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Minimalist modular lamp shines light anywhere you go with portable design

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Most people treat lamps and lighting fixtures as mere functional products that illuminate a given space. While that is indeed their primary function, the kind and quality of light can actually have an effect on our minds and moods. Some lamps have decorative designs that spark interest and awe, while others use different tones and intensities to soothe or excite. Most lamps that provide these varied experiences, however, are often tied down to their locations or are impractical to move around. Portable lamps, on the other hand, are more utilitarian in design. This simple-looking lamp tries to bridge the gap between those two extremes, offering a lighting solution that can easily be carried anywhere to set the right atmosphere while also looking stylish in any setting.

Designers: TENT and Fujita Metal

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At first glance, this lamp might not even look like a lamp. On the one hand, it almost looks like a miniature stool, similar to those with round, rotating seats you’d see in some bars and diners. On the other hand, it might also remind you of mushrooms with its tall, thin stem and circular cap. Whichever way you look at it, the ICHI table lamp is going to grab your attention with its distinctive shape, its powder-coated iron finish, and its minimalist design.

The mushroom table lamp is so minimalist that you will see neither cords nor buttons on its pristine surface. Pressing anywhere on the edge of the lamp’s top turns it on and cycles through its different brightness settings before it turns off again. There’s no specific area you have to press, making it easy to operate the lamp even without looking at it. Each press has a soft and comfortable clicking feel to it, so don’t be surprised if you get a bit addicted to the gesture.

Six high color rendering LEDs generate the clicky table lamp’s warm light while a thick milky-white board diffuses it to a softer glow. The yellowish tone creates a more soothing atmosphere compared to bright white, and it can also make certain colors and compositions pop up, making food look more delicious, for example. The absence of cables suggests that the lamp is battery-powered, but it eschews the trend of using built-in rechargeable batteries and opts for AA batteries instead. This helps prolong the life of the lamp since you can easily replace the batteries when they run out of juice. Of course, you can also use rechargeable AA batteries to really capitalize on the lamp’s sustainability.

Almost like a mushroom, the ICHI lamp can pop up anywhere you want it to. Simply unscrew the top and the base and stash all three parts inside a bag to carry the lamp with you. With its warm light, tactile experience, and modular design, this minimalist lamp lets you create the atmosphere you want anywhere you go, allowing you to bring your own bubble of light and calm inside the house or outdoors.

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Saturn-inspired table lamp is both playful and sustainable

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Our modern lives are filled with artificial lights, but there is still plenty to be learned by observing our world’s ancient light sources. Of course, planets and even more distant stars can barely light up our homes, but they can definitely serve as inspirations for interesting designs, from their ball-like shapes to the kind of light they provide. Of all the planets in our neighborhood, Saturn has always mesmerized our minds with its beautiful rings, and it has probably served as the muse for many lamp designs. This somewhat spherical lamp, for example, borrows some ideas from the planet’s morphology to create something unique, fun, striking, and sustainable, all at the same time.

Designer: Veronica Castellanos Barron

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Saturn isn’t the only planet in our solar system with rings, but it has always been the most distinctive and picturesque. Literally applying that imagery to a lighting fixture might not exactly be practical, even for a lamp that hangs from the ceiling. Instead, what SATURNO does is learn from the ringed planet’s morphology, which resulted in a more flexible kind of design that still retains a bit of that mystical quality.

The SATURNO lamp is actually made of three disc-shaped parts that connect without the use of any glue or screws. There are cutouts instead that allow the parts to be inserted into each other at perpendicular angles. Two are made from walnut wood, while the third is made from resin, which could be any sustainable kind. A multicolor LED strip is embedded inside the cutout of this resin disc, providing the light that is diffused by the resin surrounding it.

The result is a three-dimensional structure that looks nothing like Saturn yet also subtly bears its form. That’s especially true when you look at the resin part head-on, with its horizontal line mimicking the light scattered by Saturn’s rings. That said, the lamp won’t stand like that unless it has some support, but it can be inclined at any angle or position thanks to its unique shape.

Unlike the real Saturn, SATURNO’s LEDs can be controlled to show different colors and different intensities, creating an even more pleasing experience that could match the owner’s moods and room design. This does mean that there will be some electronics beyond the LED strip, but those can be kept at a minimum and hidden from view inside one of the wooden discs. The end result is a versatile lighting fixture that gives a glimpse of the heavens right inside your home.

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This clean minimal 3D printed lamp was made using recycled cardboard and plastic bottles

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In today’s world, we don’t think twice before throwing something away. You can even go, so far, as to say that we are a ‘throwaway society’. Waste is at an all-time high.  22 million tons of paper waste is produced every year, with cardboard occupying a major portion of that. We buy things we don’t need and throw away things the second we’re done with them. And the Cozy Cleo table lamp is a rebellion against such a world! Based in Germany, the design studio EveryOtherDay designed this 3D-printed table lamp. It was created using recycled plastic bottles and cardboard. This sustainable product is a fine specimen of circular design and wholly embodies minimalistic design principles.

Designer: EveryOtherDay

Designed by Frederik Rasenberger, the lamp is a result of a circular process. This process involves recycled cardboard being pressed and molded into shape without the use of any kind of additives. It is shredded into pieces by adding water, and then pressed into shape by applying 5 tons of pressure using a hydraulic press. It is then left for a couple of days to set, allowing it to turn as hard as wood. Once it has been hardened and set, a delicate water-repellent layer of varnish is applied to it, providing protection against moisture. This hardened and molded cardboard forms the base of the lamp.

On the other hand, the recycled plastic bottles are shredded and processed via 3D printers. This processed plastic is transformed into the corrugated shade of the lamp. Once the two components are connected, they form the Cozy Cleo table lamp. The Cleo table lamp is a holistically sustainable product defined by minimal aesthetics, clean lines, an intriguing geometric shape, and a captivating visual language.

“It is a first step to make it clear to the consumer that we no longer own materials, but only use them until they are put to another use,” said Rasenberger.

The table lamp is Rasenberger’s innovative attempt to tackle the excessive wastage of cardboard, and instead incorporate it in a circular design process, providing the material with a new and redefined identity. In this entire process, almost 200g of cardboard, and 10 plastic bottles are recycled. Once the lifecycle of the lamp has ended, it can be recycled, allowing the materials to once again be utilized in a completely new and different manner.

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This delicate glass lamp invites you to touch and move it to actually use it

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When faced with something fine and intricate, our initial and natural reaction would be to stay at a safe distance to look but not touch. Almost like snowflakes, these things of beauty risk being destroyed if not handled properly, which probably applies to the majority of us. There are, however, some rather seemingly fragile objects that do urge you to touch them, maybe even risk moving them, to fully enjoy and appreciate their design or even utilize their features. That is definitely the case with this rather creative and elegant glass lamp that is both beautiful to behold as well as to touch. In fact, you need to move it around if you actually want to dim or brighten the lamp.

Designer: kaschkasch

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Glass is a material that has attractive visual and tactile properties, usually depending on what it’s mixed with. It can be clear, opaque, smooth, or textured, all of which give it a rather sophisticated character. While there are more durable forms of glass that don’t shatter at the slightest drop, glass normally has this air of fragility and delicacy that would probably scare off most people from even coming close to it. In sharp contrast, Bolita makes forming a tactile relationship necessary to using this table lamp, encouraging an almost playful approach to using it.

Bolita is comprised of two equally striking minimalist pieces. The actual lamp itself is a disc with a hole in the middle where the LED light shines through. The more conspicuous of the duo, though, is the glass sphere that sits on top, diffusing the light going into it and acting as the kinetic interface to the table lamp. Even when turned off, the lamp is already an attractive decor for your coffee table or drawer. The real magical experience, however, happens when you start moving that glass sphere.

The lamp has no knob or slider to adjust the lamp’s intensity. Instead, you slide the glass sphere around the disc, rather carefully perhaps, to do that. The closer it is to the edges, the dimmer the light gets. Put it at the exact center, and you’ll get the brightest setting. In a way, the sphere acts like a cover, where the light aperture gets eclipsed by the glass’s body as it moves around.

Bolita’s unique interface is rather ingenious, not only in its technical implementation but also in its intention. It puts the light on the sense of touch, something that is often neglected and taken for granted in a visual-centric world. Rather than warning people to stay away, it invites a playful attitude that gets rewarded with the ability to set the light to your desired level.

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Gantri’s latest 3D-printed table lamp cleverly combines direct and indirect lighting to illuminate spaces

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While the Hula lamp looks just like your everyday bedside tabletop lamp, it’s a clear example of a clever idea, wonderfully implemented to create a light that’s efficient and an instant icon. Designed with a two-way shade and double diffusers, the lamp uses a combination of direct light (shooting upwards) and indirect light (falling downwards) to efficiently light up spaces well without creating any glare to the eye. “Inspired by the ways in which lighting affects well-being, Felix Pottinger created Hula as an answer to the shrinking spaces inevitable to city living”, says Gantri, the maker of the lamp. “The light that flows up through the top of the diffuser, creating an illusion of higher ceilings while the light that comes through the bottom brings a warm glow on any surface.”

Designer: Felix Pöttinger for Gantri

The name Hula comes from the ring-shaped lampshade that rests around the lamp’s body, like a hula hoop around a person’s waist. The lamp’s design comes from the mind of German designer Felix Pöttinger, who’s developed his own unique style of combining form with emotion. The Hula comes in 3 colors – Snow, Forest, and Blossom Pink, all of which add their own distinct subtle flavor to any interior or tabletop surface.

A remarkable fact about the Hula is that it’s made entirely using 3D-Printing. Manufactured by Gantri, the lamp comes crafted from the company’s iconic and proprietary Gantri Plant Polymer (GPP), a biodegradable polymer with an impeccable matte finish that looks nothing like what you’d expect from a consumer 3D printer. The lamp is finished to perfection and comes with LEDs on the inside that are powered by a cord with a dimmer-switch built in. All of Gantri’s lamps are manufactured in California.

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Inspired by story of a light switch, eye-catchy colors of this desk lamp is the visual motivation you’ll need to start your day

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Every desk craves a space-saving and eye-pleasing desk lamp that has a good reach and decent mood-setting illumination. This is primarily because a good desk lamp can transform the workspace both aesthetically and functionally. In the right illumination, it can elevate the mood and reduce eye fatigue, helping you to get the work done more efficiently.

The journey of the Light-Up Desk Lamp does not start with its illumination prowess, it is however born from an idea of a new beginning. Inspired by the story of a light switch, which the designer believes, has more meaning when turned on than lighting up the space. Turning on the switch indicates a new beginning, which is the notion sprouting the idea of the Light-Up lamp.

Designer: Joonyeol Bae

Just like turning on a switch lights up the space to get you going, the Light-Up lamp is also created to help people “get into the work mode” as soon as the lamp is switched on. Probably because the designer has a single intention behind his creation, it doesn’t have a fancy design.

It is delivered in a simple, yet focused form factor and has the primary intention to create a work mood instantly upon being turned on. Light-Up has little focus on changing the amount of illumination on the desk, so no disturbing color changes and odd flickers.

In addition to being a productivity-enhancing desk lamp, it is also an excellent table organizer. The lamp body can allow people to hold up sticky notes on it to manage schedules or have the to-do right before their eyes.

With its novel idea, Light-Up Desk Lamp encourages one to think out of the box when it comes to picking a desk lamp. This one can be more than just a tool to light up the space: it can be your instant mood flipper and a work organizer in one. Since an eye-catchy color is just the visual motivation you need to start your day, the Light-Up is delivered in lovely bold tones too!

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This palm-inspired lamp uses a folded translucent paper shade to create a unique ambient halo

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Named after the eponymously-named Palmetto plant, this lamp by Patrick Hartog combines nature with minimalism to create an object with a unique allure. Despite the fact that it’s made almost entirely from metal (barring the paper shade), there’s still something innately natural about this lamp, given its natural source of inspiration. The lamp’s signature element, however, remains that aforementioned paper shade, which is folded in a zig-zag pattern to resemble the leaves of the Saw Palmetto plant.

Designer: Patrick Hartog

The lamp comes with a light built into its broad cylindrical base, which shines directly upward at the angled paper shade. The focused beam of light gets scattered by the paper shade’s translucent pleated structure, causing it to glow like a halo in a way that adds a beautiful ambient touch to your room. An integrated dimmer switch lets you adjust the lamp’s intensity.

There’s a beautiful subtlety to the Palmetto Lamp’s design. It uses just two materials (aside from the light and cable), with simple forms that abstract the plant-based inspiration rather beautifully. The Palmetto falls well within the domain of Scandinavian design, and its minimalist visual language can easily add a wonderful touch to most living rooms, bedrooms, hotel rooms, or even commercial spaces!

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POD portable table lamp concept saves space by holding your pens inside

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We don’t have infinite space on top of our desks, no matter how much we wish we did. More often than not, we have to choose and compromise on what we put on top to fit everything that we need or want. That’s why modular or multi-functional desk accessories have become more fashionable and in demand recently, to help reduce those compromises that we have to make. Not everything go well together, of course, so it’s not always possible to mix two things together. It can be sometimes ingenious, however, when products turn out to be more than meets the eyes, like this cylindrical device that functions not just as an attractive table lamp but also as a container for pens, pencils, and other writing instruments.

Designer: Rahul G M

At first glance, one might mistake the POD lamp for a smart speaker, albeit one with a wooden main body and a translucent top. It would have been a safe assumption to make, given how many smart speakers have hopped on the design trend started by the Amazon Echo. The inspiration for POD, however, is a little bit more mundane, designed after the tiffin-style lunch boxes prevalent in India and other Southeast Asian countries. And just like those food containers, it hides its treats inside.

The two different materials of the lamp also correspond to its two main parts. The wooden part serves as the base and container, hiding the battery that powers the lamp on top. This battery also serves as a weight so that the POD doesn’t wobble or tip over, even if there’s nothing inside. The battery can be charged through wired and wireless methods, allowing it to be carried and placed in whatever location on the desk is more convenient.

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The lamp part is connected to the base using steel arms that slide the top up and allow the lamp to be set at different angles. This can be useful when trying to shed some light on a specific part of the desk, though it won’t be as effective as a directed spotlight. The material also diffuses the light into a softer glow, which might not be bright enough for some people.

Lifting that lamp also reveals the empty space inside with enough room to hold a dozen or so writing instruments, from pencils to pens to other long tools. While this design is arguably useful for any kind of person, it is even more beneficial for artists, designers, and writers. This way, you can have a convenient place to store your tools while also having a lamp that could illuminate what you’re working on.

The POD lamp’s design isn’t exactly striking, but its appeal comes from the simplicity that belies its hidden functionality. The smart and efficient use of space allows it to combine two things that are almost unrelated but are essential on any worktable. It’s not going to fit everyone’s needs, particularly those who need a brighter lamp or those who have dozens of pens, but it’s bound to serve most people well, especially those who have limited space on their desks.

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The levitating Evaro Lightbulb Teardrop lamp will instantly capture attention in any interior space

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A simple design for a unique approach to lighting, the Evaro Teardrop is a warm and soft table lamp that is powered in an innovative fashion. Devoid of cluttering wires and unpleasant shades, the Evaro resides in a warm wooden frame and offers an eye-pleasing minimalist lighting fixture with a surprising way to illuminate.

The visually stunning idea of the light bulb floating in mid-air, as seen in pictures, is not an illusion. UK-based design studio Gingko has categorically perfected the Evaro Lamp to play with the magic of levitation and magnetism. The floating teardrop light bulb lamp is therefore a perfect way to spruce up a living room, bedroom, entryway or even your home office desk with the mild warm glow of the retro Edison bulb.

Designer: Paul Sun of Gingko Design

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Most alluring aspect of the Evaro, if you agree, is how elegant the lamp is despite its minimalist outlook. It has been designed to fill the space with a winning vintage aesthetic without hindering the modern stance of where it is placed. No matter how much you sit back and soak in the beauty of the lamp, the warm glow of an incandescent bulb is not going to hurt the eye. It’s perhaps going to only become enthralling with time and a piece of art to gawk at.

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Easily set up by  just moving the bulb close to the bulb holder.

That said, it’s imperative to understand how the lamp functions for all the design perfection it eludes. Evaro is poised clean on a wooden base that is connected at the rear to a power socket. An umbrella handle-style arm erected from the base has powerful array of magnets on holder where a bulb would affix in a traditional lamp. Here in the levitating lamp, the power of magnetic induction holds an incandescent bulb suspending in mid-air. As you bring a bulb close to the holder, the magnets come into play and hold it stable at a slight distance. The power is transferred wirelessly from the lamp arm to the blub which illuminate in warm yellow glow instantaneously.

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The bulb will never drop in case you knock it by mistake.

While merely moving an Edison bulb close to the holder aligns it in place and switches on instantly, gently removing the bulb off the magnetic field switches it off. It’s stunning how the lamp turns on and off but what’s even more exciting is the stability it packs. On the first sight the bulb dangling from the lamp may seem fragile and dangerous. Gingko design team has taken due care to ensure there are no stability concerns: on an accident knock, the levitating bulb instantly clings onto its holder making sure it never drops off.

Your eyes immediately gravitate to that ‘anti-gravitational’ floating bulb.

The Evaro Teardrop light bulb lamp unifies form and function to offer a lighting solution each one of us would love to show off at home. The lamp is available in a choice of walnut and back colors with a 15% discount and is sure to be the talking point of your decor.

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This seesaw lamp visualizes your achievements by illuminating with your goals

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If you had been waiting for a delightful way to motivate yourself to keep up with your goals or routines in the hybrid work environment, the Motivo lamp is here. It’s a seesaw of illumination that will only light up when you’ve completed your planned goal. Now that’s how anyone who lacks perseverance can stay motivated to drink 5 liters of water throughout the day if the smartwatch notification doesn’t help.

Until I got a smartwatch, I doubted that the trackers and gadgets actually helped you keep more active and achieve predetermined goals. Now as the clouds of doubt fade, things have really changed for good. I can keep tabs on my vitals during my speed walks or set a goal for the day and then drink plenty of water, knowing if I don’t, my better half would have her way over me (for it’s her who’s got me into the smartwatch habit after all).

Designer: HyunJin Kim and Hanyoung Lee

Back to Motivo, it is a very non-intrusive product, that scraps the need of having a gadget tethered to the body all the time. Sitting on the table, alongside your laptop, this seesaw of illumination syncs with the smartphone and lets you pre-plan and then achieve your set goals. The Motivo visualizes individual achievement with its seesaw-like aesthetics. The light is turned on when a goal is achieved and the LED-mounted side of the seesaw rise upward illuminating brighter as the user approaches the planned routine or goal.

The Motivo thus intuitively indicates about the user’s achievement rate as the individual rallies toward his/her achievement. One can turn on the light using a button at the bottom of the Motivo, when the predefined goal is achieved. Interesting as it may sound, I’m sure it will make life tougher for the least motivated like me; but if we can really tap around for fun, who knows we may also light up in enthusiasm one day!

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