Is the Norm 69 Lampshade a cult classic or not?

23-08-2012
Is the Norm 69 Lampshade a cult classic or not?

Some things become ubiqutious in home interiors: Eames chairs. Noguchi coffee tables. Poul Henningsen's Artichoke Light. Saarinen tables, and this little feller - the Normann Copenhagen Norm 69 Lampshade. At around €100, it's definitely on the cheaper end for a design classic but classic it is and the reason we know it is because it's so copied - check Ikea's paper-apes if you don't believe us.

Do you think it deserves the classic status it's had conferred upon it though? Do you own one?  Do you consider it to be a work of modernist beauty or a piece of hideous plastic tat?

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