This Desk Lamp Puts a Spotlight in a Ring Light With One Knob
Desk lighting has long been a compromise between task and atmosphere. Professional lamps tend to lean one way or the other: too directional and harsh…
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The Italian Lamp That Uses Toy Race Cars as Light Bulbs
Most lighting gets chosen the same way people pick curtains: functional, inoffensive, and quickly forgotten. You walk through a showroom, you point at something that…
Artefilo Makes Home Objects From Elephant Grass and Hospital Cabinets
The sustainable home goods market has a specific credibility problem. Products marketed as eco-conscious often get there through incremental adjustments, reducing a percentage of virgin…
Lamp Switches Have Been Lazy for Decades, This One Uses a Magnet
Lamp switches don’t get much design attention. They’re usually a small toggle on the cord, a push button under the shade, or a touch-sensitive strip…
9 Cordless Lamps Killing the Dinner-Table Extension Cord
The rechargeable table lamp has been around for a while, but it hasn’t always been something designers were excited to work on. For most of…
Fritz Hansen and Technics Found Their Color: Burgundy
Some collaborations make perfect sense the moment you hear about them. Fritz Hansen and Technics pairing up feels like that kind of announcement, the sort…
This Free 3D Lamp Has 300 LEDs and Looks Nothing Like a Printed Object
Decorative lighting has become one of the more satisfying corners of the maker movement. Most off-the-shelf lamp designs don’t bring much that’s genuinely distinctive into…
At $214, This Lamp Is a Real Dandelion Built One Seed at a Time
Most decorative lighting doesn’t ask much of you. It sits on a shelf, does its job, and eventually gets replaced when something newer or cheaper…
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…
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…
Su Yang Choi Made a Glowing Lamp From Seaweed, Paprika, and Gardenia
Sustainable design has spent years negotiating an awkward identity crisis. The moment a material gets labeled biodegradable or plant-based, it tends to be filed under…