Comments on: In de Knoop Lights by Ka-Lai Chan http://www.contemporist.com/2009/12/30/in-de-knoop-lights-by-ka-lai-chan/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jack douglas http://www.contemporist.com/2009/12/30/in-de-knoop-lights-by-ka-lai-chan/#comment-314213 jack douglas Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:45:54 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6680#comment-314213 yikes -- some people certainly work up a lot of passion (or anger) about a light fixture. Once I looked twice and realized that it was hanging in a shop window across the street from a two floored building, and not on the street outside of a two floored building, I liked it much more. would it be a jot cooler if it were crocheted from recycled yarn and used a CFL bulb? Probably. Is it a novel craft, even as is? yes. yikes — some people certainly work up a lot of passion (or anger) about a light fixture. Once I looked twice and realized that it was hanging in a shop window across the street from a two floored building, and not on the street outside of a two floored building, I liked it much more.

would it be a jot cooler if it were crocheted from recycled yarn and used a CFL bulb? Probably. Is it a novel craft, even as is? yes.

]]> By: F-J http://www.contemporist.com/2009/12/30/in-de-knoop-lights-by-ka-lai-chan/#comment-314059 F-J Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:20:51 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6680#comment-314059 Ka-Lai's inspiration and diet consists of a lot of instant noodles. Ka-Lai’s inspiration and diet consists of a lot of instant noodles.

]]> By: Jimw http://www.contemporist.com/2009/12/30/in-de-knoop-lights-by-ka-lai-chan/#comment-313331 Jimw Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:47:21 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6680#comment-313331 Ughhh! No beauty in here....it doesn't celebrate the art of light, this is just a overwrought shroud. My grandmother could crochet a more beautiful cover than this. Ughhh! No beauty in here….it doesn’t celebrate the art of light, this is just a overwrought shroud. My grandmother could crochet a more beautiful cover than this.

]]> By: sporobolus http://www.contemporist.com/2009/12/30/in-de-knoop-lights-by-ka-lai-chan/#comment-313227 sporobolus Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:57:58 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6680#comment-313227 wonderful but wasteful; such long runs of cable will cause significant energy losses due to the current warming the cable; plus the cables are a highly engineered product containing copper and chemical coatings that are unnecessary to make a nice crochet; it's like buying lots of nice dinnerware so you can crush it and make interesting-looking gravel, or stacking 20 mirrors just to look at yourself in the top one wonderful but wasteful; such long runs of cable will cause significant energy losses due to the current warming the cable; plus the cables are a highly engineered product containing copper and chemical coatings that are unnecessary to make a nice crochet; it’s like buying lots of nice dinnerware so you can crush it and make interesting-looking gravel, or stacking 20 mirrors just to look at yourself in the top one

]]> By: Kate http://www.contemporist.com/2009/12/30/in-de-knoop-lights-by-ka-lai-chan/#comment-313192 Kate Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:44:30 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=6680#comment-313192 wow. fantastic! wow. fantastic!

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