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…
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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…
Alberto Essesi Just Designed the Lamp That Celebrates Mistakes
If you’ve ever assembled furniture, built a shelf, or wired anything with your own two hands, you know the feeling. You step back, you look…
This Lamp Finally Belongs on a Bookshelf Because It Looks Like a Book
Reading lamps have always had a tension with the spaces they occupy. The ones bright enough to actually read by tend to be too harsh…
This 3D-Printed Lamp Has a Shell That Opens and Closes to Shape Light
The 3D printing community has spent years trying to prove that a printer can produce more than desk trinkets and cable organizers. Lighting has always…
A Copper-Wax Lamp Revives a Slovak Forge and Glows Like Stained Glass
Industrial heritage sites have a way of disappearing quietly. The machinery goes silent, the workers move on, and the buildings either get repurposed or left…