1. 63 year old, completely retired, stay at home.

2. Tidy

3. Get the specific tool. Jury rigging can get you killed.

4. Garage workshop, overhead floresent tubes.

5.

6. If it is a non-specific item (not a tool), yes.

7. a. With shutters attached, could be used as a mini floodlight for a photo studio. The bell mouth could be used for a sci fi model of some sort, Mercury space capsule for example.

b. Shade can be inverted and used as a small plant pot. Whip stand for a childs mobile.

8. For me, (a) is more flexible. The majority of the workshop tasks I do require I be close in to my work. The scissors arms will allow for much greater flexiblity.

Hope this helps.

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Cheers mate, indeed it did.

Heh... Mercury space capsule... I have a cunning plan.

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Glad I could help. Now you have me wondering about your "cunning plan". Let me know what happens.

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The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of the act.

1) Id describe myself as bored right now...but in general i see myself as creative, jaded, friendly, laid back, somewhat obsessive, occasionally a hermit, occasionally social, like a bear i hibernate.

2) Tidy for some things and messy for others...so that's hard to ask, but in general tidy.

3) Definitely appropriate something i own...do you want examples, well ill give them anyway. coffee plunger will also make an excellent teapot...you know the lamp stories, light box = overhead projector or formerly a piece of acrylic 3 pieces of wood and a halogen lamp. Tools are a big one - pretty much anything hard can be a hammer...but yeah i do value items that are actually designed to do their function. As a result if i am constantly using the appropriated item and see value in owning the specific tool, then ill usually go buy the specific tool.

4) Bedroom. It is also my study space. It is lit with a 100 watt compact fluoro, which isnt the best light, but its good to just hang out in. and then for study, drawing and anything that requires precision i have a halogen desk lamp. So to answer your question, my room is lit depending on what im doing.

5)

6) Errr, depends what it is, if its an expensive piece of technology and usually plastic i dont like to personalise its outside, because i generally buy things that i like the look of. In the cases of products with screens and interfaces etc, i like to personalise them with desktop backgrounds etc. Other items however, like my desk, sketch book, shoes etc i tend to stick things to, draw on generally deface with things that are personal to me.


7) lighting! shadow/light studies for drawing, photographing, drying paint/glue etc, hanging stuff from, interrogating people, hand warmer on cool nights, frequently used hat, beanie etc stand, if you were into drawing you could use the round edge for an ellipse guide (although limited, but id give it a shot if required).

8) Far less, never having owned one...it looks quite delicate, so i probably wouldn't hang anything from it. if i had a cold head i could probably stand under it and turn it on. Use it to place a hat if i wore one, looks pretty shiny, you could pull it down and use it as a crazy distorted mirror.

9) The angle poise, mostly as it has a flexible are, allows for heavy movement, its scale also permits more interaction between the lamp and person...and the context too, being in a study, or work place, opposed to just being out in general, it may not be as acceptable to screw around with a furnishing. Aesthetic also plays a part i think, the arco comes across as only viewable, where the angle poise is very much designed to be moved around and tailored to a persons needs.

Ahh, it's nice to know everyone's still awake...

Interesting that you tend to sort of try "before you buy" by fucking around with stuff to get it to do what you want. As a matter of interest: do you ever wind up appropriating something, then buying the original out of pure frustration when that doesn't work properly, not just because it was actually useful?

Interesting point about the arco seeming less flexible simply 'cause of its aesthetic. I guess when something's all shiny and nice you kinda want to keep it that way. So then nothing that's been specially designed to be pretty you find to get really personal for you? Like it's nice to look at but you never really connect with it/it wouldn't be the first thing you save in a fire?

Remind me to take the anglepoise to the next interview I do.

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1) 18 year old japanese peruvian mutt.

2) Messy as hell.

3) Use something I already own.

4) My room. I study and sleep in there. It is lit with overhead florescent tubes and a small desk lamp.

5)

6) If I can, yes.

7) You can mount it on a wall and use it as a small garage floodlight(that's what I did with one of mine). On a really cold day, leave it lit for a while and use it as a hand warmer . You can also use it as a heat lamp for reptiles like I did for my snakes, RIP.

8) ... You can sort of use it as a clothes line. You can use the base as a makeshift stool. DISPLAY it 'cause it looks good and would make a good conversation piece, though, I think that's its actual purpose...

9) Definitely lamp A. When I study, draw, or repair something I like a lot of light. It's also way more portable then lamp B.

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1) Quickly describe yourself. Be honest, how you see yourself not how you think others perceive you.
laidback and non-confrontational, workaholic, self absorbed (though not egotistical XD)

2) Would you consider yourself a messy or tidy person.
messy

3) If you require something for a task are you likely to buy a specific tool, or appropriate something you already own but may not have been specifically designed for that task?
the second one XD

4) What room in your house would you say you use the most, how is it lit?
my bedroom, has two 75watt ecobulbs

5) How is your work area lit? (if it is the same as the previous question, just leave this blank)

6) Do you find that, when you have owned an object for extended periods of time you like to customize it in your own image, or bend it to your own needs?
not really. If I come across some stickers, I will stick them to something, but I wont go out of my way to decorate.

7) Look at lamp A, the anglepoise; what uses could you think of for it and why? (think outside the box and out of context, also consider the light bulb itself)
would be good for lighting desks for drawing, computer-use, on the bedside table for reading- workspace stuff

8) Similarly for lamp B, the Arco.
More of a display piece, for lounges and rooms in which you entertain

9) Of the two, which do you think would be the most flexible in its use and why?
anglepoise, because of the flexibility and size.

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We will have to get you some reliable SS soon then... rubbing lamps is no substitute for listening to awesome music awesomely reproduced...

Might do the quiz after Lucians.

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1) Quickly describe yourself. Be honest, how you see yourself not how you think others perceive you.

Doing way too much and way too little at the same time. Nearly broke, society tells her she needs a job, and she gets easily distracted by big ideas and has a need to implement them. Easily frustrated and bored when they don't appear to be going anywhere. (Which is why I stick to quick projects)

2) Would you consider yourself a messy or tidy person.

They say where you spend the most time on is where your highest value is. I could extend this to tidyness. My room therefore, observationally, is on lower priority than keeping track of my art goods.

3) If you require something for a task are you likely to buy a specific tool, or appropriate something you already own but may not have been specifically designed for that task?

Most likely I'll try out what I've got first, see if I can't make it myself, see if anybody I know has it, and all else failing go buy it. Unless it's a power-tool that I should have anyway, then I'll go buy it.

4) What room in your house would you say you use the most, how is it lit?

In this house now - my workroom/storeroom. It has one of those eco-bulbs or whatever. The window is shaded by many plants so it doesn't let much natural light in. During the day when I'm on the computer the screen light is bright enough unless I'm writing or sewing and need the extra light.

5) How is your work area lit? (if it is the same as the previous question, just leave this blank)

If it's reading I want to do I migrate to 's bed where the natural light is so much better. (See [link])

6) Do you find that, when you have owned an object for extended periods of time you like to customize it in your own image, or bend it to your own needs?

That tends to happen with things I carry with me a lot, not so much household items. Becomes part of the accessory I guess.

7) Look at lamp A, the anglepoise; what uses could you think of for it and why? (think outside the box and out of context, also consider the light bulb itself)

Insect trap for moths - light attracts the bugs, the shade traps them in

8) Similarly for lamp B, the Arco.

The space looks perfect to build a large-scale sculpture in.

9) Of the two, which do you think would be the most flexible in its use and why?

On one hand, A looks portable thus can be hooked up anywhere. On the other hand, B looks like it'll illuminate more provided you wanted to work in that particular area.

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Dammit, I promised my Dad I'd never be a lighting guy...

1. 18, usually easy to get along with, atheist, massive introvert, can get impatient with people who take a while to grasp things I have no trouble with, pretty much a tee-totaller for the simple reason that I'd be more likely to do damage to an organ before I got drunk. Studying to be an artist (animator) and hopefully won't fall flat on my face.

Wow, that was longer than intended.

2. Messy in most respects, anally tidy in a few. Can barely soo to the other end of my room for anime and dust.

3. Bit of both. Lord knows I'm the first to look at a task and go "well hey I can just use this" but if I've got the cash, and it's necessary, specific tools ftw.

4. Bedroom, and primarily lit either by ceiling light, bedside lamp, or probably more often that not, the ambient light coming off my laptop screen and any natural light present at the time.

5. Ceiling light is directly over my desk, but that's rarely my 'workspace'.

6. I don't really own much that CAN be personalised. Only ones that do fall under that category also fall under 'too-nice/expensive-to-do-anything-to'.

7. Well, my first thought is slap some celophane over it, or better yet stick in a constantly rotating colour bulb, angle it towards the ceiling but with enough angle to get a nice spread, and you've got perfect eL Cheapo party lighting.
Could also work for aq makeshift lightbox if you can get it under whatever you're working on, and you're working on it on something transparent.

8. Autopsy light, perhaps?

9. Anglepoise, just because it can be positioned as it can.

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