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Designer lamp for Xbox 360 by Skandium

September 22, 2008, 2:30 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Eco Tags: Eco, home office, lamp, Skandium, Wästberg, Xbox 360

The London Design Festival 2008 has thrown up some tasty designer tech, including the Xbox 360-styled lamp by Jean-Marie Massaud for Skandium. It’s made of green materials – and we don’t just mean the base.

Lego lamp lets you build your own lighting!

September 1, 2008, 12:00 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Toys Tags: design, DIY, lamp, lego, Light, Toy

What do you get when you cross Lego bricks and a 40 watt bulb? No, not molten plastic: this innovative DIY lamp!

Lamp OOO (not lamb poo): 80s retro lamp given silly name

June 26, 2008, 2:30 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Retro Tags: home, lamp, Lamp ooo, lighting, Retro, Sergio Mannino

There’s no denying that Sergio Mannino and Jan Habraken’s design has iconic style and an appealingly 80’s retro feel – it even comes with a stack of books - but the name is frankly, rubbish.

Bright idea: Recycled bulbs turned into Oyule lamps

June 13, 2008, 4:40 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Eco, Gadgets Tags: Eco, home, lamp, Light Bulb

Here’s a novel way to get back to basics, using found objects for much the same purpose, but a whole heap more environmentally-friendly. It’s a limited-edition run of 66, and each set comes with two of the oil lamps, and a magnetic base which they sit upon.

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Kanpazar lamps not as good as real trees

June 6, 2008, 4:40 pm by Jim Hill Leave your comment

Filed under Gadgets Tags: B. Lux, home, Kanpazar, lamp, lighting

These ghostly outdoor lamps from B. Lux will lead you up the garden path alright, but at £565 apiece, you might also want to consider an alternative - like actual trees…