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The components of this table lamp were CNC-milled for precise and interchangeable assembly

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The BN! is a modular, customizable table lamp that’s constructed from CNC-milling techniques to ensure precise and interchangeable assembly.

Timber toys, like Jenga and burr puzzles, depend on precise fittings and even edges to fulfill their purpose. Much like those timber toys, wooden product designs that are CNC-milled maintain a symmetrical and unified structure to ensure seamless assembly and operation. CNC-milling also allows designers to keep the number of building materials to a minimum.

Designer: Baliza Norte

From wooden figurines to timber homes, CNC-milling is trusted as the means to format components and cut them down to their most precise angle. The BN! Lamp designed by Baliza Norte, an architecture and interior design project, is constructed using CNC-milling techniques for an assembly process that doesn’t require any hardware or tools.

BN!, a lamp named after the company that designed it, is a tabletop lamp constructed from sheets of plywood that were pre-fitted to fit into each other without the need for extra hardware or tools. Delivered in a flatpack design, when disassembled, BN! Lamp perfectly fits in a 28 x 28 cm square and can easily be packed for shipping or transporting.

Using modern CNC technologies, each component of BN! Lamp “is intended to be a playful object which can be easily assembled or disassembled, it subtlety evokes a timber toy.” Since each module of the BN! Lamp is fitted for precision, each one can be replaced when necessary. The modular and interchangeable configuration of BN! Lamp also allows users to choose the brown color scheme, giving the lamp an air of bespoke appeal.

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This light fixture doubles as an aroma diffuser and features self-blooming petals to bring you back to nature

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The Lotus Lamp is a scent-diffusing table lamp constructed from a material that blooms once heated from the lamp’s light bulb.

As our tech appliances evolve, it sometimes feels like we’re losing our connection to the natural world. Our desks are cluttered with everything from smart writing tablets to wireless speakers, leaving little room for biophilic designs like vertical gardens and classic planters.

Designer: Ye .JJ

Combining the natural appeal of biophilic design with modern technology, the Lotus Lamp, from product and industrial designer Ye JJ, is a scent-diffusing table lamp constructed from a material that blooms in warm temperatures and closes when cooled down.

Designing the Lotus Lamp, JJ relied on traditional lantern-making techniques as well as modern technologies, like 3D printing. Constructed from nitinol wire, JJ used the shape-memory alloy material because it has the ability to remember two shapes when the material is heated and cooled, respectively.

When the light bulb inside of the Lotus Lamp is illuminated and gives off warmth, the nitinol petals gradually bloom like a flower’s petals. Taking approximately one to three minutes to bloom, the Lotus Lamp’s petals close when the lamp is turned off. This “magical transition,” as JJ puts it, is meant to incorporate organic elements of nature into everyday tech appliances like desk lamps.

Maintaining its traditional appeal, JJ turned to rice paper to fill out the rest of the lamp’s petals. After breaking the rice paper down into fibers, JJ configured the paper into sets of rigid and clean petals using a customized 3D printed mold that determines the size and shape of the petals. The rice paper provides diffusion for the rest of the lamp’s light bulbs.

When the lamp’s petals open up, the appliance’s oil diffuser can be found near the top. There, users can pour in their favorite essential oils, enjoy some aromatherapy R&R, and then store the essential oil bottles on the lamp’s bamboo base.

“Inspired by the shadow-picture lantern, a traditional spinning lantern invented in China that runs by the hot air produced by the candle,” JJ describes, “As soon as [Lotus Lamp’s] petals open up, it will start spinning,” as the traditional shadow-picture lantern spins and the petals will open up just like a flower.

Overall, the Lotus Lamp’s volume and height allow it to be positioned on desks and tables of varying sizes. 

The materials that make up the Lotus Lamp are kept to a minimum to maintain an elemental design.

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Gantri’s 3D-printed Sopp Table Lamp visually explores the idea of ‘Less Is More’

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[The designer of this product is of Ukrainian origin. YD is sharing work from Ukrainian designers/students in the hopes of amplifying their talent and giving them a global platform.]

Looking quite like some Zaha Hadid-inspired architecture on your table, the Sopp table lamp by Max Voytenko for Gantri uses Gestalt’s visual laws to look like it has mass, while the lamp itself is made from what seems like entirely crisscrossing 2-dimensional surfaces. The Sopp is a paradoxical masterpiece, inspired by seemingly opposing disciplines: natural forms and modern architecture”, Voytenko writes. “Who knew minimalism could be so mesmerizing?”

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Designer: Max Voytenko for Gantri

Kyiv-based Voytenko’s design philosophy of ‘less is more’ shines through wonderfully with Sopp. There’s no voluminous mass to the lampshade. It’s entirely lattice-based, but still has its own 3D mass shining through the twelve 2D planes that intersect each other. The abstract parachute-shaped design rests on a flat base, which houses the lamp’s internal LED light along with its electronics. Both the lamp and base are 3D printed at Gantri’s San Francisco factory using their proprietary Gantri Plant Polymer, a special bio-based material that has a signature matte finish that gives each Gantri lamp a premium appeal.

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These lamps made from 60s battery chargers give your room an atompunk vibe

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In case you’ve been fed up with all the minimalist products you see in stores, these limited edition custom-made lamps could help give your a more retro sci-fi feel.

There is no shortage of lighting solutions and concepts to feast our eyes on these days, but more often than not, they lean towards the most popular design language in the past decade or two. On the one hand, minimalist designs are easier to fit into almost any room or furniture motif compared to products that embrace a very specific aesthetic. On the other hand, some people feel the need to have lamps that have a bit more personality. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of designs that cater to almost every fandom in existence.

Designer: Martin Metal Art

Take these table lamps that require you to have rather large tables to accommodate them. Or at least a surface dedicated exclusively for these hulking light sources. You will also need a bit of vertical space, as many of these custom-made lamps are designed to be tall. They actually come in many shapes and sizes, but the one thing they have in common is that they look like something straight out of an atompunk or dieselpunk world.

In contrast to the more popular cyberpunk and steampunk genres, atompunk and dieselpunk sit somewhere in between these two extremes, set in an alternative timeline where technology has advanced far enough to support electric-powered machines, whether from fuel or nuclear energy. Unlike cyberpunk, machines are often portrayed as still crude and relatively primitive. In contrast to steampunk, however, surfaces are often more polished and less gritty.

These limited edition lamps effectively convey the appearance of appliances that seemed to be stuck in time between the past and the future. Perforated metal surfaces, decorative coils, and glowing tubes all work to furnish a retro-futuristic appearance that definitely exudes a unique personality. More than just light sources, these atompunk lamps call attention to themselves, becoming the visual center of the room and a definite conversation starter.

The bases for these lamps are actually made from 1960s battery chargers, embellished with custom-made stainless steel sheets, aluminum bars, and, unfortunately, some plastic. That base structure also means that supplies are limited to how many 60s battery chargers the designers can get their hands on at a time. These factors do make the lamps more expensive than most designer products, but these one-of-a-kind items are exactly the kind that collectors and zealous fans fight tooth and nail over.

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Karim Rashid and Gantri collaborate to debut the ‘Kobble’ collection of eclectic 3D-printed lamps

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It seemed only natural that Karim “Prince of Plastic” Rashid and Gantri would eventually team up to create a signature collection of 3D printed lighting solutions. The collaborative effort, dubbed Kobble, is a collection of lamps printed in Gantri‘s Plant Polymer (GPP) with Karim Rashid‘s signature ‘blobject’ design style.

Inspired by the soft form of cobblestones, the Kobble collection features a Floor, Table, Task, and Wall Light. Each lamp in the collection explores a different silhouette, drawing from the fact that various pebbles and cobblestones look like a part of the same family, but are visually unique in their own way.

The task light from the Kobble collection is easily the most memorable and distinctly Karim-esque of the lot, with an alien-blob aesthetic that gives it an immensely strong character when placed on a desk or table. Its purity of form comes from how seamless the design is (something that Gantri’s made massive leaps and bounds with) and the fact that the switch exists on the cord and not on the lamp itself.

The bubble appearance of the Wall and Table lamps are much more subtle yet still expressive with their voluminous forms. Designed to cast light further and wider than the task lamp, they also come with larger diffusers/shades, allowing that color split between the base and the translucent diffuser to be much more balanced.

Finally, the floor lamp exists as the largest in the collection, allowing your lamp to easily become a statement-piece in any living room or bedroom’s decor. It sports a neo-contemporary design that’s less blob-like compared to the rest of the collection, yet still captures the essence of Karim’s design style and brings it to Gantri’s vast collection of design-driven lighting pieces.

While each piece within the collection can stand on its own, the Kobble lights work seamlessly as a group to create balanced lighting throughout the home. Complete with a museum-grade LED bulb, custom dimmer switch, and made with innovative plant-based materials, every light from the Kobble Collection was built in Gantri’s factory, redefining American-made design.

Kobble Collection is available in Carbon Black as well as 3 new colorways – Blossom Pink, Sprout Green, and Glossy Snow. Karim’s designs will be available to purchase starting October 28th, 2021 with pricing starting at $148.

Designer: Karim Rashid for Gantri

This incredible floor-lamp design surrounds your armchair with a ring, giving you a sliding, adjustable halo of light

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The Ring Light is quite unlike any lamp I’ve ever seen. Sure, the name ‘Ring Light’ might ring a bell to some photographers (I couldn’t resist that pun), but this one isn’t a light that’s shaped like a circle… Instead, it comes mounted on a ring-shaped stand that fits around your seating.

The stand plays a few pretty interesting roles – Firstly, it really just acts as a wonderful accent to your furniture. The way the circular stand ‘outlines’ your favorite reading chair is just beautiful to look at, and brings visual emphasis to your seating in a powerful way. Secondly, the circular ring serves as a sliding rail for the Ring Light. The light sits on the rail and can be moved around anywhere, giving you a controllable directional light-source instead of a boring stationary one. You can adjust the light’s angle and direction simply by sliding it around, either for being able to read better, or for selfies with dramatic lighting! Finally, a nifty little side-table on the left of the ring lets you rest your books, phone, or cup of coffee/tea on it. Pretty neat, eh?

Designer: Richard Malachowski

The light works on its own too (you don’t NEED to add furniture to it), but it brings on a new meaning the minute you introduce seating to the mix. Given its size, it can only fit a single-seater within it, and really works with any sort of furniture-style, from an armchair to an ottoman, to even a beanbag if you choose. My only bit of advice is to watch your head when you get up!

Hourglass-shaped table lamp helps you keep track of time using ambient-light!

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There’s something very intuitive and interactive about the way the Time Machine Table Lamp is designed. Made to look like an hourglass, the lamp features a freely rotating shade with a central pivot and LEDs on both ends. Switch the lamp on and the LEDs on the upper half of the hourglass illuminate. Over time, the upper half of the hourglass dims down and the lower half begins illuminating, almost as if light particles are passing through the central channel, like grains of sand would.

The Time Machine Table Lamp was designed to help provide an ambient bedside aura of soft light, while allowing you to intuitively gauge time as it passes by. It takes around 60 minutes for the light to transfer from one half of the hourglass to the other, and a simple flip helps reset the entire procedure. It’s a fun-yet-useful way of timing your nightly activities before going to bed… perhaps reading a bedtime story, or sharing stories about your day before hitting the sack. Besides, with its warm, comforting glow and unique interaction, it’s the kind of lamp your eyes AND hands will fall in love with!

The Time Machine Table Lamp is a winner of the K-Design Award for the year 2020.

Designers: Chu Dongdong, Liu Bei, Ren Peng, Lin Rulong & Weng Hang

Aptly named, Slate is a 360-degree rotating lamp that’s a head-turner!

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When you first look at the Slate lamp, there’s something instantly attractive about it! Probably its odd shape and the fact that it doesn’t really look like a lamp catches your attention right away. The designer Pasque D. Mawalla utilized the principles of simple geometry to create a unique lighting design. Inspired by the concept of fluidity, the lamp was designed to be as free-flowing as possible.

Slate consists of two major parts. The first part which is basically the bottom half consists of the circular base and the lower cylindrical section. This is the primary power source. The second part consists of the upper half, which is an extension of the cylinder and goes on to form an elongated slate-like element. The underside of the slate section holds the light tube and is the source of lighting. However, it’s most interesting feature would be that the entire upper half including the slate can be rotated at 360 degrees! This separates it from the usual one-directional table lamps, transforming it into a lighting piece that can be positioned according to your needs, allowing you to adjust the light source and focus it on any section of your desk!

According to Mawalla, Slate is “a statement piece”, and we agree! It’s a far cry from the conventional table lamps, unique not only in its functionality but also in its classy aesthetics!

Designer: Pasque D. Mawalla

Gantri’s Iceberg table lamp is a cool-looking light with a warm glow

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With its jagged, low-poly edges, the Iceberg Table Lamp by Hannah Fink for Gantri looks quite like its source of inspiration, although it promises not to disappear as a consequence of global warming. Made in corn-based PLA, using 3D printing techniques (Gantri’s speciality), the Iceberg Lamp comes with a warm LED light on the inside to give it a cozy glow as it sits on your desk or by your bed.

The jagged edges on the Iceberg come with functionality too. The form allows you to dock devices such as mobile phones and tablets between its geometrically sculpted peaks, allowing the lamp to also serve as a stand for your smart-devices. Part ambient light, part smartphone stand, and full heartwarming design!

Designer: Hannah Fink for Gantri

A lamp with counterweight that could be an art installation

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We love it when a domestic, functional product boarders on becoming a sculptural piece of art that’s on display within the home. This is precisely the case with the Node Lamp, which carries an intriguing and alluring aesthetic that grabs the attention of passers-by, without compromising on its core functionality.

Designed for use on a desk, Node features a rigorous design that floods the workspace with light; it can be manipulated in a series of directions so the light can be targeted exactly where you desire, whilst the intensity of the light is altered by rotating the head. This is a beautiful addition to the lamp.

Node’s body is constructed from an aluminum tube, which has been paired with cast iron rod that acts as a counterweight. This incredible, sculpture-like desk lamp is certainly a beautiful alternative to the humble desk lamp!

Designer: Max Voytenko