green lighting
Etienne Esmenjaud’s Perforated Flat-Pack Lamps Are Made from Felt and Sustainable Wood
These amazing perforated pendant lamps are the creation of product designer Etienne Esmenjaud. By using low-impact and easy to handle materials, such as FSC wood and felt, he is able to laser-cut, pierce
CP Lighting Combines Recycled New Growth Lamp With a Dining Room Table
Lighting designer Christopher Poehlmann is no stranger to Inhabitat or the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. We’ve long been a fan of Poehlman’s gorgeous, sculptural
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
Ryosuke Fukusada Unveils Glowing Wooden Light Bulb
Mixing traditional Japanese woodworking techniques with modern design, Ryosuke Fukusada has created a functional wooden light bulb! The unusual design was made using a technique called Rokuro, and it
Nadia Belalia Transforms Simple Steel Steamers Into Stunning Lamps
It’s a pretty old trick to take a simple steamer or colander and use it as a light shade, so designer Nadia Belalia upped the ante with her series of transformed and customized steamer lamps. Belalia
HOW TO: Switch Your Light Bulbs And Get Ready for the Big Light Bulb Phase-Out
By now, most of you have probably heard about the incandescent light bulb phase-out starting this year (likely as a result of the ridiculous political bickering about the lighting legislation in the
Ryosuke Fukusada’s Glowing LED Lamps are Suspended in Crocheted Nets
We recently showed you Ryosuke Fukusada‘s innovative and playful designs, which include wooden light bulbs and tiny cakes shaped like furniture; his recent project, Net Lamps, places efficient LED
Eco Effect’s Flat-Pack Armadillo Lamp Shade Provides Armor for Your Light Bulb
The Armadillo lamp shade from New Zealand-based company Eco Effect is a flat-pack lamp shade made from recycled eco-board that is quick and easy to assemble. Armadillo means “little armored
The Invisible Chandelier Reuses Hundreds of Burnt Out Bulbs In One Brilliant Luminaire
Toronto-based Castor has come up with a radiant idea for reusing hundreds of burnt out light bulbs. The design team collected an array of working and non-working lamps and bulbs (all trashed) and fixed
Tommaso Guerra Creates a Colorful Chandelier from Recycled Glass Jars
Italian designer Tommaso Guerra has an amazing way of transforming everyday practical objects into designs with new meaning and expression. By filling glass jars taken from his grandmother’s pantry
PRODUCT REVIEW: Thumb-Lite is a Stick-on LED That Turns Anything into a Flashlight
Totally wireless, incredibly lightweight and smaller than a quarter, the Thumb-Lite is a stick-on LED that turns anything into a flashlight. If you’ve ever felt the frustration of searching for
Battery-Free Bosavi LED Headlamp Recharges Via USB
Two years ago rock climber Dan Freschl quit his job as a battery engineer and set to work designing an environmentally friendly headlamp that didn’t rely on AAA batteries to function. After two years of
Tommaso Guerra Turns Teapots into Poetic Lamps With a Twist
Tommaso Guerra is an Italian-born designer with an eye for seeing poetry in everyday objects. Looking past the obvious function of a teapot, he created these fairytale-like Teapot Lamps. By keeping the
PRODUCT REVIEW: We Test Out the LED Candle Light You Can Actually Blow Out
Candles can transform nondescript spaces into soothing and romantic scenes, but they can also be a fire waiting to happen (considering 5% of all home fires are started by candles), and a smoky, waxy mess
Brecce Lamps by Marco Stefanelli Wedge Bright Lights Into Logs
‘A lamp within a log’ is the cool idea behind Marco Stefanelli‘s gorgeous Brecce (Breaches) Collection, which debuted at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair Cascina Cuccagna
Berlin’s Passive Minimum House is a Modernist Glass Residence in the Woods
With the aim of blending the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, Ahlbrech Felix Scheidt Kasprush Architects designed this glowing glass home within a pine forest in Germany. Called Minimum House, the
Brilliant ‘Satellite’ Floor Lamp is Made Entirely of Ground-Up, Recycled CD Cases
Dutch Designer Dirk Vander Kooij repurposed an industrial robot to produce new designs from recycled e-waste. Unveiled during Milan Design Week, his “Satellite” floor lamp is a beautiful
Vicky Pendant Lamp Terrarium Shines a Light on Indoor Gardening
Mexican-born, Netherlands-based designer José de la O unveiled a brilliant hanging pendant lamp that doubles as a vegetable garden at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair. Dubbed “Vicky”,
7 Weird and Wonderful Uses For LED Lighting Technology
It’s amazing to think that just a few years ago, many people thought of LEDs as nothing more than the tiny red lights in our laser pointers but my, how the times have changed! With more and more
Tom Dixon’s Etch Light Web Projects Amazing Geometric Shadows
Tom Dixon unveiled a beautiful array of designs at his MOST exhibition during Milan Design Week, and one of our favorites was his gorgeous golden Etch Light Web. An exploration of mathematics and
Ed Chew’s CORE is a Quirky Lamp Made From Recycled Coconut and Tetrapaks
Last year Ed Chew won our Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition with a brilliant geometric Tetrapak lamp made of hundreds of strips of recycled packaging linked together with absolutely no adhesives.
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