The Eggshell Lamp You Can Rearrange So You Never Buy Another
I have a soft spot for lamps, but less patience for the way we buy them. Pick a shape, pick a spot, and hope both…
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The 1969 Lamp Nobody Knew They Needed Is Back
Most statement lighting presents a familiar dilemma. A lamp can give a room personality, but the more attention it demands, the harder it can be…
The Lamp That Actually Looks Better With the Lights Off
Most lighting has a dirty secret: it only works half the day. Flip the switch and a pendant or sconce can look spectacular, all warm…
A Ceramic Lamp That Refuses to Stay the Same
Most lamps ask you to commit. You pick a shade, a finish, a mood, and that’s what you’re stuck with until the bulb burns out…
This Desk Lamp Finally Solved the Cord Problem Every Remote Worker Just Accepts
Oftentimes, the way light falls in a room dictates how productive you are or how well you can finish your study, work, or task. Sometimes,…
The $2,500 Clay Lamps That Look Completely Different After Dark
Most lighting collections come with a concept attached, some blurb about inspiration and intention that sounds compelling on paper but doesn’t survive contact with an…
4 Small-Batch Lamps That Treat Darkness as a Feature
Most table lamps are designed to give you light. The Rift Series, a small-batch collection by New York-based architect Yongwon Kwon, is designed to make…
The Buenos Aires Lamp Made From One Folded Sheet of Steel
Most lamps exist to disappear. You buy them, you place them, you forget about them. They live as background objects, chosen for ambiance or practicality,…
Meet The Lamp That’s Actually Grown, Not Made
If you’ve never thought about bacteria as a design material before, Cenit might be the thing that changes that for you. The latest lighting collection…
Korean Brand BAENUE Finally Built a Lamp That Knows What Time It Is
Most lamps don’t ask questions. They turn on, throw light at you, and call it a day. You adjust the brightness, maybe swap out a…
A Thunderstorm, Frozen in Marble and Gold Leaf
Most lamps ask very little of you. They sit in corners, cast light, get switched off. Electric Rocks, a new collectible luminaire by British designer…
One Revolution Per Minute: How THE MIROR Makes Time Visible
Most lamps exist to solve a problem: you need light, so you buy a lamp. THE MIROR Collection, by design studio MIRORlab, starts from a…
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,…
The Lexon x Jeff Koons Collaboration Makes Functional Art Worthy to Adorn Your Living Room
Lexon has always operated in that precise zone where design meets desire, making objects that earn their place on a shelf by being genuinely useful…
The 40-Year-Old Lamp That Still Looks Like the Future
Some design ideas are so quietly right that they take decades to find their full audience. Oliver Michl’s Architect’s Lamp from the 1980s is exactly…
MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light
Most lamps get designed around a concept. MJ Fraser designed his around a memory. His Trees From The Garden collection started not with a mood…