Ecthomo: You’re Doing It Wrong

Neat idea isn’t it? A seemingly useless bit of waste transformed into something useful and (depending on your personal aesthetic) attractive. Some junk-artist must’ve had a particularly good idea from which we can all now benefit, right? Wrong. Instead, “industrial designer” Sergio Silva did what meth-fiends have been doing for years, going one step further by sticking some oil, a wick, and a magnet into the improvised crank-pipe. All of which somehow justifies its $650 price tag. Yes that’s right, six hundred and fifty dollars for a light bulb dripping with what I can only describe as concentrated design genius.

This bit of divine inspiration made the rounds a few weeks ago, and while irked at the blatant insanity displayed by the designer I simply moved on; deciding that the people paying $650 for an afternoon crafts project probably deserved exactly what they were getting. But Sergio has really outdone himself with his latest creation, and earned my ire anew.

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