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May
31
2007
Campari Bottle Light Fixture
We had Mother’s Day brunch at Barndiva in Healdsburg where I spotted these fantastic Campari-bottle light fixtures. A friend of mine used empty Campari bottles as bud vases for big white lilies at her wedding, and I’ve seen them used to hold swizzle sticks or long fireplace matches. This light fixture takes the prize. I love beautifully designed objects with a sense of humor.
I’ve never seen Campari bottles like that before. Are they available in the US?
Fantastic use of Flickr, too.
I love Healdsburg…good find.
I need to buy that and ship it to my cousin and Germany. The last time I drank Campari, I was with her and then there was this red haze…
oops, cousin IN Germany. But hell. I guess I could ship it to all of Germany too. I am sure they would appreciate it.
It’s designed by german designer Ingo Maurer, http://www.ingo-maurer.com. You should check him out – a lot of his lamps are fun, like the bulb with wings and the canned light.
This is completely gorgeous and Bossy wants Campari Bottle Everything and Bossy is going to become an alcoholic to prove it.
Those Campari bottles aren’t available in the US as far as I know – they’re Campari “soda” and the only time I saw them was when a friend who works for Gruppo Campari brought some back from the old country…
That’s both gorgeous and kitschy-campy, which is absolutely a winning combination. I need one.
strange coincidence – was just flipping through dwell and saw this lamp in an ad. you can purchase here: http://www.formplusfunction.com/3465.htm
i’ve always loved the bulb with wings lamp. the price for the campari lamp isn’t bad considering the bulb with wings lamp is between $600 – $700!
This is much like Sanbitter. A most entertaining homage/commercial for Sanbitter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Zu_JMi22w
We found some at a Twice as Nice store in Groveland, Calif. Too delicious to make a lamp out of.
I happened to be at Barndiva with a friend last night. I saw these fixtures, and thought to myself “Where have I seen these before?” I was pleased to tell my friend that I saw those fixtures here first. :^)
I was smitten with these & emailed the link to my boyfriend and, ever the practical one, he replied:
“That light fixture is interesting, but I wonder if the color degrades over time due to photo oxidation of the pigment. I bet it will end up brownish in about a year. If not, I’m not sure that I would want to drink that stuff…”
Do you know how long they’ve had it up?
oh this looks really interesting, but i think that the light is not very strong, am i wrong?