LED Trojan Horse
Frog Design is at it again, this time with an environmentally friendly LED based lightbulb. Although CFL’s are marketed to be widely superior than incandescents, the…
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Pour Me a Glass of Light
(de)light is a project that reinterprets the concept of light as we know it. What does it mean when you can pour illuminated liquid from…
Smoke and Mirrors and Light Bulbs
Why buy, arrange, and construct an array of 60+ fluorescent light bulbs when you can strap together three of them and let good ‘ole reflections…
Mountain Dew Supernova in the Sky
The ReGlow lamp from Shelley Spicuzza likes to recycle, but skips a lot of steps in between. By screwing in empty, unlabeled plastic drink bottles…
Hi-LIGHTer
Need a little added light to your office space? Tired of drab, boring typical office lighting and décor? Well grab a Lighter from designer Alexander…
I’ve Got Kurage
Or better yet, I wish I had it. Kurage3 is a fiber optic light that by adjusting its curve, creates a brighter or more dimming…
Fine China Chandelier
Designer Julia Coffart wants to bring back the idea of uniqueness and specificity to luxury goods. Luxe items once meant hard to find items, often…
Architectural Mood Lighting
The Penta lamp is probably one of the more striking designs I’ve seen. In a time when most modern lamps follow the molded poly road,…
Travelin’ Light
There is nothing I love more than to see a design that is super practical, super stylish and one that I would love to have…
I Heart Light Way
Strange as this may sound but those baseboard light rails that illuminate darkened movie theaters intrigue me. I always look down, in part to make…
Light Dressing on the side
I have heard of clothing being “too loud” but never “too bright”. Maybe that will all change with “rhyme&reason” by Mary Huang. Her lighted clothing…
Enlighten Lights
The halo is one of the most mysterious artistic elements in cultures all over the world. Always depicting an “enlightened one”, the halo seems to…