Mathmos Astro Red-Violet and Green-Blue

Comment by Modulo '70 on April 28, 2010 at 6:18pm

Love it or not the Astro lamp is a true style icon. I really love the newer ones with the polished bases.

Comment by Boney on April 29, 2010 at 3:58pm

Bohdan,

That bright light was just a temporary solution. Today, I made a permanent one with led strips and some basic soldering skills. It looks exactly like I want it to; I'll try to upload a video of my current setup this weekend. It looks so much better now. New back-light setup makes these two Astros look as they meant to be in the first place I believe.

ALPHA CENTAURI,

I do, absolutely, agree with your statement about Astro lamps. In fact, that was the reason why I choose Astro, also the history behind it. I really love the fact that this particular lamp came to this day, without negative alterations from 1963. This feels really odd, maybe too much sentimentality present with this kind of thought yet I seriously think that having such an item before my eyes urges me to fall into deep thoughts, very inspiring, boosting my creativity a lot.

I really can't wait to show you folks my new light setup, nothing spectacular of corpse but it's simply pleasant. Maybe that's because I made it from scratch and this makes me overly appreciative of it's nature.

Comment by Pretzel Gal on September 29, 2010 at 6:08pm

Very cool and fun video! Did you ever do a follow up?

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