#linear-circular fused thinking

[avenger-hawk]

Hello hawk. Do you get inspiration for your writing from books (actual "books", not fanfiction lol)? If so, what authors do you like? Hugs~

Hello. Tbh I’m kinda picky with books, not as much as with fanfiction lol but still I can’t enjoy some popular books ppl love. I don’t like long sagas for example, I get bored with fantasy in general and I dislike very wordy books with looong descriptions of the smallest details of the characters’ clothes and food. I couldn’t read the A Song Of Ice And Fire books because of this.

I do like a wordy writer like Charles Dickens though. Not all his books cause some are really too victorian bordering on annoying, but I really liked A Tale of Two Cities and Our Mutual Friend. I read a lot of classics tbh especially as a teenager, as I discovered fandoms and fanfics later. I liked Jane Austen, she has a brilliant style, very ironic and not cheesy despite the sentimental theme. I also liked old gothic novels, they have some dark imagery, like Maturin’s Melmoth The Wanderer, Byron’s Manfred, M.G. Lewis’ The Monk. It was my final essay in school, even. All these novels would be ‘wrong’ by fandom bullshit moralism btw.

But that was my teenage literature phase, I think fondly of those books because of nostalgia, mostly, because I changed my taste for less plot oriented and more philosophical, abstract, surreal books. I also like short stories or short novels more than long stuff. The surreal and the fantastic work better with short stories imo.

A writer I liked as a teenager and like even now though is H. Hesse. He created a beautiful atmosphere in his books, like, you can literally feel the sun and trees and birds chirping, an at the same time they’re angsty. Especially Narcissus and Goldmund; I reread it recently and it’s even better than I remembered, it also had a strong gay vibe which doesn’t hurt lol. Or Demian, male friendship, kinda gay, very philosophical, and The Glass Bead Game and his short stories too. Also he was vegetarian, it’s a plus for me.

My favourite writer is J. L. Borges, I love how he creates fictional reviews of nonexistent books that he mixes with existent philosophers and writers, so when you read his short stories you are juggling between reality and fiction, reading fake academic works or you’re sinking in a story with a thin but amazing plot line where dream and reality are fused together, and reality is completely subjective. His concept of time is not linear, he’s from Argentina and he describes this amazing mix of cultures and influences, everything he writes is a masterpiece that you can feel it, elevates your mind. Genius. Especially The Lottery in Babylon (for me it’s also a metaphor of reincarnation) Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius , The Garden of Forking Paths (amazing, simply amazing) Funes the Memorious (this story and its theme is still haunting me tbh) and The Circular Ruins, I have no words to describe how much I love it.

I also love two Italian writers very much. I. Calvino, surreal, abstract, amazing. I highly recommend him to everyone cause he has been translated a lot in English speaking countries, like Invisible Cities,  The Castle of Crossed Destinies (tarot lovers would like this one),  If on a winter's night a traveler (all book lovers should read it).

D. Buzzati is amazing too, his short stories might be set in urban Italy but also in a nonspecified ancient Central Asia-ish spaces, with its vastity and mysterious (for us) culture, from Samarkand to the steppes. His writing is laconic, essential, but shows you everything you need to see and feel. His novel The Tartar Steppe is poetic and metaphoric, his short stories often deal with the mystery of death, in the same poetic metaphoric way. Unfortunately I didn’t find anything in English online, but I really recommend The Seven Messengers, it was the first story I read from him and still a favourite. 

I also like M. Bulgakov very much, like Master and Margarita is such a cool book and so is Heart of a Dog. So much sarcasm, I love them.

I was too long maybe, recommending books. You asked if these books I love influenced my writing, I wish they did lol. As I write dark themes but I stopped reading that darkish stuff I can’t say they influenced me much. Anyway my writing style is quite essential and to the point, not only because English is not my mothertongue but also because of the writers I like.

I was slightly inspired by Borges’ The Circular Ruins for In Dreams, not directly but for certain themes related to subjective reality, and I quoted The Garden of the Forking Paths for Itachi’s pre-massacre state of mind in Victims of Peace.

I was slightly inspired by Hesse’s Narcissus and Goldmund for the setting (Northern European late Middle Ages) of a non-Naruto darkfic I wrote.

I think there might be more but I’m probably not aware of it.

[jeremystrele]

45 Beautiful Modern Chandelier Lights That Create Glamorous Interiors

There’s nothing that says glamour quite like a chandelier. Multi-armed, multi-faceted and glittering, their traditional homes in entrance foyers and over dining tables make quite the impression. We’ve put together 45 modern takes on the chandelier, built in a variety of materials and décor styles. Hang a silver chandelier that forms a straight line, with LEDs through their centres. Build a chandelier from desk lamps, creeping together to form a spider. Fan your chandelier into a Sputnik, with golden rods that peek out over your desired space for dining. Open imagination and light up your home with these modern, non-conventional chandeliers.

236BUY IT Modern Square LED Chandelier: This chandelier changes for different times of the day. Lay its aluminium tiers flat for business time; play with its height and composition for drinks after work.

330BUY IT Modern Ring-Shaped Chandelier: Prefer rings instead? This circular version is made from the same aluminium and silica gel, but with more rounded features for above your kitchen or dining tables.

368BUY IT Modern 4 Ring Chrome & Crystal Chandelier: Go a step more glamorous. This precision-cut, crystal chandelier can lie flat or form shapes with its concentric circles. Its stainless steel frame comes with a 36-month warranty.

150BUY IT Modern Flush Mount Square Chandelier: Prefer something a little more demure? This diamond-shaped gem features dimmable LEDs, an anti-glare lampshade and zero flickering.

395BUY IT Modern Linear Suspension LED Chandelier: Add slick to your city office. This ultra-modern panel lets you hang it low over a table, or light up the boardroom with a spot up high.

148BUY IT Modern Rectangular Crystal Chandelier: Add glitz to your foyer. This gorgeous, yet simple, chandelier combines crystals and stainless steel, polished in chrome.

198BUY IT Modern Rectangular Raindrop Crystal Chandelier: Make a real statement over your dining table. This design mimics rainfall – with K9 crystal raindrops and clouds in polished chrome.

640BUY IT Modern Glass Crystal Dining Chandelier: Make your crystals form a pyramid. K9 crystals fall from this fixture’s chrome base, perfect for a high dining or bedroom ceiling.

72BUY IT Modern Kitchen Chandelier: Get a modern chandelier with a twist. This LED spindle makes a subtle art piece in your dining or lounge, taking only 15 minutes to assemble.

710BUY IT Stairways Glass Chandelier: Have a super-high ceiling you’d like to accessorize? 11 crystal spheres make up this elegant design, which hangs from the rafters from a stainless steel base.

132BUY IT Modern Double Spherical Crystal Chandelier: Like the look, but don’t have the space? Give these two crystal globes a home, as they hang raindrops off wall-mounted stainless steel.

370BUY IT Artistic Spiral Crystal Chandelier: Create spirals in your home instead. This gorgeous fixture uses K9 raindrop crystals and a stainless steel base to break convention.

3990BUY IT Sculptural Pendant Chandelier: Think outside the box for your home’s lighting. These stencilled chandeliers won 2015’s Elle Decoration International Design Award, by providing visual continuity of lines and light. Constructed with black wire, steel rods and LEDs, each Wireflow Sculptural 3D Octagonal Pendant is made in Spain.

1275BUY IT Vibia Wireflow 2D Pendant Lights: Prefer a 2D version? This vertical chandelier won Interior Design Magazine’s ‘Best of Year’ prize in 2014. Each piece features a 35-degree beam spread and lacquered steel canopy.

1652BUY IT Vibia Match Suspension Lamp: Let your chandelier create its own composition. Designed by Jordi Vilardell and Meritxell Vidal from metal rods and graphite, LEDs are fixed at each line’s end.

729 per ringBUY IT Ring-Shaped Halo LED Chandelier: Get a handle on the right chandelier. Designed and handmade in Canada by Matthew McCormick, these eight-inch copper rings are sold individually or as a set. Order them eight weeks in advance, for a piece that’s truly yours.

1137BUY IT Volta LED Pendant: Get a different angle on the candelabra. More of a pendant than chandelier, this artwork deserved to make our list for its unconventional arches. Buy its aluminium form in black or gold shades.

395BUY IT Golden Finish Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier: Buy your very own Sputnik. This metallic piece is covered with gold and boasts 20 bulbs.

296BUY IT Modern Brass Chandelier With Glass Globes: Make the bulbs the feature. This similar Sputnik uses glass as its focus, with 12 bulbs lighting up from its metal centre.

899BUY IT Nickel Finish Smoked Glass Chandelier: Don’t like gold tones? Get something similar in nickel, with this chandelier resplendent with smoky glass bulbs. Place it in a mid-century modern bedroom or library.

94BUY IT Modern 5 Light Linear Chandelier In Gold Finish: Take a more structured approach to your chandelier. This electroplated gold gem is hardwired to perfection.

139BUY IT 6 Bulb Contemporary Linear Chandelier: Made by the same brand, this metal fixture lets you turn bulbs any way you please.

498BUY IT Modena 10-Light Sputnik Chandelier: Adjust the arms of your Sputnik for just the right style. This design offers ten bulbs in a natural brass or chrome finish.

340BUY IT Sculptural Modern Sputnik Chandelier: Matte gold or oil-rubbed bronze finishes this twelve-light, mid-century modern design. Crafted in metal, its pulley-inspired cylinders offer a 12-month warranty.

150BUY IT 12-Light Modern Chandelier With Gold Finish: Find more structure. This 12-light beauty is available in electroplated gold or black finishes.

480BUY IT Gold Finish Candle-Like Sputnik Chandelier: Want a candelabra, but not on the table? Hang it in your hallway instead, with this perfectly-symmetrical, gold metal creation. Buy it as a set with two matching wall sconces.

198BUY IT Black & Rose Gold Chandelier: Complement an industrial interior, with this unusual chandelier. Its rugged, copper-washed metal mingles with a 36” chain – and five-year warranty.

1120BUY IT Artsy Modern Chandelier With Cylindrical Bulbs: Think outside the classic bulb. This modern take on the Sputnik style is made with aluminium alloy and dimmable cylinders.

1170BUY IT Brass Finish Cylindrical Chandelier: Hang your chandelier a little closer to the ceiling. This golden design would suit a mid-century modern loft down to the ground.

578BUY IT 8-Light Candle-Style Chandelier: Light up your dining room with a circle of Edisons. This eight-bulb chandelier is available in satin nickel or natural brass.

590BUY IT Presnell 7-Light Sputnik Chandelier: Get your Sputnik bulbs in an unconventional shape. This brass or black fixture lights up your home with seven squat, round bulbs.

Price On RequestBUY IT Sculptural Rod-Shaped LED Chandelier: Love Pick Up Sticks? This Billy Cotton design is considered the height of luxury. Get its metal form and bulb-tapered ends in eight custom-made finishes.

87BUY IT Spider Chandelier: You’ll love this spider on your ceiling. A cacophony of bulbs interlace themselves, in this remote-controlled find for the industrial interior.

162BUY IT Moveable Arm Spider Chandelier: Like a more structured approach? This 12-bulb chandelier offers adjustable iron arms.

569BUY IT Ingo-Style Spider Chandelier: Collect all your desk lamps in one modern piece. Ron Gilads designed this nine-headed fixture in 2003.

70BUY IT Flush Mount Modern Ceiling Chandelier: Spider chandeliers can creep flush with the ceiling. Eight bulbs in black metal complement dining rooms in the industrial style.

110BUY IT Flush Wall Mount White Chandelier: Buy a chandelier that’s whiter and brighter. This simple design is flush with the ceiling – and flusher still with your budget.

216BUY IT Modern Industrial-Style Chandelier: Prefer the drop-down style? This chandelier fuses the spider-style light and traditional crystal tiers in a nine-light, Edison-fixed creation.

4367BUY IT Luxury Linear Suspension LED Chandelier: LEDs travel through this chandelier’s aluminium, creating a light that’s easy on the eyes. They’re made in the US with a five-year warranty.

120BUY IT Gold-Finish Metal Globe Chandelier: Iron and gold foil combine to create this antique-look chandelier, a dining room’s dream with three candle-style bulbs. Hard-wire its halogen for an energy-saving fixture.

119BUY IT Spherical Mesh Aluminium Chandelier: Stainless steel constructed these glowing chandeliers, a perfect bedroom addition with a one-year warranty.

410BUY IT Karst 12-Light Foyer Chandelier: Finished in brushed brass, these 12 lights are supported by a black-painted cage. Hang it above your dining table to inspire conversation.

340BUY IT Candle-Style Chandelier With Swivelling Shades: Shades don’t always make your light softer. Made of iron with a gold brass finish, this contraption swivels out to form a chandelier, swivelling back in for a flat, easy-to-store piece.

195BUY IT Sunburst Chandelier: Sunbursts brighten up a living space. This colourful creation acts as a centrepiece above your bed or table.

70BUY IT Outdoor Chandelier: Have an affinity for sparkler fireworks? These outdoor lights use solar panels and sturdy materials to combat the weather.

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[drewebowden66]

45 Beautiful Modern Chandelier Lights That Create Glamorous Interiors

There’s nothing that says glamour quite like a chandelier. Multi-armed, multi-faceted and glittering, their traditional homes in entrance foyers and over dining tables make quite the impression. We’ve put together 45 modern takes on the chandelier, built in a variety of materials and décor styles. Hang a silver chandelier that forms a straight line, with LEDs through their centres. Build a chandelier from desk lamps, creeping together to form a spider. Fan your chandelier into a Sputnik, with golden rods that peek out over your desired space for dining. Open imagination and light up your home with these modern, non-conventional chandeliers.

236BUY IT Modern Square LED Chandelier: This chandelier changes for different times of the day. Lay its aluminium tiers flat for business time; play with its height and composition for drinks after work.

330BUY IT Modern Ring-Shaped Chandelier: Prefer rings instead? This circular version is made from the same aluminium and silica gel, but with more rounded features for above your kitchen or dining tables.

368BUY IT Modern 4 Ring Chrome & Crystal Chandelier: Go a step more glamorous. This precision-cut, crystal chandelier can lie flat or form shapes with its concentric circles. Its stainless steel frame comes with a 36-month warranty.

150BUY IT Modern Flush Mount Square Chandelier: Prefer something a little more demure? This diamond-shaped gem features dimmable LEDs, an anti-glare lampshade and zero flickering.

395BUY IT Modern Linear Suspension LED Chandelier: Add slick to your city office. This ultra-modern panel lets you hang it low over a table, or light up the boardroom with a spot up high.

148BUY IT Modern Rectangular Crystal Chandelier: Add glitz to your foyer. This gorgeous, yet simple, chandelier combines crystals and stainless steel, polished in chrome.

198BUY IT Modern Rectangular Raindrop Crystal Chandelier: Make a real statement over your dining table. This design mimics rainfall – with K9 crystal raindrops and clouds in polished chrome.

640BUY IT Modern Glass Crystal Dining Chandelier: Make your crystals form a pyramid. K9 crystals fall from this fixture’s chrome base, perfect for a high dining or bedroom ceiling.

72BUY IT Modern Kitchen Chandelier: Get a modern chandelier with a twist. This LED spindle makes a subtle art piece in your dining or lounge, taking only 15 minutes to assemble.

710BUY IT Stairways Glass Chandelier: Have a super-high ceiling you’d like to accessorize? 11 crystal spheres make up this elegant design, which hangs from the rafters from a stainless steel base.

132BUY IT Modern Double Spherical Crystal Chandelier: Like the look, but don’t have the space? Give these two crystal globes a home, as they hang raindrops off wall-mounted stainless steel.

370BUY IT Artistic Spiral Crystal Chandelier: Create spirals in your home instead. This gorgeous fixture uses K9 raindrop crystals and a stainless steel base to break convention.

3990BUY IT Sculptural Pendant Chandelier: Think outside the box for your home’s lighting. These stencilled chandeliers won 2015’s Elle Decoration International Design Award, by providing visual continuity of lines and light. Constructed with black wire, steel rods and LEDs, each Wireflow Sculptural 3D Octagonal Pendant is made in Spain.

1275BUY IT Vibia Wireflow 2D Pendant Lights: Prefer a 2D version? This vertical chandelier won Interior Design Magazine’s ‘Best of Year’ prize in 2014. Each piece features a 35-degree beam spread and lacquered steel canopy.

1652BUY IT Vibia Match Suspension Lamp: Let your chandelier create its own composition. Designed by Jordi Vilardell and Meritxell Vidal from metal rods and graphite, LEDs are fixed at each line’s end.

729 per ringBUY IT Ring-Shaped Halo LED Chandelier: Get a handle on the right chandelier. Designed and handmade in Canada by Matthew McCormick, these eight-inch copper rings are sold individually or as a set. Order them eight weeks in advance, for a piece that’s truly yours.

1137BUY IT Volta LED Pendant: Get a different angle on the candelabra. More of a pendant than chandelier, this artwork deserved to make our list for its unconventional arches. Buy its aluminium form in black or gold shades.

395BUY IT Golden Finish Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier: Buy your very own Sputnik. This metallic piece is covered with gold and boasts 20 bulbs.

296BUY IT Modern Brass Chandelier With Glass Globes: Make the bulbs the feature. This similar Sputnik uses glass as its focus, with 12 bulbs lighting up from its metal centre.

899BUY IT Nickel Finish Smoked Glass Chandelier: Don’t like gold tones? Get something similar in nickel, with this chandelier resplendent with smoky glass bulbs. Place it in a mid-century modern bedroom or library.

94BUY IT Modern 5 Light Linear Chandelier In Gold Finish: Take a more structured approach to your chandelier. This electroplated gold gem is hardwired to perfection.

139BUY IT 6 Bulb Contemporary Linear Chandelier: Made by the same brand, this metal fixture lets you turn bulbs any way you please.

498BUY IT Modena 10-Light Sputnik Chandelier: Adjust the arms of your Sputnik for just the right style. This design offers ten bulbs in a natural brass or chrome finish.

340BUY IT Sculptural Modern Sputnik Chandelier: Matte gold or oil-rubbed bronze finishes this twelve-light, mid-century modern design. Crafted in metal, its pulley-inspired cylinders offer a 12-month warranty.

150BUY IT 12-Light Modern Chandelier With Gold Finish: Find more structure. This 12-light beauty is available in electroplated gold or black finishes.

480BUY IT Gold Finish Candle-Like Sputnik Chandelier: Want a candelabra, but not on the table? Hang it in your hallway instead, with this perfectly-symmetrical, gold metal creation. Buy it as a set with two matching wall sconces.

198BUY IT Black & Rose Gold Chandelier: Complement an industrial interior, with this unusual chandelier. Its rugged, copper-washed metal mingles with a 36” chain – and five-year warranty.

1120BUY IT Artsy Modern Chandelier With Cylindrical Bulbs: Think outside the classic bulb. This modern take on the Sputnik style is made with aluminium alloy and dimmable cylinders.

1170BUY IT Brass Finish Cylindrical Chandelier: Hang your chandelier a little closer to the ceiling. This golden design would suit a mid-century modern loft down to the ground.

578BUY IT 8-Light Candle-Style Chandelier: Light up your dining room with a circle of Edisons. This eight-bulb chandelier is available in satin nickel or natural brass.

590BUY IT Presnell 7-Light Sputnik Chandelier: Get your Sputnik bulbs in an unconventional shape. This brass or black fixture lights up your home with seven squat, round bulbs.

Price On RequestBUY IT Sculptural Rod-Shaped LED Chandelier: Love Pick Up Sticks? This Billy Cotton design is considered the height of luxury. Get its metal form and bulb-tapered ends in eight custom-made finishes.

87BUY IT Spider Chandelier: You’ll love this spider on your ceiling. A cacophony of bulbs interlace themselves, in this remote-controlled find for the industrial interior.

162BUY IT Moveable Arm Spider Chandelier: Like a more structured approach? This 12-bulb chandelier offers adjustable iron arms.

569BUY IT Ingo-Style Spider Chandelier: Collect all your desk lamps in one modern piece. Ron Gilads designed this nine-headed fixture in 2003.

70BUY IT Flush Mount Modern Ceiling Chandelier: Spider chandeliers can creep flush with the ceiling. Eight bulbs in black metal complement dining rooms in the industrial style.

110BUY IT Flush Wall Mount White Chandelier: Buy a chandelier that’s whiter and brighter. This simple design is flush with the ceiling – and flusher still with your budget.

216BUY IT Modern Industrial-Style Chandelier: Prefer the drop-down style? This chandelier fuses the spider-style light and traditional crystal tiers in a nine-light, Edison-fixed creation.

4367BUY IT Luxury Linear Suspension LED Chandelier: LEDs travel through this chandelier’s aluminium, creating a light that’s easy on the eyes. They’re made in the US with a five-year warranty.

120BUY IT Gold-Finish Metal Globe Chandelier: Iron and gold foil combine to create this antique-look chandelier, a dining room’s dream with three candle-style bulbs. Hard-wire its halogen for an energy-saving fixture.

119BUY IT Spherical Mesh Aluminium Chandelier: Stainless steel constructed these glowing chandeliers, a perfect bedroom addition with a one-year warranty.

410BUY IT Karst 12-Light Foyer Chandelier: Finished in brushed brass, these 12 lights are supported by a black-painted cage. Hang it above your dining table to inspire conversation.

340BUY IT Candle-Style Chandelier With Swivelling Shades: Shades don’t always make your light softer. Made of iron with a gold brass finish, this contraption swivels out to form a chandelier, swivelling back in for a flat, easy-to-store piece.

195BUY IT Sunburst Chandelier: Sunbursts brighten up a living space. This colourful creation acts as a centrepiece above your bed or table.

70BUY IT Outdoor Chandelier: Have an affinity for sparkler fireworks? These outdoor lights use solar panels and sturdy materials to combat the weather.

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[garagedoorshampshire]

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236BUY IT Modern Square LED Chandelier: This chandelier changes for different times of the day. Lay its aluminium tiers flat for business time; play with its height and composition for drinks after work.

330BUY IT Modern Ring-Shaped Chandelier: Prefer rings instead? This circular version is made from the same aluminium and silica gel, but with more rounded features for above your kitchen or dining tables.

368BUY IT Modern 4 Ring Chrome & Crystal Chandelier: Go a step more glamorous. This precision-cut, crystal chandelier can lie flat or form shapes with its concentric circles. Its stainless steel frame comes with a 36-month warranty.

150BUY IT Modern Flush Mount Square Chandelier: Prefer something a little more demure? This diamond-shaped gem features dimmable LEDs, an anti-glare lampshade and zero flickering.

395BUY IT Modern Linear Suspension LED Chandelier: Add slick to your city office. This ultra-modern panel lets you hang it low over a table, or light up the boardroom with a spot up high.

148BUY IT Modern Rectangular Crystal Chandelier: Add glitz to your foyer. This gorgeous, yet simple, chandelier combines crystals and stainless steel, polished in chrome.

198BUY IT Modern Rectangular Raindrop Crystal Chandelier: Make a real statement over your dining table. This design mimics rainfall – with K9 crystal raindrops and clouds in polished chrome.

640BUY IT Modern Glass Crystal Dining Chandelier: Make your crystals form a pyramid. K9 crystals fall from this fixture’s chrome base, perfect for a high dining or bedroom ceiling.

72BUY IT Modern Kitchen Chandelier: Get a modern chandelier with a twist. This LED spindle makes a subtle art piece in your dining or lounge, taking only 15 minutes to assemble.

710BUY IT Stairways Glass Chandelier: Have a super-high ceiling you’d like to accessorize? 11 crystal spheres make up this elegant design, which hangs from the rafters from a stainless steel base.

132BUY IT Modern Double Spherical Crystal Chandelier: Like the look, but don’t have the space? Give these two crystal globes a home, as they hang raindrops off wall-mounted stainless steel.

370BUY IT Artistic Spiral Crystal Chandelier: Create spirals in your home instead. This gorgeous fixture uses K9 raindrop crystals and a stainless steel base to break convention.

3990BUY IT Sculptural Pendant Chandelier: Think outside the box for your home’s lighting. These stencilled chandeliers won 2015’s Elle Decoration International Design Award, by providing visual continuity of lines and light. Constructed with black wire, steel rods and LEDs, each Wireflow Sculptural 3D Octagonal Pendant is made in Spain.

1275BUY IT Vibia Wireflow 2D Pendant Lights: Prefer a 2D version? This vertical chandelier won Interior Design Magazine’s ‘Best of Year’ prize in 2014. Each piece features a 35-degree beam spread and lacquered steel canopy.

1652BUY IT Vibia Match Suspension Lamp: Let your chandelier create its own composition. Designed by Jordi Vilardell and Meritxell Vidal from metal rods and graphite, LEDs are fixed at each line’s end.

729 per ringBUY IT Ring-Shaped Halo LED Chandelier: Get a handle on the right chandelier. Designed and handmade in Canada by Matthew McCormick, these eight-inch copper rings are sold individually or as a set. Order them eight weeks in advance, for a piece that’s truly yours.

1137BUY IT Volta LED Pendant: Get a different angle on the candelabra. More of a pendant than chandelier, this artwork deserved to make our list for its unconventional arches. Buy its aluminium form in black or gold shades.

395BUY IT Golden Finish Mid-Century Modern Sputnik Chandelier: Buy your very own Sputnik. This metallic piece is covered with gold and boasts 20 bulbs.

296BUY IT Modern Brass Chandelier With Glass Globes: Make the bulbs the feature. This similar Sputnik uses glass as its focus, with 12 bulbs lighting up from its metal centre.

899BUY IT Nickel Finish Smoked Glass Chandelier: Don’t like gold tones? Get something similar in nickel, with this chandelier resplendent with smoky glass bulbs. Place it in a mid-century modern bedroom or library.

94BUY IT Modern 5 Light Linear Chandelier In Gold Finish: Take a more structured approach to your chandelier. This electroplated gold gem is hardwired to perfection.

139BUY IT 6 Bulb Contemporary Linear Chandelier: Made by the same brand, this metal fixture lets you turn bulbs any way you please.

498BUY IT Modena 10-Light Sputnik Chandelier: Adjust the arms of your Sputnik for just the right style. This design offers ten bulbs in a natural brass or chrome finish.

340BUY IT Sculptural Modern Sputnik Chandelier: Matte gold or oil-rubbed bronze finishes this twelve-light, mid-century modern design. Crafted in metal, its pulley-inspired cylinders offer a 12-month warranty.

150BUY IT 12-Light Modern Chandelier With Gold Finish: Find more structure. This 12-light beauty is available in electroplated gold or black finishes.

480BUY IT Gold Finish Candle-Like Sputnik Chandelier: Want a candelabra, but not on the table? Hang it in your hallway instead, with this perfectly-symmetrical, gold metal creation. Buy it as a set with two matching wall sconces.

198BUY IT Black & Rose Gold Chandelier: Complement an industrial interior, with this unusual chandelier. Its rugged, copper-washed metal mingles with a 36” chain – and five-year warranty.

1120BUY IT Artsy Modern Chandelier With Cylindrical Bulbs: Think outside the classic bulb. This modern take on the Sputnik style is made with aluminium alloy and dimmable cylinders.

1170BUY IT Brass Finish Cylindrical Chandelier: Hang your chandelier a little closer to the ceiling. This golden design would suit a mid-century modern loft down to the ground.

578BUY IT 8-Light Candle-Style Chandelier: Light up your dining room with a circle of Edisons. This eight-bulb chandelier is available in satin nickel or natural brass.

590BUY IT Presnell 7-Light Sputnik Chandelier: Get your Sputnik bulbs in an unconventional shape. This brass or black fixture lights up your home with seven squat, round bulbs.

Price On RequestBUY IT Sculptural Rod-Shaped LED Chandelier: Love Pick Up Sticks? This Billy Cotton design is considered the height of luxury. Get its metal form and bulb-tapered ends in eight custom-made finishes.

87BUY IT Spider Chandelier: You’ll love this spider on your ceiling. A cacophony of bulbs interlace themselves, in this remote-controlled find for the industrial interior.

162BUY IT Moveable Arm Spider Chandelier: Like a more structured approach? This 12-bulb chandelier offers adjustable iron arms.

569BUY IT Ingo-Style Spider Chandelier: Collect all your desk lamps in one modern piece. Ron Gilads designed this nine-headed fixture in 2003.

70BUY IT Flush Mount Modern Ceiling Chandelier: Spider chandeliers can creep flush with the ceiling. Eight bulbs in black metal complement dining rooms in the industrial style.

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Armin Medosch (1962-2017)

Armin Medosch died yesterday, on the day two months after being diagnosed with cancer. I'm sure many people on nettime knew him very well. He was a long-time mover and shaker in the media arts and network culture scene in Europe. Indeed for much longer than even nettime exists.

I first learned of Armin not as a person, but a legend. In the early 1990s, he was one of a band of artists of an unqualifiable streak who roamed the Baltic sea on the Kunst-Raum-Schiff, MS Stubnitz. An 80m former freeze & transport vessel of the GDR high seas fishing fleet, they had re-purposed as a moving center for experimental electronic culture. He curated and organised exhibitions and symposia in Rostock, Hamburg, Malmö and St.Petersburg. The project was incredibly evocative, even for someone like me who had never seen the ship, because it fused many of the ideas that would come to define network culture, namely nomadism, a total disregard for established culture institutions, DIY and an exploration of the wild wastelands opened by the breakdown of the Soviet system, after 1989.

A few years later, when he was the co-founder and editor (1996 to 2002) of the groundbreaking online magazine Telepolis, he gave me the first change to publish regularly on network culture. Telepolis, which came out of exhibition on what was then called “interactive cities”, was the first European (or at least German) online publication that followed and understood the newly emerging phenomenon of the network culture. Together with Mute in London and nettime as list, Telepolis was a key node in establishing something like a European perspective on Internet culture, in clear opposition to WIRED and the Californian ideology.

In the early 2000s, Armin and I found ourselves living in Vienna. A collaborative working relationship turned into friendship. We still collaborated on a lot of projects, such as a Kingdom of Piracy, an exhibition project he initiated with Yukiko Shikata and Shu Lea Cheang, one of the first art projects that focused on the legal and illegal cultural practices of sharing digital materials. Over the last few years, we worked together in the framework of technopolitics, an independent research platform, he founded initially with Brian Holmes, aiming at developing a more martially grounded cultural critique, one which could relate cultural practices within deeper, more structure social transformation. A task we considered urgent after breakdown of the neo-liberal paradigm following the crisis that started 2008. All of these projects, and many more that I cannot account for personally – and need your help to fill in – where transdisciplinary, collaborative and exploratory, often ahead of their times. This is, however, something that the art and the academic system rarely appreciates.

Technopolitics continued this cross-disciplinary and collaborate work, but also reflected his new focus of work on developing a deep and sustained cultural theory and art history. His most recent publication, “New Tendencies: Art at the Threshold of the Information Revolution (1961-1978)” (MIT Press, 2016) was a first major achievement of this new direction. So was Technopolitics which we were able to present to overflow crowds at the transmediale late last month, an event which he could only witness via stream from his hospital bed. Quite recently, we even became neighbours and we would walk over to each other's house for discussions, food a drinks. No more.

--Felix Stalder

via https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1702/msg00039.html

actually i avoid obituaries and funerals. they are more about the people who stay than the people who go.and they are about status and memory. how many people will show up, how many people will give a speech. damn it. in this case, i have to write, expecting that Armin Medosch would have done the same. get his grips together and go back in time. traverse the network of people, places, events. help to edit the pages on monoskop and maybe wikipedia. we never have been friends on facebook. i know that for the ones beeing very near it will be almost impossible to write more. recently i read the obituary of a comrade by another comrade and actually it was all about comradery as a self reflection of purpose, which can quite easily become a monologue in front of a mirror. when looking back and forth again, you acknowledge that time is linear, so i think what Armin did was looking around, quite early, have a lookout, and be there eagerly waiting, grudgingly dismissing those who were not ready yet. luckily we shared this perspective. it is a rather circular view in all directions, and a combination of all senses, which is needed, which opens up a plane of intrinsic qualities, which can only be experienced, and are therefore a product of social labor, as something which has to be realized together. with such opportunities, other forces and explorers are working hard to gain and claim ground. other seasons begin and other qualities are needed. remember the smile. you need a big heart, some humour, and a lot of anger to keep going. as travelling warriors it is not so much about the fight, or even the enemy, than the territory itself which determines the struggle. the potential is not the one of a native who claims spiritual ownership, but of a futurity as a multidimensional topology which must remain open in a good way, which keeps a flow going, and keeps coming back to pose new opportunities of struggle. retiring from resistance is impossible. the moment you ask what was in it for you, you're just hurting yourself. in so far it is like a song, which you and anyone can sing again, a pattern of a track which repeats itself, a faint radio frequency to tune into. have a good flight.

https://monoskop.org/Armin_Medosch

--Pit Schultz

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Analysis of Film openings by Charlie Stopler

The Watchmen   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVUDdQS2UxA

Straight away, it is a clearly a superhero film. The opening credits montage set to Bob Dylan’s timeless “The times they are a-changin” is well constructed and sets the nature and tone of the twisted world of Watchmen to great effect. The montage opens by introducing the reality of real-world superheroes in the 1940s with Hollis Mason, dressed as Nite Owl, punching out a criminal as cameras flash around him. Instantly noticeable is the  decision to present the entire scene in slow motion, a brilliant inclusion that, when combined with Dylan’s tune, creates a hypnotic, nostalgic effect perfect for the arrangement, while “warner bros. pictures and paramount present” is above his head in large text. A few shots later, Snyder captures an image of the minutemen posing for a picture in 1940. The costumes and general aesthetic work in these early depictions are authentic and stunning.

Most notably, the montage works to detail the turbulent nature of superhero popularity as depicted in the media leading up to the present-day of the novel. After initial successes and stardom, heroes are shown to be murdered, retire, go mad, and fall out of favour with the public. In sequence, Dollar Bill is shown dead at a crime scene with cameras flashing about, Sally Jupiter is shown pregnant at a party with the rest of the minutemen under the banner “Happy retirement Sally”, and Mothman is shown attempting to flail and fight his way out of the arms of men in white coats taking him into an ambulance. Snyder depicts the rise and fall of the original Watchmen superhero.

Some of the most fun moments of the montage come from depicting bits and pieces of Watchmen’s alternate version of history. The heroes of Watchmen are shown to have had a direct impact on many major historical moments of the 60s. One shot faithfully recreates the Zapruder tape assassination of JFK only to pan away to a hill, revealing the Comedian incriminatingly  holding a rifle, while another twists the moon landing by showing Dr. Manhattan’s face in the reflection of a space helmet, while yet another depicts Richard Nixon being elected for a third term. All these things help to add to the idea that in this film, these superheros have had a direct impact on our past.

Mission impossible: Ghost Protocol  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJCvU-91eAo

The great thing about the sequence is the explosive start when a fuse is lit as the music begins. As its lit “Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions present” is shown in large text, establishing the main distributors and producers. This is followed by “A Tom cruise Production”, showing that he is a huge part of the films success.This fuse is subsequently featured throughout the entire sequence and ties the whole thing together, with the camera following it wherever it goes. With burning circuit boards, skyscrapers with graphically-overlaid blueprints, an underwater shot, bullets, missiles and fast cars, the viewer tends to miss the fact that some of the movie ending (such as the circular car park) is featured in these opening credits. The audience also sees this with the props used in the title sequence such as the fuse which is lit (symbolising an explosion), Missiles, Guns/Bullets and even fast sports cars. There are various camera scenes and angles such as close ups, long shots and cinematic/establishing shots.

Overall, a captivating and thrilling sequence. It gives hints as to what the film is going to be about and includes objects and scenes from the film without revealing the story line. Rewatching it after having seen the film creates a whole new experience watching the title sequence as you recognise everything shown. The classic mission impossible theme tune that everyone knows and loves is used, creating nostalgia and excitement from the start. Following the fuse is a clever and innovative idea which keeps us engaged in the action.The "Ghost Protocol" font is very misty and a faded grey giving the audience the feel of a ghost or something quite mysterious. The title sequence shows the Production Company and Producers first, then it goes into the title of the film and the rest of the casts. The font for the title of the film is different to the others, it is much bolder and more attractive to the audience to make sure that they read the name of the film.

Fight Club https://vimeo.com/90519890

The opening starts with a quick sound of an old classical music and after about 2 seconds the soundtrack changes into a loud, full of beat tune and it being low key creates a creepy atmosphere. The movement on the screen is fast paced in dark colours and it is supposed to reflect the inside of someone's brain. The camerawork shows  very precise details and there are sort of electrical impulses running through the brain that can represent different feelings, in case of this atmosphere it is more likely to be fear and confusion. The scale is changed the whole time, so the audience are able to see close ups of different lobes and also medium shots of other brain chords, nerve connections and particles. What is also interesting to notice that as the sequnce goes on the pores seem to be more and more clogged. Overall this represents and shows that the film will have a lot to do with someone's thinking, mental stability and there is going to be a lot to think about for the audience as well.

The credits are going on at the same time and Brad Pitt has one of the main roles, which will attract more audience. As the credits finish the pulling out of the brain fades into an extreme close up of what we discover to be a gun inside someone's mouth. At the same time there is diegetic narration that mentions the name "Tyler Durdan." This establishes two characters for the audience and creates an enigma, as we are wondering what is the link between them. At the same time another enigma is created as the person who holds the gun speaks, but we can only see a close up of his arm and later backside, which creates a mystery of who he is. He mentions the time of "3 minutes" and asks if the other person has any "last words to mark the occasion." This is another confusion for the audience, as we are wondering why he is so specific with time and if the occasion is killing the man or something else.

There is a slight humour to break the tension as the man attempts to talk with the gun in his mouth and when his mouth is free he says "I can't think of anything." This little moment in the opening is a huge enigma, as the film has a non-linear narrative and as it starts at the end, we have no idea what is the story behind what is going on. The antagonist-potential killer and the protagonist-victim are established, as well as the mysterious persona Tyler Durdan. The setting is in the dark and the atmosphere with gun is very tense and nerving, which creates a worrying mood. Just from this little clip the genre of the film can be established as a thriller and there are a lot of enigmas and puzzles created for the audience right from the start.

Shaun of the Dead     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCso753oVfw

This film follows the experience of midde-class English 20 year  olds survival of the zombie apocalypse by hiding in a pub. It is a clever parody of the zombie genre. It can be seen as a zombie-romantic-comedy as the main character Sean (played by Simon Pegg) attempts to win his girlfriend back while trying to survive. The opening sequence shows many people doing their boring, mundane deadend jobs as if they were on autopilot. It gives the audience the impression that they are not yet zombies, but are basically zombified by doing their routine jobs every day with little thought or regard. It questions social norms. Cleverly, at the end of the film the same people are shown doing the same jobs expect this time they are zombies. This is a clever method to show how mundane working life can be.

The first shot is of someone pushing trolleys slowly while “Universal pictures Studiocanal and Working title films” is shown, confirming the producer and distributor. The lighting is bright throughout, unlike most zombie films that use darkness to create suspense and fear. For example, the supermarket during the day shown is an unconventional place for a horror to be filmed. The camera then cuts to people waiting at a bus stop who check their clocks in sync, reinforcing the idea of people turning into zombies by doing the same thing every day. The whole opening sequence is a mid-shot with a slow pan that cuts to the next shot. This shot is repeated which again adds to the idea of mundane conformity zombifying people. It makes the audience feel less involved, like an onlooker.

The next shot is different to the rest, indicating change of pace and story. It starts with a low angle shot of some feet stumbling with a large shadow, accompanied by zombie like groaning. This is typical in horror and zombie films to make someone seem more frightening. The camera then pans up to reveal that it is not a zombie, it is Shaun the main character yawning, stumbling as he has just woken up. This perhaps is a mockery of the usual horror genre.

The next shot is of Shaun and Ed. Their close relationship is shown when they sit next to each other both with their feet on the table. We hear “player 2 has entered the game” as shaun pick up the controller. His instant joining into the game signifies the close bond they share. Ed then says “haven’t you got work?” followed by a voice saying “player two has left the game”. Shaun gets up as quickly as he sat down, reinstating the idea that having to do the same tasks everyday is like already being a zombie.