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Light&Contrast’s Adorable Ikebana LED Flower Lamps Use Innovative Lighting Technology

Light&Contrast’s Adorable Ikebana LED Flower Lamps Use Innovative Lighting Technology

While making the rounds at NY Design week this week we spotted these cool LED flower lights by California-based design studio Light&Contrast. Inspired by the Japanese art of flower arranging, the

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Tom Dixon’s Etch Light Web Projects Amazing Geometric Shadows

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

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MIT Researchers Create LED Light That Exceeds 100-Percent Efficiency

MIT Researchers Create LED Light That Exceeds 100-Percent Efficiency

Light bulbs have always been pretty inefficient, even those that have a rep for using less juice, like LEDs. Because of the energy conversion process, they consume more energy than they actually need to

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LED ‘Living Light’ Springs into Bloom When People Enter a Room

LED ‘Living Light’ Springs into Bloom When People Enter a Room

Designed by Joon & Jung Studio ‘The Living Light’ is a LED pendant lamp that blossoms and expands when people are nearby. Using a programmed microchip, this human-centered design

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WAC’s OLED Chandelier Is Sure to Inspire With Its Eco-Friendly Light

WAC’s OLED Chandelier Is Sure to Inspire With Its Eco-Friendly Light

Everyone has been eagerly awaiting the moment OLED technology will make its way into the mainstream, and we’re happy to report that the solid beginnings of this movement are finally starting to

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Philips Wins $10 Million Prize with 60-Watt Equivalent Bulb That Uses 1/6th of the Power

Philips Wins $10 Million Prize with 60-Watt Equivalent Bulb That Uses 1/6th of the Power

The US Department of Energy (DOE) just awarded Philips Lighting America the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize along with a cool $10 million for the development of their new energy efficient LED light bulb

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Solar Powered Candles Create a Romantic Garden Environment

Solar Powered Candles Create a Romantic Garden Environment

These towering candles designed by John Housmand are a great way to bring a little 18th century romanticism to any garden. Constructed from acrylic tubes and using a small solar cell, each tower features

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Mayang Anggraeni’s ‘Float Lights’ Are Made From Recycled Laundry Detergent Lids

Mayang Anggraeni’s ‘Float Lights’ Are Made From Recycled Laundry Detergent Lids

Sometimes, the most innovative lighting fixtures don’t come from the stable of perfectly finished, sleek task lights at design shows, but from the recycling heaps and hardware stores on the streets

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Mexico Announces Largest LED Streetlight Project in Latin America

Mexico Announces Largest LED Streetlight Project in Latin America

LED lights are coming to Mexico in a big way — Quintana Roo’s Estate Governor Félix González Canto recently announced during the UN climate change conference in Cancun that the municipality

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The Seagull Inspired LED Lamp Isn’t for the Birds

The Seagull Inspired LED Lamp Isn’t for the Birds

The Seagull Light is a LED table lamp that takes the form of a flying seagull and functions similarly too. With two knobs on the main body – the front one for adjusting brightness and the back for

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The Coral Reef Light is an Ocean Inspired LED Lamp

The Coral Reef Light is an Ocean Inspired LED Lamp

Two of the best ways to keep your energy bill low is to stick with LED bulbs and to only use as much light as you need – simple enough ideas, no? As obvious as these thoughts may be, these green

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Solar Powered LED Flower Sculpture Lights up the Night

Solar Powered LED Flower Sculpture Lights up the Night

Looking to add some solar-powered flare to your boring backyard? This gigantic energy-generating flower sculpture by id&@le concepts may be just the ticket. Dubbed the Gul Two, the brightly-hued

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Scientists Find Way to Turn LED Lights Into Wireless Internet Source

Scientists Find Way to Turn LED Lights Into Wireless Internet Source

Photo: Velo Steve via Flickr LEDs are already known for being a super energy efficient way to light up a room, but did you know that they might also be a way for you to connect to the internet?

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Stunning Dress with 24,000 LEDs is the Newest Way to Advertise

Stunning Dress with 24,000 LEDs is the Newest Way to Advertise

Have something to say? Get the word out by emblazoning it across the Galaxy Dress – the world’s largest wearable display! With a blinding 24,000 LED lights, 4,000 hand-applied Swarovski

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LED Clip Light Transforms any Object Into a Lamp

LED Clip Light Transforms any Object Into a Lamp

Wow those around you by transforming any old household object into a lamp with this “LED Pin” by Korean designer Sungho Lee. To create this subtle, yet awe-inspiring illuminating accent Lee stylized

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Energy-Generating Spinning Wheel Provides Power for the Poor

Energy-Generating Spinning Wheel Provides Power for the Poor

The e-charkha is an ingenious update to India’s ubiquitous charkha [spinning wheel] that transforms the simple machine into a potentially significant source of energy for millions of struggling

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LED Constellation Chandelier by Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn

LED Constellation Chandelier by Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn

This stunning LED chandelier lit up this year’s BKLYN Designs with a stellar low-energy lighting solution for light emitting diodes. Recent Pratt graduate Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn wowed attendees at

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