The Guns Range designed by Philippe

Gold plated lamp designed by Philippe Starck

Bedside Gun - Beretta Pistol Hand Gun Lamp Gold plated lamp designed by Philippe Starck. Pistol - Bedside Gun Lamp : E27 75W Max Height 43 x Base Dia 16 x Max Dia 24cm

Table Gun - Kalashnikov AK47 Table Lamp 18 carat gold plated Large Gun Lamp designed by Philippe Starck AK47 - Table Gun LampHeight 93 x Base Dia 28 x Max Dia 51cm

This M16 Rifle Floor Lamp has a body in die cast aluminium with injection moulded polymer overprint and either 18k shiny gold plated finish, with Matte black plasticized paper diffuser, silk screen gold printing inside, with subtle S+arck signature cross decoration. OR New Chrome silver finish Lamp with White Paper shade with grey inside. Rifle - Lounge Gun Light - Height 170 x Base Dia 43 x Max Dia 56cm

Starck is not the first and will not be the last, to express himself through strong controversial symbols. Weapons are a recurring icon and are used to see how far the boundaries of design can be pushed, in pursuit of a healthy disgust.

Smile and bear in mind that neither self-made toy weapons nor table lamps are the cause of wars. Think about the pure gold plating on these fake weapons perhaps, which is just as powerful a symbol of the greed and instinct, not love, that appear to drive life, with ever more devastating effects.