The lamps in my house(arslan.io)
335 points by farslan 8 days ago | 126 comments
tl;dr: A designer tours ~15 iconic lamps in his home, including Artemide's Tolomeo and Tizio, multiple Isamu Noguchi Akari paper lanterns, Louis Poulsen's PH 5 and PH 3/2, Arne Jacobsen's AJ wall lamp, Jean Prouvé's Lampe de Bureau, and newer pieces from HAY and Marset. He details each lamp's designer, history, and personal use, acknowledging they're expensive but worth it as collectibles, and closes with his own 3D-printed Block Lamp design from 2025.
HN Discussion:
  • ~Recommends alternative affordable lamps outside the author's curated collection
  • ↑Reinforces the article's premise that eye-level lamps are superior lighting design
  • •Shares linguistic/cultural tangent sparked by the article's Akari note
  • ↑Praises the author's collection and suggests additional iconic designer lamps to explore
  • ↓Criticizes specific lamps the author celebrates (Tizio) as poorly engineered