Alarming Female

via boingboing

Nadine Sterk, Sleeping Beauty, 2006, Design Academy Eindhoven, Atelier.

Jeff Werner writes,

“A lamp that develops like a living organism: switch it on and it slowly starts growing by knitting its own lampshade at a speed of three rotations per hour.”

I was excited to see this in person, having just discovered it in a grad catalogue a few weeks ago, when my roommates and I agreed it’s a great concept. In person it was smaller in diametre than I expected. I was also surprised it was made by a woman. I suppose my sexism assumed the technical machinery of Sleeping Beauty (and any steampunker or techie would like this one, including its RadioHead fridge-like buzzing) meant it was created by a man. My friend, a girl, countered: it’s knitting, of course it’s by a girl. (emphasis mine)

Sexism for everyone! This is a cool exhibit, though—the lampshade is near the bottom of the page, but the other pieces are great, too. Here’s the link.