Bottled Lamps by Kiki van Eijk

Kiki van Eijk presents a new collection of hand-made glass lampshades at Eat Drink Design, the temporary restaurant set up in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week this week (and which continues until Sunday 28 October).

See our earlier story on Eat Drink Design here

See all our stories about Dutch Design Week 2007 here

Here’s some text from Kiki about the lamps and also a glass carafe that is part of the collection:

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Bottled Lamps (22 x 22 x 30cm, glass)

Lamps inspired on the beautiful glass bottles of medieval times. These bottles were mainly used to store herbs and liquor. The subtle contrast of the matte and clear glass gives a magic appearance, but also shows patterns inspired on the scenery around the table and kitchen in medieval times. Herbs, kitchen tools, sugar-tongs, deers of pate and cups form a neat play of light. Every lamp in the series is different and therefore unique.

Bottled Carafe (40 x 40 x 53 cm, glass)

A Carafe inspired on the beautiful glass bottles of medieval times these bottles were mainly used to store herbs and liquor. The subtle contrast of the matte and clear glass gives a magic appearance, but also shows patterns inspired on the scenery around the table and kitchen in medieval times. Herbs, kitchen tools, sugar-tongs, deers of pate and cups form a neat play with the liquor that can be stored into this giant bottle.

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