With so much emphasis on digital interactivity these days, you can forget that every day we interact with inanimate objects: We shut off the alarm (interaction), turn on the coffeepot (again, another form of interaction). The simple ...READ»
LEDs sip less power, last decades and fit neatly into delicate industrial goods, but will they ever be as beautiful as incandescent lights? "Most LEDs don't meet people's expectations for the kind of light they want in a home or ...READ»
There's minimalism, and then there's minimalism. "White," the latest collection of lighting solutions from Finnish company Artek, is squarely in the second category. Created by Artek's design director Ville Kokkonen, these lamps are ...READ»
Israeli designer Ayala Serfaty is known for her innovative bio-inspired textile design for lamps and lighting. But while her other lamps have a bulbous, diaphanous quality that's easy to love even if you don't think jellyfish are ...READ»
Jinseok Hwang, a senior industrial designer at Frog, has sent us images of a great personal project: his impossibly cute Lobot task lamp.
A skinny anodized aluminum body topped by a pair of LED-studded eyes, the lamp was ...READ»