The beauty of this chandelier is that it is actually a knitting machine — when the lamp is turned on, it knits its own lampshade.
A project from 2006 (while Nadine was a student at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands) this design is still fresh in our eyes!
More recently, Nadine Sterk contributed to the Fundamentals of Makkum Ceramic Tableware. You can see even more projects at Atelier NL.
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How very amazing. The coolest thing I've seen in a long time.
it is definately amazing but what happens when it gets too long....do u have to stay in the dark to stop it?
Okay, I go in for quirky, but did this contraption come from the World's Fair or what? The 'nice' thing I can write is that it has a sort of Deco look. If I had the ceiling for it I'd have it threaded in black, as in the first half of the last image. p.s. Does it make noise while it's knitting? My dogs would never stop barking at it!
That has to be the most original, outside-the-box thing I have seen in a long time.
Wow. At first I thought it was an interesting variation of the Munari Falkland lamp for Danese, but after reading the concept I realize it's much, much more.
This blows me away. Superb.
!?!?
Sorry, but that's just ridiculous. And totally, utterly useless.
How very cool!
Shouldn't it be the "Rapunzel" chandelier?
Insanity.
OMG, what?!? It's absurd, and I love it!
It looks like a ufo beaming down for probing victims. I think it's a bit industrial for the home, but I think it could be very lovely and interesting elsewhere...
Also, how long does the chandelier continue knitting the shade? It seems pointless to make such a contraption for a one time use.
Nadine does deserve credit for coming up with something so creatively different.
If only she could teach it to knit sweaters and socks. . .
THats so amazing! EVen without the shade it would be awesome looking...but what would you do with all the shades it knitted? LOL I can imagine telling by boyfriend to pickup lightbulbs and yarn on his way home hahaha!
a neat idea on paper... but silly in real life. I think only a knitting shop or devoted hobbyist could live with a lamp that needs lampshade cuts and yarn "food".
What? Why?!?!
What do you do when it gets too long?
What about when the thread runs out, does it just fall to the floor?
This is beyond ridiculous.
It's not supposed to be practical! Very cool idea with a great look. That's what design is about.
AWESOME