Rima Suqi

Dino Sanchez has put together do-it-yourself lighting kits — called DS Kits — that will be out around July 21 and retail for about $70.

From his email: DS Kits are do-it-yourself lamps that assemble in less than 10 minutes and require nothing more than a phillips screw driver. Kits come with all the components needed to create either a wall lamp (DS Kit 01) or table lamp (DS Kit 02.) Lamps come in natural oak, nickel plated steel and the choice of a white, black or blue fixture.

They look like this:

And from that you can make this:

or this:

Nobody believed me when I got back but it’s true. I sent an email about the experience to a friend of mine who has very cool travel website called Fathom. She decided to run it word for word. You can read it here.