Designers Peter Pracilio and Oscar Lopez have a new lighting design on the way that comes straight from the urban landscape. The shoe chandelier brings a long standing icon of city life and offers it up as an original piece of interior lighting. These chic sneaks will bring a bit of elegance to a common yet mysterious element of urban culture.
Posted by: Jack of Most Trades. on March 18, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Reminds me of all the shoes I used to see hung on overhead wires when I lived in the city, in the areas where every flat surface had hieroglyphics spray-painted on them
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Looks like a fairly easy remake... Take a mold of some sneeks, pour in some acrylic, and then insert an LED.
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Reminds me of all the shoes I used to see hung on overhead wires when I lived in the city, in the areas where every flat surface had hieroglyphics spray-painted on them
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