Best floor lamp?  

Barry, I have the Colombo...
Barry, I have the Colombo Alogena lamp for Oluce (first designed halogen lamp in living areas) - halogen powered and VERY bright! It's also fully adjustable and emits a lovely soft light with the setting turned down. However, it isn't cylinder shaped and I'm guessing too 'clinical' for you?

No...that's nice
But what I really want is a 5 or 6 foot tall fairly slender cylinder or cylinder-type lamp that doesn't use a florescent (it strobes too easily and is often noisy), with a dimmer switch, which would off warm bright light. I know there's paper shades out there, but I'm trying to find a plastic or strong linen shade that'll last.
My living room has windows and is bright enough during the day, but without a ceiling lamp (other than my large cigar Bubble which really is more environmental, rather than bright), the living room is fairly dark. I'd like to find a lamp that fills the room with light.
Artemide has a lot of the kind of thing I want (Tirso, Atreo, Promesteo, Chimaera, Megaron Terra), but I bet they're real expensive.

The Megaron Terra is a nice...
The Megaron Terra is a nice lamp, fairly cheap too 2nd hand, around £200/$400? Not sure how they emit light although I did consider one of these before I went for the JC.

Something like this?
With a magazine rack at the base.

Paul Mayan
Made some wonderful designs for Habitat. He used "Lumacryl" plastic which gives a very nice diffused glow. This is one of his floor lamps we have. It has a 3-way switch and will cast light up, all-over, or both. The base has nice subtle detailing and the construction quality is very good also.

Thety're both nifty
Both are real nice....I was looking for a shade that goes down to the base, tho, but I'd be happy with either of these. I suppose that they are not currently available products (I don't mean these specifically....I'm not trying to buy them off you!)

To consider
I found a couple lamps at hivemodern.com or see the link for the Noguchi Akari floor lamps. The Noguchi lamps give off a nice bright light, there are more versions than I remembered.
http://akaristore.stores.yahoo.net/floor2.html

Light bounced off the roof...
Light bounced off the roof plane or walls is the best,down lighting or side lighting is hard on people...

Nice lamps...but made of paper
I'd jump on one of those cool lamps in heartbeat except I'm not interested in a paper shade....too fragile and temporary.

Jasper morrison
You could alway get a Jasper Morrison Glo-Ball, it's not a cylinder shape, but it would cast a lot of light.

barry, what lamp did you end...
barry, what lamp did you end up getting?

the Sonneman version
of the Trineale floor lamp. It's terrific.

Thanks Barry. I think I...
Thanks Barry. I think I remember there being a thread on that lamp. Will have to look it up.

That reminds me, if Pegboard...
That reminds me, if Pegboard Modern is reading this, what is the lamp in the first picture? Is it glass or something else? Either way, it is absolutely stunning.