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Posts tagged “lighting”

Porcelain Hanging Flashlight Lamps

The faux flashlights are made with porcelain are designed to be arranged either solo or more dramatically in mixed groupings. Plug in an a LED bulb and you'll complete the facade. It's just too bad th...

Cassette's Not Dead Lamps Recycle Your Music

So here's where your whole back catalog of bad 80's hair metal audio cassettes and mixtapes went! The Cassette's Not Dead Floor Lamp is described as a tribute to the cassette tape, available in thre...

Egg Collective's Stump Light

Ah, Egg Collective's Stump lighting makes us wish we had room for a woodworking shop. It's a creative and nature-themed way to illuminate the room using fallen sycamore stumps, while also providing ...

The Spica Speaker Merges Water and Sound

We weren't quite sure what Yuki Yamamoto's Spica speaker was all about when posted over at Moco Loco. But then we saw the video below the jump and it all started to make sense: it's an audio version o...

Wind–up Eco Twinkle Light

The Eco Twinkle Light concept designed by Kenan Wang takes the mechanism of the old fashioned classroom pencil sharpener and connects it to a rechargeable battery and LED light to create a portable an...

"Tio" Promotes Green Living for Little Ones

The children are our future and if we don't tech them to turn lights off to conserve energy then who will? Well, this colorful kid-friendly ghost guy, Tio, can do it....

LightSleeper Will Put You To Sleep With Light?

We're pretty heavy sleepers and will wake up if there's even a fraction of light in the room; so you have to understand our skepticism of a device that claims to put you to sleep with light. But th...

The Fiat Lux Lamp Has Magnetic Personality

The Fiat Lux lamp is a collaboration between designers Constance Guisset and Grégory Cid, incorporating a separate control unit with a magnet within the lamp's design to both control the on a...

Electroluminescent Electronic Paper and Carbon Fiber Light

With a shape that reminds us of some of the pappardelle pasta we just had a few nights ago, designer Mark Tremonto’s Carbon 451 Lamp is a dramatic expression of shape and illumination only conceivab...

Magnificent High Tech LED Tipped Plant Lamps

While there was a fad of fiber-optic lighted flowers a few years ago, they never came anything close to looking this good. These magnificent LED flower bouquet lamps will make great mood lighting for...

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......