lamp shopping makes me feel old af

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

lamp shopping makes me feel old af

apparently the hot new thing is LED lamps with the bulb *baked into the fucking lamp*

so i'm expected to buy a new set of lamps in 8 years

is everyone on crack or what

[thisisnotparakovsky@convo.casa]

@sean_ae NO YOU GUYS GOOD IT IS JUST ME ON CRACKERS

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@thisisnotparakovsky how tf are you even on the internet rn lol

[thisisnotparakovsky@convo.casa]

@sean_ae V.P.N BUT DONT TELL PUTIN

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@thisisnotparakovsky life finds a way

[sfn@mastodon.world]

@sean_ae what kinda lamps are u into, i went down that rabbithole like 2 yrs ago

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@kilroy_was_here it's the worst bait and switch ever

like 'hey LEDs are cool they last for years, how about we just sell lamps with them built in, win win'

no

[rohsignal@social.elegantnoise.eu]

@sean_ae 8 years, if all goes well... unfortunately, you have to expect planned obsolescence too

[casualobserver@post.lurk.org]

@sean_ae The spectral profile from led lamps is often also somewhat nauseating tbh

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@sfn the irony here is i'm after a few Luxo L-1s for a room i'm fitting out

for some reason the E27 version isn't available in Norway and i have to get it from mainland EU

in Norway you can only get the LED version

like why tf is there only an LED version of a lamp designed in 1937 available in the country the lamp was designed in

[sfn@mastodon.world]

@sean_ae lol i ran into the same thing when i got a Tizio Artemide

i managed to find the original version on light11.eu, they also got some great deals quite often

[qebo@c.im]

@sean_ae you know, there are other ways

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@sfn tizios are well lush

i did consider tolomeos but i heard they're a bit flimsy these days so i thought why not go for the uber classic plus it's norwegian ykwim

[sfn@mastodon.world]

@sean_ae yeah but tbh they are so iconic i just had to get one its the one i use on my desk that only has the genelecs, laptop and killamix pretty much. its like its part of the setup

that chair i showed u a good good while ago is also norwegian design and made in norway, HÅG Capisco, whats up with norway making so many well balanced things btw, great design, functional and timeless really

[sfn@mastodon.world]

@sean_ae btw when i was digging through lamps i also got a small one of this: https://midgard.com/collections/ayno they are mad cool imo, i still havent found a great place for it its just there on a coffee table but its one of my fav design wise. should have gotten the big floor one but its a bit too expensive

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@sfn this is what's so maddening about the Luxos, i mean they didn't really change the design on the E27 one at all they just made the internals a bit safer

but an LED L-1 with a built in bulb is just all kinds of wrong, someone needs to have a word with them

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@sfn i would be walking into that thing all the time but it is very pretty

the big tolomeos are nice looking as well but you see them everywhere now

[sfn@mastodon.world]

@sean_ae yeah the built in leds are kind of very hard to understand lol

i do walk into all the time and it swings back and forth a bit until settles but yeah its just pretty plus there is a built in dimmer which i like

i really liked also this from Artemide: https://www.artemide.com/contents/immagini/subfamily/stellar_nebula_gallery5085354-1920x1080.jpg not a work lamp but its so pretty, not for my wallet tho lol, i think the table version (this) is like 2000 eur

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

@sfn yeah that's sweet and also very weird, like 'how about we make an egg emitting a rainbow lol'

i love artimede and i don't think they're too expensive; if you want it to look like that it's not like you can find a budget option

[sean_ae@post.lurk.org]

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