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Inspiring Celestial Suspension Lights By Bastien Carre

There's just something magical about having suspended ceiling lights arranged like constellations. We just love how these lights look. Hopefully, by looking at these, you'll find some new ways of arr...

Could the Silly-Looking Plant Lamp Help 'Em Grow?

Sure it looks silly, with three lamp-handed tentacles stalking over a palm tree and couch, but is it a good idea to keep both plant and owner happy?...

DMO's Iconic Flat Light

While this may not be the first time we've seen the flattening of light fixtures around the home, Korean-based DMO design group has their own take on the graphic icon-inspired lamp. Not only does in c...

Verner Panton: Wire Table Lamp

The lamp is back! Any object that is a mockery of its own functionality is a winner in our book. Why not have a table lamp that looks like the light bulb that should be inside of it?...

The Monumental Untitled Concepts Collection Floor Lamp

Some of you design-centric readers may know Marc Newson 1987 design, 'Super Guppy' Floor Lamp. Apparently Newson's design was the inspiration for this street light derived floor lamp, despite the va...

TURN ON Table Lamp

Italian architects Marco Lana and Alberto Savettiere designed the LED illuminated TURN ON table lamp inspired by the common ON/OFF icon often found on home electronic devices. The lamp itself is used ...

LEDs Add Some High-Tech Flair to Campsites

It's that time of year when the weather gets mild and makes everyone—even the biggest homebody technophiles—want to go outside and spend a weekend camping outdoors......

Solar Oak Effect Post Lights

Most garden solar lights aren't designed nor capable of really illuminating an outdoor space like traditional halogen lighting. But if you're looking to light a pathway, LED solar powered lights can b...

Benjamin Hubert: Labware

It's great when you can find products that are not only great looking and functional, but also humorous at the same time. A great home (in my book) is one that doesn't take itself too seriously....

Illuminated LED Ornaments

Before you panic, we're not suggesting that you start thinking about the December holidays in October. But we are suggesting that these outdoor holiday ornaments could be fun indoors, year-round... ...

Hot or Not? Light Carpet

Forget night lights. Johanna Hyrkas has designed a night rug. Her Light Carpet is part of the Imu Design collective, which showcases works from young Finnish- and Helsinki-based designed. There isn't...

Five Best Energy Efficient LED Desk Lamps

We often mention the importance of a good task chair or desk when it comes to home office ergonomics. But almost as important is a good desk lamp, since we think your eyes are just as important as y...

Joby Gorillatorch Has Magentic Personality

With it's three legs and LED light bulb top, there's something alien invader-ish about the Joby Gorillatorch. But this small tripod light is here to help, not hinder, with flexible legs and magnetic f...

Swarovski Light Sock: The Chandelier Re-Imagined?

We somehow missed these fabulous Swarovski light socks when they premiered at Design Miami 07, but just had to share now that they are available for purchase. Essentially a mesh bag filled with cry...

Big is the New Small: Edison the Grand Lamp

With gadgets, the coolest, baddest thing is almost never the biggest. We like our cell phones, laptops and music players to be as compact as possible. But sometimes, big is beautiful......

Modular Light Screen Room Divider

Got a large room you'd like to subdivide for privacy or partition off to create a home office area? Here's a modular PVC wall divider system that can connect up to 5 screens while also powering a buil...

Zoran Sunjic’s Blind LED Light Handrail

The beauty of LED lighting besides its energy sipping efficiency is that the technology gives off very little heat. This means interesting lighting solutions like Zoran Sunjic’s Blind LED Light Han...

Replace Boring Bricks With Star Light

The lights of the city will severely decrease the visibility of stars. Bummer. Good thing there's home tech designs like these bricks to bring a little star light to our outdoor spaces. ...

Diva Lamp and Music System

The Diva, designed by Dante Donegani and Giovanni Lauda, is a two in one solution that should appeal to your inner Whitney Houston: a LED bedside light with a music system specifically designed for t...

The Rotoliana Indoor/Outdoor Lampion Lantern

Here's a modern reinterpretation of the classic paper lantern, this time updated with an assortment of silicone coloured diffuser (green, blue and orange) and illuminated by a a 30 watt fluorescent bu...

A Great Example of Lighting Your Home Theater

Home Theater - Light Setup from msouza on Vimeo. We'll pardon the spastic video editing stylization of this Vimeo piece uploaded by msouza, only because the video does a great job showcasing an excell...

LED Pin Lighting

The beauty of LED lights are their bright efficiency. A small bulb can light up a large area without using much energy, and that's the premise behind Korea designer Sungho Lee's LED Pin concept, a s...

NightCove Duo Aids Couples to Sleep & Empty Bank Account

NightCove by Zyken is for insomniacs looking for a little technological aid to get their Zzz's. The NightCove relies upon LED light and programmed sound sequences to relax your senses into a sleep w...

Hybrid Solar Flashlight

One of the dubious joys of living in an apartment building that dates back to the 1920s is wiring that also dates back to the 1920s. I was reminded of this the hard way last night when a guest deci...

Macrolux LEDs Poles: They Are Supercool

Not all lamps fit in all spaces. Some spaces have awkward and unforeseen angles in which the best suited lamps don't really fit. That won't be a problem anymore, since the Macrolux Supercool LED lamps...