lighting
Science
Cheap, Printed Solar-Powered LEDs Could Change 1.5 Billion Lives
12:40PM Rosa Golijan | Photovoltaic cells printed on sheets aren’t news, nor are LEDs and ultrathin lithium batteries. What’s news is a combination of the three which can help give light to 1.5 billion people who live in impoverished areas without access to electricity. More »
Design
7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »
The Living Light Sculpture
7:25AM Brian Lam | The Living Light Sculpture looks like a giant metal flower, or a man-made approximation of a jungle canopy with artificial sunlight coming down through its branches. It’s actually a digital map sculpture reporting air quality in Seoul, Korea. More »
Gadgets
Duct Tape With Embedded LEDs Opens Up A New Half-Arsed World
5:00AM Sean Fallon | Think about all of the half-arsed repairs we can already do with duct tape. Imagine what it would be like if embedded LEDs were thrown into the mix? We’re talking half-arsed upgrades here. More »
Design
Pocket Light Concept Provides Portable Wallet-Sized Illumination
6:30AM Jack Loftus | The Pocket Light is a nifty light that’s powered by a watch battery and folds down to the size of a credit card. Convenient! And, when paired with that other pocket-sized protection, could lead to quite the romantic little evening. More »
Design
A Painfully Self-Aware Lamp
11:40AM Mark Wilson | Does the average lamp know that it’s a lamp? Verner Panton’s Wire Table Lamp, shaped like a very classy light bulb, seems to be aware of its place in the world. More »
Design
Rubik Lamp’s Pretty Puzzling Light
6:20AM Jesus Diaz | For now, the equally beautiful and dorky Rubik Lamp is just a resin prototype. Looking at its kaleidoscopic funkiness as it gets scrambled, however, I wish it was a real product available now. More »
Design
11:20AM Chris Jacob | Nothing makes for a better reading experience than the warm orange glow of fast food parking lot lighting. Now you can bring the effect home by sticking a traffic light in your living room. More »
Super Guppy Lamp Fills Your Home With Highway Lighting
11:20AM Chris Jacob | Nothing makes for a better reading experience than the warm orange glow of fast food parking lot lighting. Now you can bring the effect home by sticking a traffic light in your living room. More »
Design
Desk Lamp Rotates To Become A Light Box For Artists
4:00AM Sean Fallon | If you dabble in art and design, you will immediately see the benefit of a lamp that can rotate and adjust positions to become a light box. More »
Design
Turn On Lamp Is Brought To You By The Letter “Q”
2:40PM Sean Fallon | Inspired by the universal symbol for power (or the letter “Q” as it were), designer Marco Lana’s rechargeable Turn On lamp can be switched on or off depending on its orientation. More »
Design
