Lighting? Speakers? Try Both. Sensai Wood Designs Light Up A Room With Sound.

A beautiful new collection of lighting that function as wireless bluetooth loudspeakers for the home. The Sensai wood collection designed by Decoma consists of a suspension light, a floor lamp, a table lamp and a wall sconce in dark and blonde woods that conceal omnidirectional speakers.

Suspension lamp/speakers:



Table lamp/speaker:




A view of the underside:


Wall sconce light/speaker:




Floor lamp/speaker:


Listen to the radio or music wirelessly through the discreetly concealed speakers within the contemporary lighting. The bulbs are available in white, red, green or blue bulbs and have three dimmer levels.

The Sensai collection will be distributed through FDV group in their Alt Lucialternative Line.

An Origami Artist & Aqua Creations Introduce Molecules, A Lamp Collection

Recently unveiled at Milan Design Week was this new collection of lamps. Molecules is a comprehensive lighting collection based on the origami art of Ilan Garibi and designed in collaboration with industrial designer Ofir Zucker and Albi Serafty of Aqua Creations*.



The traditional Japanese art of paper folding begins with a blank sheet of paper which is folded and sculpted by hand into tessellations of individual molecules, with no cuts. The paper used for the origami lamp shades perfectly diffuses the light and easily resists the folding.





A complement and contrast at the same time are the superior wood structures which derive their shape by digital wood carving. the on/off switch is seamlessly integrated into the wood neck:

and the base has a subtle convex curve to accommodate the cord:


The lamps are powered by digitally dimmable LEDs, operated and controlled by touch. In Aqua's tradition, natural materials and artisanal manufacturing interact with technology; the result is an elegant and luxurious lighting collection.









*Aqua Creations Lighting & Furniture Atelier was founded in 1994 by designer-artist Ayala Serfaty and photographer Albi Serfaty.
*Ilan Garibi is represented by Talents Design in Tel Aviv.

Meet Pawly, Man's Best Table Lamp By Ilsa Parry.

Pawly, made by Ilsa Parry for REthinkthings, is a lamp with the body of man's best friend and a head of a shaded lightbulb, intentionally reminiscent of the cone one puts on a dog's head to keep him from scratching or biting.





Made with a slip cast ceramic hollow body, he's available in standard single color glaze or bespoke [custom] patterns on request.




Measures approx 30x20x45cm
Price £280.00 GBP
Buy him here

REthinkthings is a Liverpool based product design agency owned and directed by 3D creative consultant Ilsa Parry.

A Vibrator You Can Leave On The Nightstand. Love The Bird Lamp.

Sex toys belong in the bedroom nightstand drawer. At least until now. Lebanon designer Marc Dibeh's "Love The Bird" Lamp discreetly conceals a vibrator stowed in a functioning table lamp.

What's Up Doc? Sebastian Wrong's Buggs Light

Careful to avoid copyright infringement and potential lawsuits, the lamp's name is spelled differently from that of the Warner Brothers' character it emulates. But make no mistake, that familiar grin that glows from within is clearly that of Bugs Bunny.



Sebastian Wrong, designer and founding member of Established & Sons, has taken a traditional lighting form & infected it with his humor. The Buggs light has a matte surface and produces a warm glow when on. It's available as a suspension light or table lamp.



"My play on the classic bauhaus design of an opal glass, spherical lamp is mutated by a pop culture reference. I wanted to twist the simple sphere & inflate it with a cheeky grin."– sebastian wrong





Buy it here from Unica Home.
Or here at Chaplins in the UK.

ABC Lamps by Sandro Santantonio For Prandina

I'm crazy about these glass sandblasted ABC lamps by Sandro Santantonio Design for Prandina.



The series is available with diffusers in white satin finish blown opal glass, black or transparent crystal glass. The ABC series is available as pendant lamps, table or floor lamps, each in various sizes. The structured part is available as white painted metal or high polished chrome.





buy it here.

Funky Find Of The Week: Ingo Maurer's Seven Rats Table Lamp

The Seven Rats table light. Designed by German Artist Ingo Maurer and team, 2007.




This unique lighted art piece depicts seven plastic rats (four black and three white) locked inside a steel, gold, brass and plastic cage structure measuring 33.5" x 15.7" x 15.7".




The whole piece is lit with a 50 watts halogen WFL 55:, socket GU 5,3, 230/125/12volts and has a continuously variable transformer-dimmer. You can purchase it for $4,680.00 USD. Buy it here at Unica Home.

German born artist and light objects designer, Ingo Maurer has been the recipient of many design awards and his work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the museum of modern art in new york. Considered an outsider with rare artistic style, Ingo Maurer adds provocation and fun to the world of design.

See more of his wild 'art' lighting at his site here.