Machine Lights, For the Steampunker’s Desk

It was not haphazardly that German designer Frank Buchwald crafted a set of 12 menacing “Machine Lights.” He says that he work on them for 10 years, during which time the fixtures have taken on a life of their own. It certainly looks that way from the burnished steel and brushed glass machinations, whose power runs through flexible brass tubes. Each object includes up to 200 individual parts, including a hand-made globe, and emits 230 V of a mysterious yellow haze. Interested? Enquire with Buchwald himself, who crafts the lights in very small quantities. Each one takes at least four weeks to build. [Frank Buchwald via BB Gadgets]