Fish-Shaped Thingy We Covet

West Elm has always seemed sort of like a middling, mediocre version of modernism to me, but every now and then they come up with something inventive and surprising that forces me to rethink being so wholly dismissive of them. Take this Koi Table Lamp, for example. Sculptural, whimsical, and definitely a conversation piece, right?

"So, what in God's name made you decide to buy a lamp shaped like a fish?"

(chuckling smoothly:) "Well Bob, funny you should ask..."

Yep, that's a winner right there. A lamp guaranteed to win friends and influence people. SOLD.

Maybe I'll stop ferrying those West Elm catalogs directly into the recycling now... I SAID MAYBE. NO PROMISES.

Koi Table Lamp, $199.00 @ West Elm