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Happy Houses: Embroidered Pictures Brighten History

Posted: 11 Oct 2013 10:00 AM PDT

floating away embroidered house

Combining vintage photographs with colorful thread, Netherlands-based design studio Happy Red Fish turns out mixed media art pieces in a series called “Lonely Houses.”

climbing

float

 

Artist Hagar Vardimon-Van Heummen finds old photos of houses in books, cuts them out, and adds a rather happy element to the often-gloomy images.

all these words

on the shore

Using colorful embroidery thread, the artist stitches shapes and patterns right onto the pictures. Some cover the entire original picture; others add unexpected shocks of color around and atop the homes.

tower

dripping

One of the loveliest parts of Vardimon-Van Heummen’s creations is the way the thread can extend the homes’ spatial scope or make them appear to be in the midst of floating away.

forward

roots and clouds

The combined materials are a bit outside of the norm, adding a layer of personality and contemporary charm to the pictures that were previously only static images of the past.


    

Pill-Shaped Lamp is the Prescription for Bedtime Reading

Posted: 10 Oct 2013 04:00 PM PDT

capsule reading lamp solar powered

Reading before bed is one of the simple pleasures of life. Waking up a few hours later to realize you’ve left your very bright bedside lamp on and gotten a terrible night’s sleep because of it isn’t such a pleasure. The Capsule Lamp by designer Teng Shao lets you have your books and sleep well, too.

capsule lamp solar light

In its closed position, you might not even recognize this object as a lamp. But when you pull up a bit on the top, a light source is revealed. There are no cords or switches; the lamp features internal solar panels that charge the lamp during daylight hours.

adjustable solar reading lamp

The Capsule Lamp has two modes: reading mode, in which the fixture provides constant, steady light, and damping mode, which is ideal for bedtime readers. In damping mode the cover slowly moves down until it is in the “off” position. Twisting the shade can speed up or slow down the rate at which the cover lowers. The concept is far more appealing than, say, plugging your regular bedside lamp into an outlet timer.


    

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