This unique chandelier constructed by MadLab is called Bacterioptica.  It was designed specifically for an extended family household that includes two parents, three children, a dog, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  Bacterioptica was imagined “to synchronize with the life” of this large household in a rather bizarre manner.  Besides being composed of 15,000 feet of fiber optics, the chandelier is a literal “household organism” in that it also contains an assembly of metal rods and glass petri dishes with bacteria living inside.  The idea is that this extravagant piece of lighting represents another living, breathing member of the family.  See?  Bizarre.  Different sized petri dishes can be swapped out, the light intensity can be adjusted, and the fiber optic feeds can be rerouted to make for an infinately customizable light fixture.  I am left pondering this question: Is there a real life Addams Family?  Because only a family as other-worldly as them would allow for a science experiment such as this to hang high and mighty above a dining room table upon which food is consumed.

[Via Gizmodo; MocoLoco; MadLab]