Designer Brenda Houston has created an impressive line of table lamps inspired and comprised by the mineral formations of nature. Houston hand-picks crystalline chunks of minerals to become the bases of her brilliant lamps. These mineral lamps stand between 23 and 29 inches tall, feature a simple lamp shade that takes no attention away from the mineral centerpiece within. We’ll take that bold, black beauty above with the inset spider. It’s a perfect match for the superhero lair we’re building in a cave below TheCoolist’s headquarters… [brenda houston via carrie leber] View in gallery