WellOfLife lamp by Arik Levy
Arik Levy, who already experimented working with ceramic, sees this material as both magical and very primitive. The material’s raw aspect, its endless shaping possibilities and the fact that one cannot foresee what will come out of the oven, are what attracted Levy in working with it. The dialog Arik was able to establish with...
Temporary installation Streetlights by .PSLAB
.PSLAB Beirut has made a temporary installation called Streetlights – that they have especially designed and manufactured for the Clerkenwell Design Week 2011 (May 24th – 26th). In 2008, .PSLAB created site-specific lighting products for DOSarchitects’ London studio using vintage car headlamps. On the occasion of this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week, .PSLAB renewed the initiative...
Green lighting for the garden
Today’s gardens have become a veritable oasis of experience where we are able to enjoy some peace and quiet as well as the surrounding nature. Designer furniture, music and lighting have all become part of our personal exteriors. Modular Lighting Instruments is now launching seven outdoor designs that become one with the greenery that they...
The ‘Industry’ pendant light
The other day we wrote about Swedish architect and designer Jonas Wagell and his research around cutlery. Now we would like to tell about his ‘Industry’ pendant light which is a large but light-weight, collapsible lamp. The structure consists of a knock-down aluminium frame with an attached nylon diffusor, similar to a photo studio soft...
A rubber-band inspired lamp by TAF
Swedish design and architect group TAF‘s first rubber-band inspired pole fittings stood ready at Strömkajen by Grand Hotel in Stockholm just in time for the Swedish princess’s wedding, June 2010. Now, Rubber is also available as indoor pendant and wall-/facade fitting. By altering ordinary objects and placing them in new contexts, TAF offers the viewer...
Interactive light
For his first solo exhibition at HELMRINDERKNECHT contemporary design, emerging Australian lighting designer Flynn Talbot has developed a brand new interactive light product called X&Y. The object allows people to touch and control the power of the light. This not only creates a personal but also a very sensory experience. X&Y is not just an...
U-Line by Maarten van Severen relaunched
Wästberg is reintroducing the U-Line lamps designed by late Belgian designer Maarten van Severen. The reintroduction of Maarten Van Severen’s U-Line family of lamps was made possible by close collaboration with both Maarten’s family and The Maarten Van Severen Foundation. With improved mechanical and technical performance and equipped with LED’s, the lamp is now called...
Greta of Sweden
Greta is a pendent lamp with an adjustable lampshade designed by John Astbury, Bengt Brummer and Karin Wallenbeck at WHATSWHAT. By pulling the drawstring the user can change the character of the piece and redirect the light. Greta is released by Svenskt Tenn at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2011.
No Early Birds by Per Söderberg
The iconic and architectural cross-leg structure is the main feature of the No Early Birds collection by Swedish design and architect Per Söderberg. Now it has been developed and stretched out to serve as the base for a couple of new products. The response to my first furniture collection, last year’s ”No Early Birds”, was...
Orla wall lamp by Rikke Hagen
Orla is a wall lamp by Rikke Hagen made of porcelain and elm. The light source is LED. The idea came from an old lamp my grandfather had in his carpentry workshop over the workbench. It was nothing more than a few roughly cut sticks with a shaded light bulb hanging from the end of...
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