Anyone who has seen Mommy Dearest is sure to remember the pivotal scene in which Joan Crawford (played by Faye Dunaway) loses her temper and beats her daughter with a wire hanger while repeatedly yelling “No wire hangers.” Had the girl in the movie displayed the ingenuity of UK designer Natalie Sampson, she might have received a better fate. Sampson’s Spiral Coat Hanger Lamp is a pendant light constructed of carefully placed velvet hangers that create a glowing helix.

Spiral Coat Hanger Lamp. Designed by Natalie Sampson.

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Sampson’s materials inspire her work—and her materials are those everyday objects we commonly ignore, if not spurn. In the case of the Spiral Coat Hanger Lamp, the objects are the shoulder-shaped coat hangers that we handle every day without ever giving them much thought. But in Sampson’s lamp, they become amazing casters of light, throwing shadows on the wall with great effect. They also become a luminous nautilus that houses the ghosts of lost clothes.

Place the Spiral Coat Hanger Lamp in a boudoir to remind you to take your clothes off—the dramatic rays of light emanating from the pendant will enhance the curves of your nude figure. For retail venues, Sampson’s lamp can’t be overshadowed—it’s especially suitable for eco-clothiers. Wherever it hangs, the Spiral Coat Hanger Lamp should infuse your quotidian reality with a dose of whimsy: designer Natalie Sampson wants you to revel in “the humour and irony that is created by constructing multiples of these everyday objects.”

Via Inhabitat.

About the Designer: Natalie Sampson is a UK designer who creates lighting and home accessories using repurposed everyday objects. Her pendant lamps are made of quotidian materials such as whisks, toilet brushes, and eggcups that become transformed into something transcendent. Sampson searches for the “hidden beauty in mundane household objects,” designing mostly lighting because of “the shadows that are cast when multiple objects are lit from within.”