After being alerted to all the Inhabitat-worthy designs that had yet to be uncovered in the Tortona district of Milan during the week of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, we made our way towards the

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We're die hard fans of both Dutch design and fiberoptic lighting here at Inhabitat, so it should come as no big shock that we were wowed by this gem of a light fixture designed by Niels van Eijk and

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When you first feast your eyes on one of Stuart Haygarth’s quirky designs, the first thing that becomes immediately ingrained in your memory is his apparent talent for juxtaposing color with form. His

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Evoking a gallery of stars, Robin Carpenter’s eye-catching LED chandelier, Spiralight, demonstrates how good those little light emitting diodes can look when they are used in a clever way. This is what

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With all the recent talk of CFL's, LED's, and other fancy-sounding efficient lighting options, we thought it fitting to resolve some of your lingering lighting and lightbulb questions for this installment

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The LEED Platinum rated Genzyme Center, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, plays host to over 900 of the biotech company’s employees and more than 400 weekly visitors. While it is easy to go on about

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Acclaimed in the design world as a ‘champion of the supernormal,' Naoto Fukasawa once again proceeds to wow us - this time with his exciting lighting design for Swarovski , the all too well-known

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Classical, highbrow lighting is given a modern twist with Neues Licht's exciting new optical chandelier, the Scintilla 60. Utilizing energy-saving fibre optic technology, designer Simon Brunner draws

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Neues Licht means “new light” in German, and we can’t think of a more appropriate name for this innovative lighting design company which creates futuristic lamps with fiber optics. Neues

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London-based designer Stuart Haygarth knows now to turn mass amounts of trash into awe-inspiring treasure. With training in design and photography, Haygarth conceived of the Tide Chandelier while

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It seems like you can make a beautiful chandelier out of just about anything these days - and it makes us wonder why society stood by the monotony of hanging crystal pendants for so long. These recycled

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Belgium-based design shop Materialise has developed their signature style by combining digital manufacturing processes with organic forms inspired by nature. This juxtaposition yields beautiful designs

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Good design probes the dimensions of harmony and vitality. Australian designer Ilan El created this beautiful Rain pendant chandelier with the goal of engaging the senses through sight and sound. Rain

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Seems like there's quite a row going on over at Reluct regarding this foxy branching-bulb chandelier design. Dutch designer Chris Kabel published the version on the left in 2002, calling it the 1toTree

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Don't you just love it when aesthetics demand an ecological solution? Such is the case with the Ova Luminaire from UK design firm, Item. Inspired by the remains of sea life found on the beach, these

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Somehow we missed this at ICFF, and we aren't really sure how we could have overlooked such a fabulous lighting design. Not only do these lovely chandeliers mimic the organic growth patterns of tree

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Following on yesterday's Electric Spaghetti Princess post, we've got a little theme going: designs formed from their mechanical parts. The Lead Lamp, by designer Tommy Dykes, is made from an old

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There is nothing we like seeing more than people reusing everyday materials in new and creative ways. For example, what if the baroque, opulent design of a chandelier could be created not by hanging

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Now that New York Design week is officially over, we are finally getting a chance to breathe and start writing non-ICFF posts again. For those of you who are tired of hearing about furniture - this is

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The best gift I received this year for Xmas was the ReadyMade book: How to Make {Almost} Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer. Thanks to my generous sister, I now hold the secrets to creating chandeliers

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UNDER $50 TOM DIXON ECOWARE - ?14.95 ? ?69.99 (Sarah) Everyone needs dishes, and while the floral frippery of classic china may not appeal to the most masculine types, dishware can't be written off

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When it comes to style, we value individuality. There's no novelty in mass production any more; instead, a product is desireable when it looks like it was the only one ever made. The BENDANT lamp, by

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Redstr / Collective is a cutely named Brooklyn design company with even cuter furniture. We especially love their Cha Plyboo series. Yes, we know the names are little loopy, but the furniture is so

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Sadly we couldn't get anyone out to London this year for 100% Design, but fortunately, Mocoloco did a great job covering the event. The Sharon Marston chandelier and Contraforma lamp shown above really

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Back in January 2005 the MACEF Design Awards announced the results of their international competition for designers working with re-purposed and recycled material. Since Inhabitat wasn't around in

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Here's another something I spotted at ICFF, which I'm just finally getting to. Swedish design company Lyx makes these beautiful fiber-optic chandeliers which mimic the sparkly corona you sometimes see

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I discovered Touch Design while trying to track down the origin of this wine glass chandelier which caught my eye at The Future Perfect. Touch design, a two person industrial design consultancy started

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Design week is over and here's my belated wrap-up: ICFF and Soho parties were fun, but my favorite part of NYC Design week was the whole Joint Venture thingy in Williamsburg with The Future Perfect,

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Swedish company Form Nasielsky was showing this multi-tasking wine glass chandelier at ICFF this year. The fabulously efficient Glasklasen doubles as storage space / drying rack for your wine glasses, as

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Even if Tord Boontje is not yet a household name, he's well on his way to becoming one with his ubiquitous cut out doily-esque lampshades and curtains. I have to say that I love this stuff ? but it

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