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Artist Makes Cookies That Are Replicas of Vintage Tiffany Lampshades

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Ella Hawkins is an author, artist, and design historian who took it upon herself to create cookies that are reproductions of vintage Tiffany lamps from the early 1900s. Continue reading »

Gelatin Lamps Look Just Like Revolting Vintage Jell-O Recipes

Artist Leanne Rodriguez aka Elrod of Mexakitsch has perfected the art of creating some of the most disgusting gelatin recipes from the 50s and casting them in resin, turning them into functional table lamps! Continue reading »

Martin Caulfield Services Some Of The Last Remaining Gas Street Lamps In The Capital


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British Gas engineer Martin Caulfield, 69, services and cleans a gas lamp in Westminster on October 31, 2011 in London, England. Caulfield has been looking after the traditional lights since 1982. There are still around 1600 left in the capital. Continue reading »

A Whimsical Collection Of Outdoor Lamps With A Gardening Theme

Designer Matteo Ugolini, together with Italian lighting manufacturer KARMAN, have created these fun and whimsical indoor or outdoor lights that represent forgotten tools.

Named Tobia, the designs have been created in the shape of a shove, pitch fork and a rake, the three lamps have lighting hidden in their handles, creating a soft glowing light. The lamps can either be hung from hooks or presented upright with the help of a stand. Continue reading »

Origami Aluminum Lamps Project Feathers And Antlers When Illuminated

When Tel Aviv-based designer Chen Bikovski was growing up she was fascinated by pop-up books, especially engaged with the immersive experience that came with the turn of each page. Interested in transforming this idea to work with her design practice, Bikovski founded Popup Lighting, a series of lamps that turn into magical creatures like deer and peacocks when illuminated. Continue reading »

These Lamps Allow You To Have A Planet At Home

Maria Elena from Pulsarmoonlight uses recycled garden globes to create lamps, and she turns them into something truly incredible. Continue reading »

DIY Paper Animal Lamps Turn Your Boring Room Into A Jungle

OWL Paperlamps started last year as a fun project to bring wild and original creatures into our homes. We were inspired by the origami art of creating paper figures, but we were looking for more than just another animal figuration. We were seeking true liveliness in our creations. So it was clear from the start that our concept had to combine light with larger scaled paper models. Continue reading »

These Lamps Were Designed To Grow Plants In Windowless Spaces

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You love plants, plants love light, you love light, you’ll both love the Mygdal plantlight! Continue reading »

Absolutely Fantastic Coconut Lamps by Vainius Kubilius

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Artist Vainius Kubilius carefully crafts lamps that project visually exciting and exotic patterns of light on adjacent walls. Unlike your typical light designer, Kubilius doesn’t simply work with metals and manmade materials. Instead, this creative innovator incorporates coconuts into his products, which he designs under the label Nymphs. Continue reading »

Gorgeously Illuminated Cracked Log Lamps

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Using only salvaged wood that otherwise would have been burnt, artist Duncan Meerding illuminates the forest with his Cracked Log Lamp. “By turning them into a vessel for light, we can bring the outside in, and be reminded of our intrinsic connection with nature,” he says. Continue reading »

Cute Land Lamps

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Figures from the collective immagination are recalled in tridimensional silohuettes to bring one back to environments and scenarios: the outline of a house, an astronaut out in space or an agile dancer telling stories light cherishes. Figures and light together spread a dynamic and readable idea. Figures to remind a tought, an action. The concept of these light sources is developed in numerous variations: single or group lamps. Lamps to tell a story. Designed by Leonardo Fortino. Continue reading »

A Lamp Full of Lamps



Dmitry Ivanov has made an original floor (or a table) lamp, made of other lapms. Continue reading »