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These Quirky Lamps Were Inspired By Traditional Japanese Culture

Dutch furniture designer Wieki Somers is based in Rotterdam — but for her latest collection of bizarre lamps, she travelled east, to the land of the rising sun, where she found inspiration in the form of Samurai flags, Geisha culture, and traditional Japanese gardening techniques.

11 June 2013

Gadgets

Turn Off This Cordless, Motion-Sensing Lamp By Simply Knocking It Over

Even fans of extreme minimalism still need on and off switches — after all, what good is a beautiful lamp if it doesn’t work? Industrial designer William Lee has figured out how to banish the on/off switch using a simple tilting mechanism that knows to kill its soft glow when the lamp’s been knocked over.

2 June 2013

Geek Out

A Lamp Made Of 200 Wtich’s Hats Is The World’s Craziest Hazard Light

Every little punk out there has stolen a witch’s hat at one point or another and done something really dumb with it. You know who you are. The minds behind “Planet: Under Construction” (PUC), on the other hand, put some 200 hats to a use that’s awesome. And they problem didn’t steal them, either.

31 May 2013

Gadgets

A Chandelier Light Bulb Is Unreasonably Adorable

There are things that are adorable but make complete sense: babies, puppies, kittens, small phones, you get the point. Then there are things that are cute that make no sense: monkeys eating bananas, a ball of yarn and so on. A miniature chandelier would usually be sensibly cute. But putting that miniature chandelier in a light bulb? Boy, I don’t know why I love this so much.

Gadgets

How To Turn Burning Gas Into A Lamp Without Blowing Yourself Up

If you were a coal miner in the early 1800s, the light you used was an openflame oil lamp — even though mines were sometimes filled with “fire-damp”, a volatile mixiture of air and methane gas. Explosions were inevitable and threw bodies from mine shafts like grapeshot from a cannon. Humphry Davy became a national hero when he found a remedy in 1815: surround the lamp flame with mosquito screen.

30 May 2013

Gadgets

You’ll Never Break This Awesome Rubber Lamp

If you’re a complete klutz, you could do with Cologne designer Thomas Schnur’s Rubber Lamp. Not only does it look awesome — you’ll never break it either.

15 May 2013

Geek Out

The Construction Lamp: An Oil Derrick Look, Inspired By Tinker Toys

The Construction Lamp looks like oil derricks you see dotting the landscape in parts of Texas. Their industrial aesthetic is the result of the designer Joost van Bleiswijk playing with the nuts, bolts, and tools in his workshop as though he was still a kid.

10 May 2013

Gadgets

Turn Any Empty Bottle Into A USB-Powered LED Touch Lamp

Got $25, a desperate desire to re-use garbage, and questionable taste? With Satechi’s new Touch USB LED lamp you can transform an empty plastic bottle, wine bottle, even a water bottle into a warm desktop companion free of pesky switches.

Gadgets

Edison Lamps: Vintage Look With Modern Tech

These Edison Lamps might harness modern LED technology, but they also capture the look of the era from which the lightbulb came. What a nice balance.

2 May 2013

Gadgets

A Rubberband Lamp Makes You The Designer Too

The Delta Lamp lets you recapture the fun of school rubber band balls, without landing you in detention. Plus, it’s an outlet for all your creative energy.

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