As promised (http://0pointer.de/blog/chasing-light.html), here’s a stencil drawing of the Mexican-style IQ Lamp: .ps (http://0pointer.de/public/iqlamp.ps), .svg (http://0pointer.de/public/iqlamp.svg), .pdf (http://0pointer.de/public/iqlamp.pdf). (1:1, DIN A4/ISO 216 paper size)

30 of these are needed to assemble one mexican style lamp, as depicted below. The material to cut these patterns from needs to be a thin (less than .5 mm thick) plastic (or maybe cardboard) which needs to be flexible - but not too flexible, and not glossy. It might be advisable to use energy-saving light bulbs for this lamp. They are entirely hidden inside the lamp and might be good to avoid overheating of the plastic. Assembling instructions (http://www.sadiethepilot.com/iqweb/iqhowto.htm), Video (http://www.bald-bang.com/IQlight/IQ%20video.html), Instructable (http://www.instructables.com/id/E9TA9AH137ET2JYI75/). Please note that assembling the mexican-style IQ light needs a quite a bit manual force because all pieces are bent a little, in contrast to the original danish design which appears to be assembled without any force. (at least the video clip suggests that.) For mounting a cable/lamp socket you might need to cut a small hole in one of the plastic sheets, to put the cable through.

Once again the photo:

Have fun!