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lamps made out of light bulbs

filed under: design | hacks-mods

Bulb Lamp by Bulbs Unlimited

These unique lighting fixtures out of Germany reuse old dead light bulbs to create dramatic sculptural lamps.

Bulbs Unlimited sells kits that let you create fixtures like the ones pictured here from your own recycled bulbs. The kits include everything you need to make these cool designer fixtures except for the bulbs themselves…

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September 8th, 2007 16 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

surface tension arcade table blends into modern decor

filed under: design | video games

Surface Tension Modern Arcade Coffee Table

If you’re looking for a slick coffee table, and foosball isn’t your thing, check out this cool piece of gaming furniture that’s loaded up with a really nice classic arcade system and actually looks really nice.

UK custom furniture maker Surface Tension handcrafts each one of these arcade gaming systems to order…

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August 29th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

storm remi watches: if looks could kill

filed under: design | timepieces

STORM Remi Men’s Watches

Normally, I don’t think most analog watches fit in with the “high-tech” aesthetic here at Technabob, but leave it to London’s STORM Watches to prove me wrong. These retro-modern watches really do stand out from the crowd.

Not only do their Remi watches look stellar, they really do have that geeky quality that you’ve come to rely on us for…

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August 21st, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

pac-man shot glasses: inky, blinky, winky and drinky

filed under: just plain fun | retro | video games

Pac-Man Shot Glasses

Nothing goes better with a game of 80’s classic arcade game Pac-Man than getting completely looped doing shots of your favorite booze. At least that’s what I think Namco was trying to say with this set of commemorative Pac-Man shot glasses…

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August 11th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

play some foosball while you sip your starbucks

filed under: design | home entertainment | just plain fun

Foosball Coffee Table

One of life’s great guilty pleasures has to be the classic table game of foosball. But how can you incorporate this pub favorite into your civilized modern lifestyle?

The artisans over at Britain’s Trifle Design have the answer with this contemporary Offside Foosball Coffee Table…

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August 11th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

aluminum imacs announced by apple

filed under: computing

New Aluminum iMac

As expected, Apple today took the wraps off their new iMac models, and boy do they look slick. The new models will come in 20-inch and 24-inch versions, and will offer all of the capabilities that you’d want in an all-in-one computer…

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August 7th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

table lamp trapped inside blown glass

filed under: design

Blow Table Lamp by Studio Italia Design

This amazing work of artistry looks like your typical low-voltage desk lamp, except it’s been delicately placed inside a large glass shell.

Studio Italia Design’s dramatic Blow Table Lamp is really a sight to behold. The lighting fixture’s centerpiece is a small adjustable 12V lighting head encased inside a blown glass bubble…

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July 25th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

tivoli limited edition model one: the real crystal radio

filed under: design | home entertainment

Tivoli Model One Glass Radio Special Edition

Tivoli Audio is well known for their high quality compact audio systems. Now you can pick up one of their radios in a very special, limited edition.

Working with Scandanavian glass artist Per B. Sundberg, they are offering a Tivoli Model One radio that’s been dressed up in a suit of handcrafted crystal…

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July 19th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

alien abduction lamp is just brilliant

filed under: design | just plain fun

Lasse Klein’s Abduction Lamp

Every once in a blue moon I come across a concept that’s just amazing, and this is one of those times.

Combining great design and a sense of humor is tough to pull off, but Artist Lasse Klein’s new Abduction Lamp manages it with ease. His sci-fi inspired lamp design features a light-up UFO, “hovering” above the ground thanks to a glass base that looks like a tractor beam…

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June 5th, 2007 4 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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