Attack of the killer task lamp! (Just kidding.) Since reviewing novelty store GreatBigStuff.com last week, we've had giant-sized home goods on the brain, particularly lighting. In the right space, an oversized light fixture can bring a sense of scale, humor, and play. Click below for some high and low suggestions...
Top Photo: Giant Anglepoise from ShowHome, £1390
Leran Pendant Lamp from IKEA, $89.99
fl/y Lamp at Hive Modern, $293
Other suggestions for oversized lights? Let us know in the comments below.
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Comments (8)
Holy honey I shrunk the kids that is a HUGE orange lamp
It's Mork's Egg!
Wow, these are fun examples, although I don't think the high/low part of this post really materialized.
I agree about the "High/Low"...
Shouldn't that be for "This is the expensive/designer item, and here's a lower priced/more accessible but similarly designed substitute?" articles like Met Home does?
Stop taunting me, coconut chair. I cannot afford you!
i would LOVE that chair! where is it from?
i get a kick out of these big things too
Well, this is the classic "high" example, I'd think:
http://www.surrounding.com/Products/Flos/SUPERARCHIMOON.asp
As for the Coconut chair:
http://www.hermanmillerseating.com/asp/show_detail.asp?sku=HML1146&refid=FR292-HML1146
$4k and it's yours
In a word...
Silly!