Happy Birthday LavaLamp
LavaLamp turns 40 this year!
YAY!!!
>Originally called the Astro Lamp and fathered by Edward Craven-Walker, a naturist and inventor from Dorset, the creation of colored globs of oozing wax suspended in water (mixed with a cocktail of “secret ingredients”) and encased in an illuminated glass tube was launched in 1963 and became an instant hit; sales ran into the millions.
The seeds of cult status were sown early, with the product taking cameo roles in popular 1960s television programs such as The Prisoner, Dr. Who, and The Avengers. Sales peaked in 1973, when the cosmic glow of ambient light made the perfect accessory for orange shag pile and mind-expanding drugs. -FINANCIAL TIMES