I'm guessing some dude in Canada got bored at their desk one day and next thing you know they've paper clipped together a really cool light fitting.   If you're designing a stationery store why not keep a cluster of these in mind (it would be really nice if someone actually did something useful with the stuff I tell you about). Source them on etsy.com/redesigntechnologies (or get the kids to make one at kindy - something like this would be far more useful than macaroni and icy pole sticks glued together).