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…
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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,…
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…
5 Lamps That Adjust Like Sunlight That Fix Your Circadian Rhythm To Keep Your Energy Up
Entering a space and feeling an instant sense of calm and energy shows the effect of biophilic design. In contemporary built environments, the lack of…
Oberhauser’s Balloon Is the Most Beautiful Lamp Made of Concrete
The first time I came across the Oberhauser Balloon, I genuinely thought I was looking at a sea creature. That rough, porous sphere covered in…
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…
Candy, Memory, and Light Melt Into Form in Marten Herma Anderson’s Lamps
Architectural and furniture designer Marten Herma Anderson draws from an unexpected source for his latest series of lamps, translating a fleeting childhood memory into a…
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…
BằNG Just Dropped a Lamp That Looks Like a Living Cloud
Most lamps exist to be useful. A few exist to be beautiful. Almost none manage to feel like they’ve captured an actual atmospheric phenomenon and…
This Limited Edition Desk Lamp Has Four Legs and Looks Like It’s Alive
The line between product design and sculpture has been blurring for years, but most objects still declare their purpose plainly. A lamp looks like a…
This Levitating Orb Lamp Drifts Toward You in the Dark Before You Ask
Artificial lighting has come a long way, but most of it still operates on the same basic logic. You plug something in, it stays where…
Your Next Sleep Tracker Isn’t a Watch, It’s Your Bedside Lamp
Sleep has quietly become one of the most closely watched aspects of personal health. Around one in three people struggle with it, and roughly half…