Tag Archives: Lighting

When it comes to design, it’s not always all about functionality and form, rather, it can simply be about creating those magical moments that will stick with you visually for a lifetime. Located in the UK, take a look at the works of Heatherwick Studio. Commissioned by the National Malus Collection to create a permanent pavilion Continue Reading

It’s an amazing collection  by Singapore based industrial designer Daniel Loves Objects  that’s both practical and visually captivating. The uniquely constructed light fixtures, created around a uniquely styled mannequin base, showcases scaled figures that can be styled and adjusted to fit the desires of the users making each interaction and display a one of a kind Continue Reading

Check out these stunning light fixtures constructed by MUT Design created simply through the innovative use of stretched yarn. Ranging from lanterns to ceiling lamps, each piece is layered with strings of color to create a unique visual out of an otherwise rather simplistic form. The effect not only changes the entire silhouette of the piece, it Continue Reading

Since 2004, London based designer Stuart Haygarth has been commissioned to design projects based on found objects. Utilizing objects such as discarded spectacles, party poppers, tail lights, water bottles and other miscellaneous pieces, Haygarth scrupulously connects each object to form wondrous chandeliers. From afar, each light design seems like a colorful cloud burst, but upon Continue Reading

Designer Philip Hansen of Typewriter Boneyard has decided that there are many creative things you can do with a book long after its story has been read. Once the story is finished, with the book destined to be put on your shelf for display, why not transform it in something cool and unexpected? Spending hours in Continue Reading

The votes are in, and the trends for Spring/Summer 2012 are vibrant neons, mixed patterns and clothes that scream, “Look at me!” .  As conveyed in photographer Markus Pritzi‘s latest editorial shoot, Electric Kool-Aid Acid, bold is better. The shoot was featured in the first magazine issue, Interview Germany. Pritzi projects patterns onto the model Continue Reading

Designer Nic Parnell has put together a vibrant eclectic collection of fixtures made solely from reclaimed and found wood.  The contrasting colorful assortment of pieces are, for the most part, kept in their original frame as to not take away from the characteristic beauty of the natural wood.  Their organic shapes are used functionally in the designs Continue Reading

I love the idea of these stylized creative kids balloon lamps designed by Spanish decorative lighting manufacturer Estiluz. With an air of playfulness and whimsy, the lights give off the illusion of drifting in space making a home on your wall and ceiling. Used not only as a balloon tie, the long red cable attached to Continue Reading

As a collector of lamps, I found this two dimensional, functioning light fixture very intriguing! West African product and light designer Giles Godwin-Brown successfully crafted the Nepa Lamp, which seems to be a simple silhouette of a 6 foot tall lamp. Upon closer inspection, though, the birch plywood light fixture is a fully functional, LED Continue Reading

German design company, Biegert and Funk has possibly created the world’s most amazing clock that uses neither hands nor numbers, but words. The super suave QlockTwo features a quadratic matrix of letters, where some of the letters are illuminated by LED technology. The time is displayed as text in five minute intervals. For a more Continue Reading