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Warholian Campbell’s Soup Can Lighting

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Whether or not you’re thinking of them as a thematic tie in to that Warhol lithograph you’ve got hanging in the hallway, how cool would it be to have such groovy lamps illuminating your kitchen? These Pop Art pendant lights are made from recycled, industrial-sized food cans adorned with a fabricated Campbell’s Soup label replica. They are so neat! Designed by designer Willem Heeffer, specifications are below:

Recycled can with Campbell’s Soup label
Three core textile cable
Recycled tuna can ceiling rose (see photo detail below)
E27 40w bulb
Measures 15cm x 15cm

Available exclusively through FUSE Finds across the pond, these lamps retail for £80 GBP/ €90 Euros (or about $115) Each or €225 Euros/Set of 3 (Shipping not included).

Ceiling Detail

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Rad Website of the Day: Pop Culture Princess!

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Going to the mail box each day is always an exciting adventure. I never know what goodies I’ll find awaiting me there in the way of new CDs, DVDs or books to review for this here blog. Every day is Christmas when you’re me! Free stuff! Yesterday, though, I was quite surprised to receive a small package from an address I did not recognize.
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Cool Thing of The Day: Skulls Spoons!

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Ah, spoons to die for! Artist Tom Sale (aka “Pinky Diablo”) takes vintage sterling silver or silver-plated spoons and fashions skulls out of the bowl using a Dremel tool and buffing wheel. Me gustan! There’s a cool story on Tom’s spoons, which sell for $45 each, over at Harsh Forms.

Thanks to Neatorama for the Tip!

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Pink Thing of The Day: Pink Roller Coaster Bed

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La Montaña Rusa, 2008
Mixed media
98 x 315 x 170 inches (248.9 x 800.1 x 431.8 cm)
By Cuban artist Duo Los Carpinteros.

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Remembering Designer and Artist Tobias Wong

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This is a Lamp Illuminated Philippe Starck Bubble Chair By Tobias Wong

Designer and fine contemporary artist, Tobias Wong, passed away on May 30th from an apparent suicide, but for some reason I didn’t hear about his death until today. Tobias Wong was known for outrageous send ups of luxury goods and humorous appropriation of work by other designers or businesses – such as McDonald’s Restaurants – which blurred the line between conceptual art and design. He first gained the attention of the design press in 2001 when he turned a Philippe Starck Bubble Club chair into the lamp pictured above.

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