Reflected light on paper can be annoying, especially when one is reading. Soft Light provides the user with a luminescence that can be positioned to best suit the user’s needs. It functions both as indoor and outdoor lighting, and gives the user the flexibility to “mould” its form to suit specific environments and conditions.

Designer: Yang Hai

Tile + Light is a series of five differently configured customizable light fittings that is designed to be adaptable to different environments. Their modular configurations enable the user to arrange them to relate to the spatial qualities of particular environments, or according to the user’s preference.

Designer: Hyomi Kim

We all know Hansel and Gretel left a trail of breadcrumbs and pebbles to find their way back but what happens if life ever imitates art? Would it work? Breadcrumbs would obviously degrade so designer Mi-Sook Lee focused on pebbles that light up. The butterfly shaped rocks would light the way back to civilization for any wood be travelers lost in the maze of trees.

Designer: Mi-Sook Lee

With the advancement of technology, we have become very dependable on so many cordless devices- cordless phones, cell phones, laptops, PDA’s and the like. Monica Förster has created a unique design that we can add to our favorite cordless collection. Load is a cordless and portable light. You can charge the light up and receive lighting for up to five hours.

Designer: Monica Forster

Have you ever found while looking through your closet a bunch of hangers that have no clothes on them? Normally, we throw them away and don’t think twice about it. 101 Design Studio had a better option for those extra hangers. They have created “48”. “48 is lighting design made from 48 metal hangers. The design comes in both a standing and hanging version.

Designer: 101 Design Studio

Imagine walking into a room with bags of crystals hanging from the ceiling which seem to be glowing in their brilliant glory. In Miami, at the Design Miami show held at The Moore Building, located in the epicenter of Miami’s Design District, Swarovski Crystal Palace unveiled an exhibition featuring Light Sock by New York-based architecture firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro.

Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro

The Twist Together Lamp encourages you to design your own lamp. Individual blocks connect together and illuminate with a simple twist. Many creations are possible from a single set of 4 blocks, but you can also connect multiple sets together (up to 6 on a single power supply) expanding your options indefinitely.

Designer: Glide Studio

ETree is an interactive electroluminescent floor lamp that invites the user to interact by moving and playing with its strands. The effect is very similar to slow shutter photography of people waving around lights.

Designer: Jesus Felipe & Silvia Grimaldi

I’m going to start this post with an IMHO because it’s a great example of how simplicity in design means complication in function - which ironically is the opposite of what Apple stands for. Designer Miyoshimasato envisages the iLight, an Apple designed flashlight.

Designer: Miyoshimasato

With Christmas just around the corner, people have already begun to make preparations around their home. It seems that many neighbors compete on who has the most lights outside and inside their home. With the following new design by Tayo Design Studio, you would win hands down by having a new and different lighting experience to add to the Christmas ambience.

Designer: Tayo Design Studio