The Space Age Never Left, RETROCORE Just Made It Official
Every few years, design circles get swept up in nostalgia for a very specific era: the 1960s vision of the future. The curved furniture, the…
Lighting
Frankfurt’s Solar Lights That Look Better Than Your Living Room Lamp
If you’ve ever walked along a riverbank at night and squinted up at a buzzing fluorescent streetlamp wondering who designed that thing and why, Munich-based…
This Streaming Light Concept Is Its Own Carrying Case
Streaming lights have quietly become a staple of the modern content creator’s travel kit. The compact ones clip onto a laptop screen and add professional-grade…
Oberhauserer’s Balloon Lamp Makes Concrete Feel Surprisingly Weightless
Outdoor lighting is usually seen as something practical. It lights up a pathway, softens a garden, marks an entrance, or creates a mood after dark….
This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone
Upcycled materials have become a familiar part of sustainable design, but most of them still try to hide where they came from. The aluminum gets…
Turkish Designer Cut 800-Year-Old Islamic Geometry Into a Stone Lamp That Casts Patterns on Your Wall
The history of decorative stone carving and the history of electric lighting have almost never intersected in any meaningful way at the shade level. The…
Gantri’s Helia Finally Makes Wireless Lamps Worth Buying
Every lamp in your home is tethered to a wall. Most of us have made peace with that, tucking cords under rugs, running them behind…
The Lamp That Nine Artisans Built by Hand
Most lamps disappear into a room. They’re functional, fine, forgettable. The new collection from Taiwan-Lantern, shown this week at ICFF during NYCxDESIGN in New York,…
A 3D-Printed Lamp That Finally Makes Sustainability Look Great
Most lamps do one thing. They sit on your desk, light your space, and get buried under the slow-moving chaos of charger cables and forgotten…
Milan 2026’s Most Interesting Chandelier Is Named After a Computer
Milan Design Week 2026 was, by most accounts, a fair deeply in love with the handmade. Craft, texture, labour, and the visible trace of human…
Lexon Turned Jeff Koons’ Most Famous Sculpture Into The Coolest Statement Lamp You Can Actually Own
Transforming Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog into a fully functional lamp required more than good intentions and a licensing agreement. For French design/tech atelier Lexon, more…
Woven by Hand in the Philippines, Sold in Milan
Most lamps just sit there. They do their job, emit their light, and fade into the background of a room. Mirei Monticelli’s lamps are the…