cassette tape lamps look great, sound awful
June 26th, 2008 comments (18) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
The cassette tape is probably just a fuzzy memory for those of you who grew up with Compact Discs and MP3s. But for us born before the 1980s, we have to figure out what to do with all of those old tapes. Why not turn them into a lighting fixture?
That’s exactly what the guys over at Transparent House are doing with their cassettes. The designers make each lamp from dozens of individual cassette tapes, arranged into visually appealing patterns. Not only do they look cool as a sculptural piece, they cast dramatic shadows onto surrounding surfaces.
Each lamp uses a bright, cool-burning neon light source to keep the plastic cassettes from melting. Of course, they left each tape in its original transparent case so they could be together glued neatly.
And if you have a fond place in your heart for the old micro-cassette, you don’t have to feel left out. They’ve got a lamp just for you, made from 140 of the mini tapes.
Now the guys over at Transparent House don’t say if they’ll be producing these en masse, or if they’re just one-of-a-kind design pieces. Personally, I’d love a couple of these in my media room.
[via geeksugar]
June 26th, 2008 comments (18): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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It’s quite nice looking. especialy the shadow of the light. I also have a lot of them before. But I threw it away and donate some of them. Now, I can’t find any cassette on my mediabox anymore since switching to iPod.
Cassettes did sound pretty bad, but somehow every cassette Walkman I ever had sounded better than any iPod I’ve listened to. Probably a combination of low bit-rate mp3’s and the cheap audio components i the iPod.
Analog sounds much better than digital. Sound now is too bright. Can’t compare the sound of a CD to the one from a turntable.
Of course there are a lot of advantages with the new formats. But in terms of sound…. analog is the winner
I saw this link and ran out to the shed for the gross of 90 minute transparent 90 minute TDK’s I had and they were gone.
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Great link, thanks technabob
Really great stuff! Would love such a lamp
But not made from my Madonna cassettes 
cool.. the lamps look really good. I’d like to have one of these in my room too ^^
I made one similar, look here: http://kucebe.blogspot.com/2009/01/tape-lamp.html
That sure looks just like the original. You know what they say – “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”.
CD burners weren’t common in computers until the 2000s, so the only way to copy your cds was with tapes.
interesting
That’s actually pretty cool — I wonder how hard it would be to duplicate that
esta lampara innova en cuanto a diseño me gustaria poder ver un hibrido de cassette con ipod
HEY!!!!!!!!I can’t believe it. I make also cassete tape lamps!
you can see in http://www.ooomydesign.com
nO oFfENcE, bUT yoURs ARe SHitE iN CoMPArisON!!
JEJEJE. YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND MY PHILOSOPHY. I’M SAVING TAPES AROUND THE WORLD AND THIS LAMP IS SOMETHING SNOG TO SOME RICH AND SUPERFLUOUS PERSON WHO CAN PAY THOUSAND OF EUROS FOR IT.
NO OFFENCE EATHER.
really I love your product.In BALI INDONESIA I also business lamp to but I don’t know how to sale.would you like help me pleas?
hello juan. Send me photos of your products and I think I can help you.
info@ooomydesign.com
best regards
I LIKE YOUR JOB