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Help Kickstart Highlight Design’s AmbientOne LED Table Lamp!

Help Kickstart Highlight Design’s AmbientOne LED Table Lamp!

Good lighting design can change your mood, define living spaces, and with LED technology, it can last a lifetime without needing bulbs replaced. The AmbientOne Table Lamp has a custom LED array that will

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Sandra Hisbeque’s Sign Lamp Is a Low-Energy Lighting Solution With an Elegant Look

Sandra Hisbeque’s Sign Lamp Is a Low-Energy Lighting Solution With an Elegant Look

The Sign desk lamp from Sandra Hisbèque draws a single and even line in a space that is pure and refined. Made from anodized aluminium and lit with LEDs, the geometry of Sign creates a play of shadows

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Marcial Ahsayane’s Mutli-Tasking Table Lamp Bends to Bring You Light

Marcial Ahsayane’s Mutli-Tasking Table Lamp Bends to Bring You Light

Oteo is a table lamp designed by Marcial Ahsayane. It incorporates a light diffuser made in pressed glass, and the structure is fully covered by a steel spring which provides a metallic and dynamic

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The Funoos Lamp is Funky Way to Recycle Old Binders and Folders

The Funoos Lamp is Funky Way to Recycle Old Binders and Folders

Designers are constantly creating or making improvements on designs in order to help reduce others’ eco-footprints, but what happens when a designer studies their own usage and excess? The Funoos Lamp

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Russell Johnson’s Antique Pendant Lamps are Made Out of Old Seltzer Bottles

Russell Johnson’s Antique Pendant Lamps are Made Out of Old Seltzer Bottles

Russell Johnson’s vintage pendant lighting fixtures are cut from antique seltzer water bottles, lending them a unique flair. Dating back to the 1930s, these extraordinary pendants are both beautiful

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LAST CHANCE TO CAST YOUR VOTE: Bright Ideas Voting Closes Tonight!

LAST CHANCE TO CAST YOUR VOTE: Bright Ideas Voting Closes Tonight!

Did you get a chance to cast your vote yet in the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition? Voting for the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition closes TONIGHT at midnight, which makes this your last

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Nourishment Lamp Takes the Lead in the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition!

Nourishment Lamp Takes the Lead in the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition!

Our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition is nearing its end, but the battle for the best is still raging on. In fact, Carolyn Joan Lau’s Nourishment Lamp has just shot to the top of the pack,

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ECO LAMP SMACKDOWN: Vote Now to Decide Which Lamp Wins the Bright Ideas Design Competition!

ECO LAMP SMACKDOWN: Vote Now to Decide Which Lamp Wins the Bright Ideas Design Competition!

Last week, we announced 40 fabulous finalists in our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition to find the best, most luminous examples of eco lamp designs, and the competition is really starting to heat

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Glass ‘Odyssey Lamp’ Gives Recycled Bottles a New Life

Glass ‘Odyssey Lamp’ Gives Recycled Bottles a New Life

Shortly after 9/11, designer Ismael Quintero spotted a fire hydrant lid on the sidewalk that gave him the inspiration for this poetic Odyssey lamp. Made from recycled green beer bottles and embossed with

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KARTONKLUNKER: Clever Flat Pack Chandelier Makes Cardboard Classy

KARTONKLUNKER: Clever Flat Pack Chandelier Makes Cardboard Classy

Rainer & Tobias Kyburz‘s KARTONKLUNKER is a clever cardboard chandelier that packs flat to ship and can be set up in a snap without the use of screws or glue. Spotted over at SwissMiss, the

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Erdem Designs’ Book Lamp Really Brings the Beauty of Hardcovers to Light

Erdem Designs’ Book Lamp Really Brings the Beauty of Hardcovers to Light

As more e-readers come onto the scene, this is the first time in history where actual, physical books might be in danger of extinction. Exploiting this prospect, Erdem Designs attempts to turn the parts

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Ginkgo Studio’s Poetic Curl Lamp is Made from Old Book Pages

Ginkgo Studio’s Poetic Curl Lamp is Made from Old Book Pages

These recycled lampshades made from old books by Ginkgo Studio bring poetic justice to boring rooms. Each lampshade is unique due to differences in each text’s paper, font, and color. The studio

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StilNovoDesign Makes Fresh Furnishings Out of Old Oak Wine Barrels

StilNovoDesign Makes Fresh Furnishings Out of Old Oak Wine Barrels

StilNovoDesign uses recycled oak wine barrels to make distinctive green furniture and home décor creations. The secret? Using quality materials and combining craftsmanship with modern day style. Once

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Base Lamp by Designtree Highlights the Elegance of Discarded Signage

Base Lamp by Designtree Highlights the Elegance of Discarded Signage

We’ve been spying a number of illuminating designs ready to make their debut at the Milan Furniture Fair next week, among them is this elegant new lamp from Designtree. Designed by Tim Wigmore, the

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Spain Shines Bright With Elegant Eco Lighting Options

Spain Shines Bright With Elegant Eco Lighting Options

Living in country that constantly basks in the beautiful sun, it comes as no surprise that Spain’s lighting designers know a thing or two about inspiring light. From lighting systems reminiscent of

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Lamp Party: Rainbow Colored Lights Made of Recycled Straws, Cups and Plates

Lamp Party: Rainbow Colored Lights Made of Recycled Straws, Cups and Plates

Cleaning up after a party can be a real drag – but it can also be a clever way to scavenge for materials for your next craft project. Case in point: Fabio de Minicis‘ fab lamps made out of

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Blender Lamp is the Perfect Mixture of Style and Sustainability

Blender Lamp is the Perfect Mixture of Style and Sustainability

Talk about the perfect blend of style and sustainable design. This clever hanging lamp by BootsNGus was upcycled from an old blender and provides a unique dose of green lighting to any kitchen. It already

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Blindshine: A Hanging Chandelier Recycled from Old Venetian Blinds

Blindshine: A Hanging Chandelier Recycled from Old Venetian Blinds

Blindshine is a hanging lamp that I created from damaged Venetian blinds. Although the blinds were no longer functional for my windows, there was plenty of useful material left. I thought about the

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Tupperware Lamps Will Make Your Friends Mint Green with Envy

Tupperware Lamps Will Make Your Friends Mint Green with Envy

Remember those old-school Tupperware molds that people used to make Jello in? Well Etsy seller BootsNGus has taken these nostalgic items and transformed them into retro pendant lamps. They’re the

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Clever Fan Lamp is a Breath of Fresh Air for Your Decor

Clever Fan Lamp is a Breath of Fresh Air for Your Decor

We’re big fans of this rather clever lime green lamp and we think you can see why. Conant Lighting, known for its ability to take defunct objects and transform them into extraordinary eco lighting,

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Fun Bamboo Desklamp by Green Tuna Design

Fun Bamboo Desklamp by Green Tuna Design

We love that this simple LED desk lamp by Green Tuna Design doesn’t take itself too seriously, even though it’s got some major green cred. Not only is it lasercut from 5mm sustainable bamboo

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Lamps Made of Old Beakers are Scientifically Awesome

Lamps Made of Old Beakers are Scientifically Awesome

If you want to be blinded by science every time you walk into your living room, why not decorate it with some of these awesome lamps made of old beakers? While we do wish these lamps used CFLs instead of

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Grand Trianon: A Chandelier Made Out of Post-Consumer Tyvek

Grand Trianon: A Chandelier Made Out of Post-Consumer Tyvek

We’ve seen a lot of cool applications for Tyvek, but never one that drew its inspiration from the Rococo period – until now! Named after the palace of King Louis XIV, the Grand Trianon is a

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Spain Illuminates the World of Eco Lighting

Spain Illuminates the World of Eco Lighting

Spain is known for its delicious food, soulful music and dance and fantastic beaches, but did you know that it’s the source of some of the world’s coolest green lighting too? That’s

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Novaled Unveils Ultra-Modern OLED Lamp Prototypes

Novaled Unveils Ultra-Modern OLED Lamp Prototypes

Green lighting just keeps getting better and better as evidenced by Novaled‘s newest prototype designs. Lit by energy-efficient OLEDs, these ultra-modern new lamps are marked by a stripped-down form

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Glowing Snap-Together Crystal LED Light is Lamp, Puzzle, Toy all in one

Glowing Snap-Together Crystal LED Light is Lamp, Puzzle, Toy all in one

Here at Inhabitat we’re huge fans of double duty designs that let you get more bang for your buck, and the latest example of an awesome multifunctional object that has us buzzing is this spectacular

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