Mmm...this is a beautiful, user-configurable lamp from Frank Gehry, based on paper cup bottoms. From the Design Within Reach site:

Renowned for buildings that boast monumental volumes dressed in shimmering skins, Frank Gehry recently turned his inventive eye to packing paper cups. Stapling them together, the architect discovered he had the inspiration for a light fixture—the Cloud Lamp. To transform the shade from a found-object construct to a prototype for mass production, Gehry developed a "skin" made of polyester that feels and looks like fiber and is flexible, tear-resistant, easy to clean and fire-retardant. The result is a whimsical puff of a shade exclusive to Design Within Reach. What one can't do with his buildings one is able do here: the Cloud Lamp can morph in the user's hands, becoming a very round cumulus or a flatter stratus shape.

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