Campari Bottle Light Fixture

May 31 2007

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.

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  1. Comment by Alyce | May 31st, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    I’ve never seen Campari bottles like that before. Are they available in the US?

  2. Comment by Mrs. Kennedy | May 31st, 2007 at 12:38 pm

    Fantastic use of Flickr, too.

  3. Comment by Barbara | May 31st, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    I love Healdsburg…good find.

  4. Comment by aimee/greeblemonkey | May 31st, 2007 at 9:05 pm

    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…

  5. Comment by aimee/greeblemonkey | May 31st, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    oops, cousin IN Germany. But hell. I guess I could ship it to all of Germany too. I am sure they would appreciate it.

  6. Comment by Sarah | May 31st, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    It’s designed by german designer Ingo Maurer, 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.

  7. Comment by BOSSY | June 1st, 2007 at 9:28 am

    This is completely gorgeous and Bossy wants Campari Bottle Everything and Bossy is going to become an alcoholic to prove it.

  8. Comment by jas | June 1st, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    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…

  9. Comment by Melanie | June 1st, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    That’s both gorgeous and kitschy-campy, which is absolutely a winning combination. I need one.

  10. Comment by denise | June 2nd, 2007 at 9:18 am

    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!

  11. Comment by Pam | June 3rd, 2007 at 8:13 am

    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.

  12. Comment by Buy Replica Watches | June 10th, 2007 at 5:15 am

    Buy Replica Watches…

    Buy Replica Watches…

  13. Comment by Duaneo | June 11th, 2007 at 11:53 am

    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. :^)

  14. Comment by Vanessa | June 14th, 2007 at 9:02 am

    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?

  15. Comment by foxy | June 16th, 2007 at 11:35 am

    oh this looks really interesting, but i think that the light is not very strong, am i wrong?

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