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Nelson designed the first bubble lamp in 1947, incorporating a self-webbing plastic that was developed for military use. It was typical in the postwar era to incorporate these sorts of military materials in domestic products — even familiar materials like plywood had been greatly improved through military necessity. The result for Nelson was a lamp that was safer to produce and more durable than a paper lantern, cheaper and easier to produce than a silk lantern he had been inspired by, and which above all was incredibly versatile and created an warm glow when illuminated. Here's how he described it, and note how self-deprecating he was:
It was important to me to have certain status symbols around, and one of the symbols was a spherical hanging lamp made in Sweden. It had a silk covering that was very difficult to make; they had to cut gores and sew them onto a wire frame. But I wanted one badly.
We had a modest office and I felt that if I had one of those big hanging spheres from Sweden, it would show that I was really with it, a pillar of contemporary design. One day Bonniers, a Swedish import store in New York, announced a sale of these lamps. I rushed down with one of the guys in the office and found one shopworn sample with thumbmarks on it and a price of $125.
It is hard to remember what $125 meant in the late 'forties … I was furious and was stalking angrily down the stairs when suddenly an image popped into my mind which seemed to have nothing to do with anything. It was a picture in The New York Times some weeks before which showed Liberty ships being mothballed by having the decks covered with netting and then being sprayed with a self-webbing plastic … Whammo! We rushed back to the office and made a roughly spherical frame; we called various places until we located the manufacturer of the spiderwebby spray. By the next night we had a plastic-covered lamp, and when you put a light in it, it glowed, and it did not cost $125."
Source: Stanley Abercrombie, George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design, MIT Press (2000).
Have you ever had one of those weeks where bubbles are the only things that will make it better? TGIF
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...but in a different sense. Non-HDR shot of Travus having a bubble envelope him at a science museum we went to in Asahikawa, Hokkaido (was raining that day so opted for an indoor activity.
Hokkaido, Japan.
Charche salivates the second he lays eyes on a treat. At first he starts blowing bubbles but give him a minute and there is a puddle on the ground!
Taken using my neice Dora bubble blower - slightly adjusted to get a blue cast as it was taken with a plain white celing which was a bit dull
Remember these? This is the History of Bubble Lights.
www.oldchristmaslights.com/bubble_lights1.htm
Be dazzled!!! Watch my son's Tacky Light Tour of Richmond, Virginia.
We went to a birthday party today for Connor's cousin... They had a horse and a pony for the kids to ride and also had a hay ride. Of all the attractions that were there today, a $20 electric bubble maker kept the kids occupied the most...