From time to time you stumble across a design which just makes you smile and the Kebab Lamp from the Deptford based design team Committee has certainly has brought a grin or two into the office.

Made from a collection of found objects, antique crockery and other miscellany, it is the perfect way to utilise all of those bits and pieces that for some reason or other you can’t quite bring yourself to throw away. Every lamp is custom made so the final product really will be completely unique and personal to you. ‘Built as a totem of improbably varied materials, they shine a light onto household clutter such as crockery, tennis balls, pin pots, soft toys, ornaments, Frisbees, egg cups and other treasured possessions whilst simultaneously keeping them tidy.’ The result is ever so slightly kitsch as antique fine porcelain and charity shop plastic come together to form an entirely unexpected sculptural composition! Guide prices are from £1250 for a standard lamp and from £500 for a table lamp.

Committee, Gallop Workshop, 198 Deptford High Street, London SE8 3PR. gallop.co.uk T: +44 (0)20 8694 8601

First published in SPACES issue 07 ©2004 Polygon Publishing Ltd