Lamps

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Turn Your Old Airbus A300 Into A Hanging Lamp

4:30PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

If you’re anything like me, you like to keep your fleet of private jets up to date. But selling an old Airbus on Craigslist can be a pain, so artist Paul Coudamy hacks them apart and turns them into hanging lamps. More »


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Flat Panel Anglepoise Lamps Are The Future

5:00AM January 30, 2012 | Adrian Covert

How do you fit a humongoid Anglepoise lamp in your home? Reduce it down to two dimensions and pack it full of LEDs, of course. Forged of birch and steel, Giles Godwin-Brown’s Nepa Lamp will sit flat on a wall, or spin out into the third dimension and totally screw with your head. I love it. [Design Milk]


Gadgets

This Lamp Is Made From A Single Sheet Of Steel, Which You Bend Yourself

3:30AM January 20, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

There’s nothing like a bit of DIY to make you feel like a strong, independent person. That goes double if it involves bending sheet steel with your bare hands, and that’s just what you have to do with this lamp. More »


Gadgets

These Aren’t The Droids You’re Looking For

8:30PM November 12, 2011 | Adrian Covert

These Droid lamps, designed by the Jangir Maddadi Design Bureau didn’t arrive at their name by accident. Their looks takes inspiration from robots. Yep, boxy, metallic, blippy, bleepy robots. And maybe Star Wars. More »


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If You Love Pixar, Please Dress Up Like This Human Luxo Jr Lamp

11:00AM October 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

I love Pixar. You love Pixar. Everyone who bleeds blood, inhales oxygen and has a soul loves Pixar. We all need to prove it and wear this Luxo Jr Lamp for Halloween this year. It’s just like the logo. This is so awesome. More »


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Bend And Twist This Lamp Into Whatever Shape You Want

4:00AM October 11, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

When you have enough money, lighting up rooms can be as much a stylistic choice as a functional necessity. Originally designed in 1951, Jean Louis Domecq’s lamp isn’t just a classic piece of mid-century design, it’s also as flexible as a Cold War gymnast. More »


News

Tumbling Lamps, Smart Wi-Fi, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:30PM September 27, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


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The Light That Changed Film

9:20AM August 13, 2011 | Adrian Covert

In 1903, Mariano Fortuny devised a lamp which would change film forever. Dubbed the Moda Lamp, it was the first of its kind to provide indirect lighting for movie scenes. More »


Gadgets

Adorable Lamps, Deplorable Glasses: Other Stories We Didn’t Post

6:00PM August 12, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


Gadgets

An iPhone 4 That’ll Light Your Desk

12:15PM August 4, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

This replica looks like a ridiculously large iPhone 4, similar to the ginormous fan case we saw recently. But this knockoff Apple product isn’t for cooling, it’s for lighting your desk. More »