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Refined Wood Meets Steampunk Meets Geeky-Nerdy Lamp

By on July 12, 2015 in blinking lights, design, furniture, gadgets, general geekery, gifts, hand crafted, kickstarter, more nerd than geek, refined wood

alampI really dig this simple, yet refined lamp design by Erol Chandler. The simple triangle shaped lamp, made of hand-finished eastern walnut hardwood, features small Edison-style teardrop bulb suspended from the top of the a-frame and a red cloth cord with a two way dimmer switch is the original A-Lamp. Chandler has introduced other designs, including his O-Lamp, which are now available via his Kickstarter campaign.

THIS is a classy, geeky (and admittedly, a tad nerdy) lamp. It is well finished and combines the Edison style bulbs that are a favorite of steampunk fans with fine crafted and stained wood.

Geeks will love the mechanical toggle switch which blends ease of use with industrial design. The toggle features a 2-position dimmer, to boot. There’s a lot to love about these simple, elegant conversation pieces.

As of this writing, there are 12 days left on this Kickstarter and a few early bird options are still available.

You can follow A-Lamp Design on Instagram, Twitter and their website.

 

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Techno-geek LED Base Lamp Turns Your Geekery Into Light

By on June 25, 2015 in blinking lights, furniture, general geekery, kickstarter, more nerd than geek, refined wood

baselamp1New York designer, Luke Kelly, digs lamps. He makes all kinds – but he’s crafted a special kind of lamp that fuses everyone’s need for light with a geeks need to have refined wood, heat sinks and LEDs that can dim – all in the same package.

Kelly calls his new creation Base Lamp and he’s launched a Kickstarter to get it into your hands. He demonstrates in the campaign’s video that you can use almost anything to be a lamp – but I think it’s far more than that. It is like museum lighting for your coolest keepsakes or mementos that you wish to display. Backers have the option to get a base in bamboo or American walnut. The lamps are manufactured in the USA.

You can follow this project on Facebook, Twitter and on the designer’s website.

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