Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
"The gourd is an annual tropical vine originating in Africa and Asia. Its dried, lignified fruits are used for various decorative as well as practical purposes.
Calabarte creates lamps from this unique fruit through a process of manual perforation and framing. Wholly natural materials and the highest quality of craftsmanship allow for unusual effects. In each interior these lamps create a unique atmosphere, which makes it possible to enjoy light in more than just pragmatic terms."
Well, some neighborhoods like Dyker Heights, Brooklyn make sure that there are plenty of lights to help the old guy make his way there.
While Dyker Heights puts out a grand display, they are not alone. Melbourne, Australia also sets the bar high when it comes to wrapping their homes in lights.
Here's a look at some of the more spectacular extremely lit holiday homes and cities across the world."
The Holburne Museum in Bath in the United Kingdom is giving its visitors a new winter experience – and it makes a very cool change from the usual decorative lights we see at this time of year!
Field of Light, the artwork of acclaimed lighting artist Bruce Munro, was yesterday switched on in the grounds of the Museum.
In late October 2008, Bruce Munro and a team of 5 installed the Field of Light on the grassy roof of the visitor’s centre, called the Link Building, at the Eden Project in Cornwall. They worked over three days to install this version of FoL, made of 6,000 acrylic stems through which fibre optic cables run, each crowned with a clear glass sphere. There are 11 external projectors and each one sends different colours down the fibre to it’s circle of stems. The stems themselves hold no electric power at all. The installation covers an area of 60 x 20 meters, using 24, 000 meters of fibre optic cable and is best viewed after dark. It will remain at the Eden Project until the end of March 09.
by Nick Sayers
"We looked at playing card constructions before in this column, but this one by Nick Sayers is impressively intricate. The 270 playing cards each have four slits, and lock together like the classic IQ Lamp. Each card is forced into a curved form because it locks with a neighboring card at two points which are closer together than a card’s width. Light from an internal lamp escapes dramatically from under these curves."
