Perspektiva Lamp by Transparent House

San Francisco-based Transparent House had an idea: To integrate an iconic object -- such as a vintage Leica -- into modern-day life while maintaining the qualities of art and function. Their Perspektiva Lamp uses the camera as a lighting source.

Still in concept form, more details are here.

Comments (12)

So beautiful! I love the idea!!

posted by M&Co on April 3rd 2008 at 3:58pm
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Neat idea!
I also want those amazing gold chairs!

posted by siongchinchan on April 3rd 2008 at 4:02pm
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I think the semantics of this are a bit warped.

posted by visualingual on April 3rd 2008 at 4:12pm
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I can't believe they are destroying beautiful old cameras for lighting purposes. Blech!

posted by incara on April 3rd 2008 at 4:15pm
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I would much rather have the camera!

posted by laura c on April 3rd 2008 at 4:58pm
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I think this is cool for cameras that don't work anymore, which I'm hoping is what happened to these cameras. Once they're not light tight, they won't work, but they can work as lighting!

posted by OneWallKitchen on April 3rd 2008 at 6:35pm
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Nice idea. The tripod is too bulky, though. I would love a real Leica for use as a camera.

posted by cali-nys on April 3rd 2008 at 7:24pm
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That is a silly idea for a lamp! But I love the chairs in the first and third pictures.

posted by crash on April 3rd 2008 at 10:38pm
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Silly!

Do you guys know what an Old Leica Costs?

That is going to be One Expensive set of lamps, I would rather buy some really nice lamps that dont look silly after a month or two.

posted by phauxtoe on April 4th 2008 at 3:27am
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I would definitely rather have the vintage Leica.

posted by misssphinx on April 4th 2008 at 7:30am
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Love the chairs and the chess set. They have such nice clean lines.

posted by AnnadyL on April 4th 2008 at 9:00am
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Personally, I like the lamp here a lot more: it's the same idea, but without the camera.

posted by Mam rad pivo on April 4th 2008 at 10:30am
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