Sweet light fixtures made outta skulls and garbage

Impress house guests with lighting so handsome it'll make up for illuminating the fact that you're not, by getting yourself some Aaron Brand Design. Minneapolis' finest lamp-itect fashions his artful, modern fixtures out of recycled and natural goods from circuit boards to rough-hewn wood, doesn't shy away from rust, and classifies his work as "Sinatra meets Motorhead", so suck it, Danger Mouse. Find some of his best below.

Saturn Light: Ambient light radiates from this, well, radiator-looking sci-fi-style lamp made from old Nordicware and oxidized discs from forklift brakes, something Louie Anderson staunchly refuses to take on chicken carbonara night.

Totem Light: These sleek towers project light through a perforated steel cylinder that sits atop a wood-veneered base, making for a "sophisticated modernist statement", so add "your lamp" to the list of things who care more about philosophy than you.

Hanger Chandelier: Somehow making anywhere between 75 and 150 hangers look swank, these dining room danglers come in a bunch of wood or plastic combos, which really is an accurate description of all Combos, given all those synthetic additives they've got.

Should his pre-determined lineup not appeal to you, Brand'll happily take your commissioned order too, with his past custom work including Urban Bean Lyndale's raccoon skull chandelier -- proof that he can make anything look beautiful, even if it does have sort of weird bone structure.