In the realm of contemporary designs, majority of products have a tendency to cater to our status-oriented needs. And as a result of this commercial trend of gimmicks and materialism, the true essence of wonderment sometimes gets lost in the big picture of sales and profits. But as always, innovation has …
Is it a balloon? Is it a light? No, it is a balloon light! Showcased in this year’s Salone del Mobile, a German graduate designer by the name of Theo Möller, has designed what can termed as inflatable lighting. Christened aptly as the ‘Blow Lamp’, the lighting component basically comprises …
Lighting designs contrived from natural materials have their own essence of refinement. The above pictured Heumandl Lamp by Horst Philipp (for the Tante Lotte brand) accentuates this intrinsic charm with its incredibly organic credentials. The assortment of natural materials used for the ambient light includes – real Alpine hay and flowers. …
How about bringing some of those science fiction-inspired 3D ‘holographic’ glory within the comfortable confines of your living room? Well, the ‘Bulbing’ series of incredible LED lamps (by Studio Cheha) allows you to do exactly that!
This week, we talked about how lighting’s true allure sometimes lies in its effect, not purpose. The above pictured force sensing lamps from designer Kebei Li (as part of his undergraduate thesis) pertains to this more intangible essence of illumination, with the sense of purpose playing a secondary role. The …
In the contemporary state of affairs, lighting is seen as a practical component of any well furnished interior space. However in a more original sense, the essence of lighting lies in its effect, not purpose. The ‘ledwork’ from the eponymous Dutch design team harks back to this purist notion, with …
It is often the case during power outages that we stumble and rumble in the dark only to find that our emergency light has no charge left! In such unfortunately annoying scenarios, many of us would surely like to have a self-powered light source. Well, the Secur Collapsible LED ‘handily’ …
Our tryst with video game accessories isn’t over by a long stretch. This time around, we have stumbled across the incredible Halo Energy Sword Lamp, a gorgeously geeky contrivance that mimics the traditional close quarter weapon of the Convenant (the Sangheili from the Halo universe). Painstaking crafted by the designers …
It is not often that we come across lamps made from recycled materials that were given a second life. Designer Sergio Mendoza showers his artistic flair upon this sustainable scope of rarity, with his remarkable Palitos series of lamps. Envisaged as a design evolution to the creator’s earlier SMP series, …
The luminaria (sometimes also known as a farolito) has gained recent prominence as a beautiful yet low cost Christmas decoration item. The construction of this simple lantern entails the elementary process of filling a small paper bag with sand and then safely setting a candle atop this ‘fire-resistant’ content. Industrial …
