Is Nothing Sacred?

Good God. I just got an e-mail today announcing a new “teddy bear lamp” from the irreverent British design team known as SUCK UK. Having grown up with my own beloved teddy bear, I quickly opened the e-mail – to find this:

I immediately felt a lurching feeling in my gut, as if I were watching my own child being tortured. It looks like poor Teddy was shoved into an oven, and all I want to do is get him out!

And then there were more images – akin to some nightmare where you find yourself running toward a loved one, only to find a hideous perversion of that loved one in his place – in this case, a light bulb shoved into the space where Teddy’s head was ripped off:

Here is SUCK’s description of Teddy:

“Is he a bear? Is he a lamp? Whichever way you choose to see him, he looks weirdly wonderful and will be sure to earn a second look from your guests. Let him win a place in your heart as he sits quietly on your shelf or bedside table, waiting for you to illuminate him and show him off in his best light. … Poor Ted may have lost his head, but he definitely lights up the room!”

I think Sam and Jude, the design team behind SUCK, may have lost their own heads on this one. And their twisted design sense doesn’t stop there…