620 in the post
just below? Sometimes I'm a little baffled by just what is considered pricey on this site....not just this site.

posted by Janet on 2005-02-15 16:13:43

"Copied all over the place"?? Isn't this lamp and the whole series one gigantic knock-off of George Nelson's lamps (after which they are named)?
I've always believed Adler is only as good as the sources he's ripping-off are obscure-- The black and white stripe pieces which started his career - originally Scandinavian glass and often seen in Christie's catalogs (same shapes even). His Morandi vases - there's a NYC potter who does the exact same thing. His Relief vases - Klein&Reid's early work. His Utopia pieces - COMPLETE Bjorn Winblad rip offs. His design career - hello David Hicks? Even the "Aunt in Palm Springs" concept for the PS hotel was done a few years ago in a NJ store that sold his work! Give me a break.

posted by Greg on 2005-02-24 18:11:35

Amen Greg!!! His entire career is one big shameless knock off.

posted by Peter on 2005-03-20 15:44:15

Retort to old post: ALL commercially successful designers are "naturally unoriginal" so give Jon Adler a break. Any designer out there who claims to be be so original always-ALWAYS is influenced by someone who is in their same field. To "copy" a well known and influential group of designers such as Adler has done and make it their own should be applauded, because after all he is actually making it his own based on the design objects we've all loved in the past, as he does. Actually I am tired of the uberoriginal designer alternativos that have websites that don't even try to sell their unpalletable pieces, which never see the light of day. There is a reason we love Eames, Nelson, Hicks, et al. They found a way to take their influences, make them their own, and most importantly--show it to us, the public. We should all do this.

posted by guy2k on 2006-04-16 10:50:32