Today’s Daily Lamp offering is something pretty cool from Something.
Seriously. The design firm is called Something. Two designer pals, Daniel Debiasi and Federico Sandri, created an industrial design firm that seems to be doing pretty well. Today’s Daily Lamp is certainly something I would own, fo sho!
Naica is the name of a northern Mexican city, pretty famous for its crystal mine. Have you ever seen images of the mammoth crystal formations in Mexico?
Yeah. It’s that one.
From the product page for Naica at Something:
Reminding a bit on a cavern itself, these lamps are inspired by carbide lanterns from the past, originally used by miners. The light is diffused by reflection, creating a gently faded glow on the inner surface of the ceramics.
The cable covered with fabric doubles as a handle to easily move the lamp from one spot to another. The lamp is available either in white or with a red coloured cavity.
This is a really stunning lamp. I would love to see this sitting in my bedroom right now!
For contrast, the lamp makers mention its inspiration draws from carbide lamps from the mining days. Have you seen one of these?
I had to know more about this crazy cave at Naica. This thing has crystals of Selenite that are 4 feet wide in some places. That boggles my mind! I found this crazy video of a team going into the cave — for some reason they’re all packed up with ice. I’ve seen several videos now that have people trapsing through the Naica caves, but none with the kind of protection this crew has.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbRBK8Rm1EQ&w
