what lampshade am i thinking of?  

I see a few mooks.
I see a few mooks.

A bit of wire, a few electrical parts,
and some fibrous paper-like stuff. How hard could it be?

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Its sprayed on vinyl, comes out of the gun like cobwebs... done on rotation I think, probably they are over priced but not as much as might be imagined.

Yes
The material is sprayed on
http://blog.modernica.net/?p=13962
http://blog.modernica.net/?p=13962

So, you're saying it would be
near impossible to make one without expensive custom machinery, specialized materials, parts, and training?
Wow!

Hahahahahahaha
More mooks!
It's just a cheap-ass old lamp some old horny dude put together in his garage.

I've got a woody
for a Nelson bubble lamp. A big round one.

Too bad tktoo
Since I doubt that you "have the cash" to buy something that costs as much as what the typical unemployed teenager manages to scrape together in order to buy an iPod.
You can still look at the pictures of the lamps on the internet though (wink)

Tell me about it, tchp.
I've got two unemployed teenagers living in my house. I have no idea how many i-this's and i-thats's are to be found among the piles of dirty laundry covering the floors of their rooms, but I do know who paid for them all.

I am amazed that anyone can...
I am amazed that anyone can afford to have a teenager.

Lit Up out of interest ...
Lit Up, out of interest, could you explain why you think I own a Nelson bubble lamp?

Robert, of course I don't...
Robert, of course I don't think you own a Nelson bubble lamp! As I said, I just don't believe that you have the cash.

at Lit up.
There is a hard consensus on the forum about knockoff products, for obvious reasons, so I don't know why you aimed your question at the members here?
You've had several positive reactions proposing a rice paper made alternative (ikea, habitat..)
There was a response motivating you buying a vintage example, wich makes a clear difference in cost.
You could always buy a vintage 'knock-off', these were in the days also produced buy other companies. I have a large round one, wich I bought in a secondhand shop for 20?. I like it, but have to say, the quality of the Nelson ones is supreme in comparison.
If you would follow the dynamics of the forum, you would've noticed many members have very clear priorities and taste.
Robert, for instance, seems to be collecting very fine executed danish design. He makes a very knowledgable impression, so I don't think it shows much respect or integrity from your side making assumptions about budget, spending or taste of others.

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What, so he's not the Hyacinth Bucket of DA anymore ?
Just because you don't have a few hundred dollars to spend on lighting doesn't mean others don't, shoes, a computer, a watch...no one is making you buy any of these things, if its too expensive for you, shrug and walk away, no point in complaining about it.
I'd prefer many goods remain unaffordable, price reduction has consequences, think about it it.

To assume that everybody on...
To assume that everybody on here is against knockoffs is wrong, as evidenced by some of the replies to this thread. Some knockoffs aren't worth buying. Others are. It depends on whether the materials, process and transportation costs in the 'branded' version justify an exclusive price.
In the case of an Eames lounge, of course there is a difference between a vintage Herman Miller in Brazilian rosewood for several grand and a generic high street one for a couple of hundred. But in the case of a lampshade made of sprayed vinyl, starting at £350, going all the way to £1500, which others on here have attested does not represent good value for money, bearing in mind its fragility... well that's ridiculous.
It's not that I can't muster up 300 quid. I'll happily pay that for something that is durable. It's that I just don't think anybody in their right mind, including the majority of people on this forum, would pay hundreds of pounds for a lampshade made of vinyl. That material hardly makes for an 'investment piece', does it? I'd rather 'invest' my money in solid materials... wood, metal, glass, bronze. You have to be seriously profligate to throw between 350-1500GBP at something as flimsy as one of the previous posters can attest to.
Robert said "good for them" for maintaining the high price, but I'm sure he has enough sense not to blow his cash on something so fragile, so it was a bit incongruent. And it's fine to admit that one wouldn't make such a profligate purchase. In fact, that's the first thing I wrote when I realised the price tag.