Name: 為什麼 "胸燈 "如此可怕？ (Why 'Boob Lights' Are So Terrible)
Uploaded: 2021-01-04T18:21:11.000Z
Duration: 6 min 3 s

我的一室一廳的公寓裡有四個。

including this one that's now home to a dead roach.

包括這個現在是一隻死蟑螂的家。

Call it Freudian if you want, but they just collect dust,

如果你想叫它弗洛伊德式的，但它們只是收集灰塵。

they're an insect graveyard, and they're just ugly.

他們是一個昆蟲墓地， 他們只是醜陋。

So I'm gonna start replacing them, and along the way,

所以我要開始更換它們，並沿途。

why boob lights are on the ceilings of so many homes.

為什麼這麼多家庭的天花板上都有胸燈。

And with all of your options when it comes

而當你有了所有的選擇，當它涉及到

which is a flush mount dome light fixture.

but speak to any lighting designer or a contractor,

但要和任何一個照明設計師或承包商溝通。

and then they're gonna call it exactly what you think.

然後他們就會按照你的想法來稱呼它。

In pursuit of answers, I spoke with Charles Brill,

為了尋求答案，我與查爾斯-布里爾進行了交流。

co-founder of designer lighting manufacturer

設計師照明製造商的聯合創始人

Brill: 'The boob light', it has a really simple construction

布里爾："胸燈"，它的結構真的很簡單。

It's usually a plastic or opaline glass sphere

通常是一個塑膠或乳白玻璃球體

and allows you to easily re-lamp the light fixture.

並允許您輕鬆地重新點亮燈具。

Narrator: The term for materials like these

is builder grade, an inexpensive construction solution,

是建築商級別的，價格低廉的施工方案。

as long as you're not the one living with it.

只要你不是和它生活在一起的人。

Flush-mount fixtures are super-popular in construction

平裝燈具在建築業中超受歡迎。

There are thousands of flush-mount designs

The lighting industry in general is booming,

照明行業總體上是蓬勃發展的。

在2019年達到4300萬美元的收入。

and boob lights are some of the cheapest,

你看，我可以用40美元買到一包6個。

But frugality can't be the only answer, can it?

Who designed this and decided this looks great on a ceiling?

是誰設計的，並決定這在天花板上很好看？

To find out, we have to go back in time...

要知道，我們必須回到過去... ...

You recognize these, though: Edison bulbs!

你認識這些，雖然。愛迪生燈泡！

They're the trendiest thing now, but before 1904,

它們是現在最流行的東西，但在1904年之前。

they were the only name in the light-bulb game,

他們是唯一的名字 在燈泡遊戲。

Not a great thing to enclose in a diffuser

把它裝在擴散器裡不是什麼好東西。

Builders usually hung them from ceilings but kept

建築商通常把它們掛在天花板上，但保留了它們。

Then as cities grew, builders looked for ways

然後隨著城市的發展，建設者們尋找各種方法

to light smaller rooms with shorter ceilings,

and their prayers were answered by the improvement

他們的祈禱得到了迴應，改善了

and mass-production of the incandescent light bulb,

Invented in Britain and developed by William Coolidge,

這些燈泡換成了熱的、昏暗的碳纖維。

The new bulbs burned much cooler and were bright enough

新的燈泡燒得更冷，而且足夠亮。

to be installed right next to the ceiling.

Builders also loved installing flat-mount light fixtures

because they didn't have to install hardware

Designers like Virden, Beller, even Sears and Roebuck

維爾登、貝勒，甚至西爾斯和羅巴克等設計師。

在這種新風格中創造了固定裝置。

Early flush mounts played around with the design,

早期的平頭支架在設計上玩得很溜。

Finally, around 1930, perhaps as a result of some

最後，在1930年左右，也許是由於一些。

an anonymous light-fixture designer discovered

that the finial could be placed at the center of the dome.

This secured it in place, making it easier to swap out

這樣就把它固定住了，便於更換。

After that, it was game on for the boob light.

The growth of the suburbs during the '50s saw a

surge of construction and secured the light's position

湧動的施工，並確保了燈的位置。

Through the decades, styles came and went,

If you were building a house on the cheap,

如果你是在便宜的地方蓋房子。

"So what", you may be thinking - and you're right.

"那又怎樣"，你可能在想--你是對的。

Besides being distracting, there's nothing

除了讓人分心之外，也沒有什麼...

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