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In the corner is another Mategot lamp, hanging above a Memphis light by Ettore Sottsass. “When I bought it five years ago it was cheap, and people were like, 'That’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen.' They still don’t like it,” he says. “It’s still not that expensive, but Sottsass died, so it’s worth a little bit more. I grew up in a Memphis household — I love it, and I don’t think there’s been enough of it. I’ve never been to someone’s house that had Memphis except for my own.”