Typically, ceramics have a reputation of being fragile, heavy and just a little more serious. Designer Marta Bordes is shattering that reputation with Elastic Lights, a collection of ceramic lamps that are meant to be touched, moved and played with. Heavier geometric ceramic pieces are held together by colorful and fun elastic cords. The lamp...
Queue: Modern Linear LED Pendant System
This lamp is a modern take on a lot of typical architectural lighting products. Designed to counter the monotony of the workplace, Queue would be equally at home in an office, bar or maybe even your kitchen. The extruded aluminum sections, each 44 inches in length, can be combined to create variations in height, and...
Forget The Gravitation: Levitating FLYTE Light
Ready for some magic? Designer Simon Morris has always dreamt to create a levitating object, and finally – here’s FLYTE! It is a levitating light, which hovers by magnetic levitation and is powered through the air. FLYTE requires no batteries and powers light through the air via induction. Wireless power transfer transmission has been around...
Portable And Wireless Hue Bulb To Take With You
The long-praised Philips Hue smart bulb has a new iteration and it’s portable. Limited by light sockets? Not anymore! Good news, smart lighting fans: the Philips Hue—and its full spectrum of colorful illumination—is now available in a portable, wireless version. A rechargeable battery powers the bulb and will provide six hours of run time. This...
Unique Saba Light From Recycled Wine Barrels
Wine barrels often become a source of inspiration and a perfect material for crafting. Saba is a pendant ceiling light completely handcrafted using reclaimed oak staves, recycled from discarded French wine barrels and reinvented into this elegant, unique light fixture. Saba is ideal as kitchen island light or over a dining area. Saba can be...
Stalaclights Collection: 3D Printed Skyscraper Bulb Shades
Nature often inspires designers and artists but big cities shouldn’t be forgotten, too. The Stalaclights collection by designer David Graas was inspired by skyscrapers. The 3D printed buildings in the photo gallery below are attached to a LED lighting bulb, and since LED light hardly emits any heat, it is now possible to connect a...
Natural Yet Minimalist Milano Study Light
The LED lamp in ‘Milano Study’ is directed to its wooden surface giving it a warm, atmospheric glow. The young designers of Politecnico di Milano, Alessandro Grasso, Alexandra Lunardi, Sara Flamigni and Emanuele Colzani say that their work was inspired by the organic, natural shapes – such as leaves, flowers, drops of water. That’s why...
Unique Well Light Inspired By Traditional Water Wells
Elements inspire many designers, and today it’s all about water. Inspired by traditional water wells, MEJD Studio borrowed the principle of the simple wooden handle mechanism for its Well Light. As the bulb descends into the glass, the gradient blue or sanded matte becomes more opaque and intense. The glass containers were blown into a...
New Look At Antique Elegance: Wersailles Chandelier
A new way of looking at chandeliers, the Wersailles by Beau&Bien edits out many of the standard parts of chandeliers – replacing them with a suspension system that is barely there. The aesthetic of the Wersailles collection is elegantly ethereal: it’s comprised of 21 or 4 candle holders – the W21 and the W4 –...
Shape Up Lighting Bringing Dynamic Spatial Harmony
Shape Up Lighting by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio is a celebration of geometric shapes, and materials. The abstracted lampshade forms, some made of hand-blown glass by glass designer John Hogan, are networked via connecting cords and hubs. Versatile, the pendant lighting has four primary shade shapes: metal cone, glass sphere, cylinder, and arc. When combined...