Inspired by coral reefs, underwater structures made from calcium carbonate secreted by corals, Serbian designer Marko Vuckovic has come up with an innovative lighting dubbed the “Coral lamp” that apart from illuminating your place also draws attention toward endangered coral species. Made in glass featuring solar panels on its top surface, the sustainable lamp generates [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 15, 2010
Inappropriate lighting at work or even at home is possibly one of the major reasons for strained eyes that if not taken proper care can result in severe eye diseases. Taking cue from the constructive language of plant seeds transported by the wind, Belgian designer Xavier Lust has created an elegant table lamp named the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 14, 2010
Human actions play such a significant role in design; it’s either evident in the form or in the function. In the Pouring Light, the action is evident in the form and is delightfully executed as well! With the motive of giving off “an emotional flow of light”, the lights linger on with a mesmerizing effect [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The Weight of Light is a simple structure lamp featuring a unique way to operate the light. Mimicking the style of an industrial scale, the intensity of the lamp is controlled by shifting the “weight” up and down the “scale”. I adore its refreshing approach, the cute way it tips the scale and minimal look. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 10, 2010
The Scallop Lamp takes obvious inspiration from sea shells and is quite an interesting design. Besides being a floor lamp for ornamental purposes, it doubles up as a flashlight! The top projection detaches to become the handy torch during lights-out. Now that’s what I call really clever designing! It looks chic, has dual purpose and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 9, 2010
Designer Cho Hyung Suk has an affinity for bicycle chains – for their utilitarian function and seemingly beauty. The B-Chain Lamp spins the bike chain into a new kind of object, one that is rigid enough to pose a light into various positions. There’s something oddly anthropomorphic about this design – maybe because it halfway [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 17, 2010
Developed by Belgian design studio Stuut, the “Babelute Lamp” is an innovative lighting that the user needs to unzip and zip to increase or decrease the illumination. Made in EVA and wood, the zipper lamp makes a playful light that provides a precision precise glow according to the mood of the occasion as well as [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 7, 2010
latvian design company mammalampa focuses on producing lighting objects, declaring a gentle war on making lamps without adapting, killing or violently beautifying materials. they imagine materials within a new light, creating pieces which have distinctive values. ‘mass production rules. technology is king. human whims dictate product functions. but bored by plastic, we yearn for living [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Designer Natasha Romanova’s LED Lamp promises to illuminate any part of your home. The unique design of her lamp is suffused with utmost simplicity and immense functionality. The lamp design derives inspiration from pegs normally used to hold clothes on a dry line. These pegs made from waterproof recyclable plastic are fitted with 6- LED [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Nicola Zocca started the Bill Light with a simple brief: to create a bulb with dimensions that vary in direct proportion with its brightness. The idea simplified even more when Nicola began using balloons—they approximate the shape of a light bulb, but the dimension is variable, creating a thinner wall as it gets larger, and, [...]
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