Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

Product news: British furniture designer Bethan Gray has created a collection of oak and linen lamps for department store John Lewis.

Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

Bethan Gray’s Noah light is available as a table lamp, standing lamp or pendant lamp. The base is made of oak and the shade is natural linen.

Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

“I wanted to create a lighting range using solid oak, as it is a beautiful natural material that I love designing with,” Gray told Dezeen. “The layered structure came as a way of adding intriguing detail whilst keeping a harmonious and natural pared-back simplicity.”

Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

The lamps, along with the rest of the Noah homeware collection, are available from John Lewis.

Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

Other lamps we’ve featured on Dezeen recently include a pendant lamp made from coiled electrical cord and a floral-patterned glass lamp by Marcel Wanders for Moooi.

Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis

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Here’s some more information from the designer:


Bethan Gray Designs Exclusive Noah Lighting Collection for John Lewis

Bethan Gray is excited to announce her first lighting collection, designed for John Lewis. The clean and contemporary lines of the Noah collection can now be found in a range of lighting products that Bethan has developed exclusively for the John Lewis Design Collective.

A perfect complement to Bethanʼs Noah dining and bedroom ranges, and made from high quality solid oak and natural linen shades, the Noah light is available in table lamp, floor lamp, or pendant options that combine style and functionality and exude a welcoming atmosphere into the home.

The Noah collection was launched in 2011 and is one of John Lewisʼ best-selling dining and bedroom furniture ranges. The on-going collaboration with John Lewis reaffirms Bethanʼs long-standing commitment to creating timeless and beautiful products and the perfect synergy her creations have with Britainʼs best-loved retailer.

Bethan says, “The pared-back simplicity of Noah lighting, using high quality materials and highlighting craftsmanship, resonate particularly with how I love to design. The design itself is associated with longevity and understated luxury.”

The decision to enhance the Noah range with a collection of lights is a natural progression for Bethan, whose long-held passion for lighting is reflected in her own personal collection of antique lamps.

In addition to the launch of the Noah light, and to celebrate the first anniversary of the John Lewis Design Collective, Bethan has also updated the Noah dining range.

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Spot table lamps by Nir Meiri

Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

Product news: Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri has created a set of table lamps with metal shades hanging from thin stalks.

Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

The Spot table lamp by Nir Meiri comes in two versions: one with a metal base and the other with a concrete base.

Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

The shades are attached to the stems by flexible cables. Inside the shade are LED bulbs.

Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

We previously featured a set of standing lights made from desert sand by the same designer.

Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

Other concrete lamps we’ve featured include a lamp shaped like a military listening device and a wood and concrete desk lamp by Benjamin Hubert – see all our stories about lamps.

Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

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Spot lamp by Nir Meiri

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Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Dezeen promotion: designer David Oxley has launched a slender, adjustable LED task lamp on crowd-funding website Kickstarter.

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

The Harvey LED task lamp has adjustable joints that are held together with magnets rather than springs or cantilevers, allowing a wider variety of movements than a typical desk lamp. LEDs mounted in the head direct light towards a metal reflector, giving an even quality of light.

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Named after English physician William Harvey, the design is inspired by the classic form of traditional surgeons’ lamps and it is available in either black or white. A smaller version with only two joints, the Harvey Jnr, is also available in both colours.

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Pledging to buy a lamp will ensure the design goes into production. Harvey is priced at £99 and the Harvey Jnr is £79, both with free shipping in the UK. A universal plug is included for international buyers. Visit the Harvey LED task lamp Kickstarter page here for more information and to back the project.

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Here is some text from David Oxley:


Project description

The Harvey LED task lamp combines state of the art LED lighting with a unique new fully adjustable joint.

Innovative new joint: Harvey is fully adjustable

What makes Harvey unique are the magnetic joints consisting of precision die cast aluminium with neodymium magnets housed inside. This allows for a massive range of movement and positions, whilst requiring the lightest of touches to adjust. The user can simply twist, push or pull the head to where they need more light. The strength of the magnets (four for each joint), combined with the super light body, results in a firm hold with no need for springs or cantilevers.

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Cutting edge LEDs: Harvey is super bright and energy efficient

I named the lamp after William Harvey, the English physician who described completely the circulation of blood in the body. That’s because the light in Harvey is inspired by surgeons lamps, and consists of super bright Philips Luxeon LEDs which are fixed on an aluminium heat sink in the centre of the head. In my design, this light is diffused through a frosted glass disc and bounces off the curved metal reflector giving a well-directed even light source (avoiding the harshness often associated with LED lighting). The lamp produces 370 lumens of brightness whilst using only 3 Watts so is energy ‘A’ rated. However, in some situations super bright is not always best, and a dimmer is included so Harvey is at home in the home.

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Harvey Junior

Harvey Junior is a smaller version of the Harvey lamp, with one less joint. It is ideal as a bedside lamp. All other aspects of Harvey Junior are the same as the original.

Price

Harvey is priced at £99 and Harvey Junior is £79, with free delivery in the UK. These prices are a major discount from the future retail price, and are exclusive for the Kickstarter campaign which is ending on December 14th.

Harvey LED task lamp launched on Kickstarter

Technical specification

» 370 lumens brightness
» 3 Watts
» 3000K colour temperature (warm white)
» 50,000 hour minimum LED life
» Three pivot points of articulation
» 360° lower arm rotation
» Maintenance free joints
» Dimmer included
» Convection airflow head for heat dissipation
» 1 metre horizontal and vertical reach
» Base weight 2.5KG
» Arm weight 0.3KG
» Burgundy or black power cord
» Energy efficiency ‘A’ rating
» Universal plug supplied

Quotes about the Harvey project:

» “brilliant idea, beautifully executed”, Tim Ball – Coventry University
» “beautiful desk lamp… an awesome project”, tech.mikeshouts.com
» “both technically remarkable and quite beautiful”, Johnny Magee – Manchester School of Art
» “cool new project out of Manchester”, frachelli.com
» “the Harvey lamp is what I need”, geardiary.com

About me

I’m a product designer based in Manchester. I work for TouchStar Technologies producing intrinsically safe handheld computers for industry. I have over ten years experience designing, developing and bringing products to market. I was also a guest lecturer at Salford University on the Product Design course. I have a passion for design, and so have produced Harvey in my spare time.

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Cordial lamp by Nicolò Barlera

Cordial lamp by Nicolo Barlera

Product news: ten metres of electrical cord are coiled around to form the shade of this pendant lamp by Italian designer Nicolò Barlera.

Cordial lamp by Nicolo Barlera

Nicolò Barlera used just the cord, plug and bulb socket in an attempt to minimalise the amount of parts used. ”I found an easy and effective way to use fewer components,” Barlera told Dezeen.

Cordial lamp by Nicolo Barlera

Electricity runs through the entire length of the spiralled cord before the power reaches the bulb.

Cordial lamp by Nicolo Barlera

The pendant shape was formed by winding the cord around a mould then doubling it back.

Cordial lamp by Nicolo Barlera

Barlera collaborated with designer Lorenzo Antonioni on the initial design of the Cordial lamp, then developed the project with Swedish design firm Kanter & Karlsson.

Cordial lamp by Nicolo Barlera

We’ve recently featured a lamp that looks light a car headlamp and an edible desk lamp that comes in four flavours.

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Photography is by Fredrik Andersson.

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Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

Design Miami: the Eiffel Tower is reimagined as a bronze table lamp by Belgian artists Studio Job, who also present an upside-down Taj Mahal table at Design Miami this week.

Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

The Tour Eiffel lamp is made from patinated bronze and features a polished bronze lampshade fixed to the bent peak of the tower.

Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

Studio Job‘s Job Smeets explained his inspiration for the piece: “While having a summer lunch with Loic and Julien of Carpenters [Workshop Gallery] on the top of Centre Pompidou I had this amazing view of the Tour Eiffel and dreamt about my bohemian life in Paris back in the Nineties. You know, when the world was young and Tour Eiffel was my best friend and close neighbour. Anyway, somewhere between entrée and main the guys commissioned a lamp. One thing led to another!”

Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

The Taj Mahal table, also made from patinated and polished bronze, flips the Indian landmark on its head so that it rests on its four corner turrets.

Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal by Studio Job

Carpenters Workshop Gallery is showing both pieces at Design Miami this week, where Dezeen will be reporting on all the best designs and installations – see all our stories from Design Miami.

We’ve already published a collection of photosensitive vases by design duo Glithero launching in Miami this week.

Other projects by Studio Job on Dezeen include a studded plastic chair for design brand Moooi and the studio’s solo show at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands last year.

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Photographs of the lamp are by P. Laarhoven and photographs of the table are by Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

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Aurora Lamp: The Good Flock debuts home design with an elegantly minimalist fixture

Aurora Lamp

By Elissa Hall Taking into account the lack of space in most urban dwellings, designer Marco Murillo of The Good Flock developed the brand’s first home product to be both elegant and functional. The minimal Aurora Lamp, which launches as a Kickstarter project today, is crafted from one exquisite piece…

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Workaholic by THINKK Studio

Product news: Bangkok-based design firm THINKK Studio has launched a collection that includes hanging lamps made from concrete and wood, concrete vases with wire frames and a little truck to hold your pens and paper clips.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

The Workaholic collection by Thai designers THINKK Studio includes the CementWood hanging lamps made from hand-lathed ash and concrete.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

The Truck desk tidy is made from ash wood and powder coated steel and has a container that slides out to reveal two compartments inside.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

The Foldo desk lamp comprises an ash base and a thin sheet of powder coated steel which curves over to form a lampshade.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

The Truss concrete vase can be paired with one of three different wire frames in geometric shapes.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

The vases in the Workaholic collection are similar to an earlier series of concrete and wire vases by THINKK Studio designer Decha Archjananun.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

We’ve published two other lamps by THINKK Studio – a wooden lamp that slots into a marble base and another wooden lamp held together by a red cord.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

Other desk accessories we’ve featured include a silicone pen pot with a dish for paper clips and sharpeners and a solid concrete tape dispenser, pen pot and tray.

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

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Here’s some more information from THINKK Studio:


Workaholic is a set of small items for working space or studying area including Truck, CementWood lamp, Foldo lamp and Truss Vases.

Truck

Truck is a little desk organizer which allow us to have fun and enjoy our childhood memories in order to recharge and refresh our imaginations as we were young again.
Materials: Ash wood , Powder coated steel
Dimension: 110 x 200 x H190

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

CementWood lamp

On this project, We provide more choices of materials for 2 main parts of the hanging lamp which made of concrete and wood. There are 2 different hand crafted techniques for making the same shape made of both materials. Wooden pieces are made by hand lathing while the concrete pieces are formed by rotational shaping process.
Materials: Ash wood , FRC Concrete
Dimension: 130 x 130 x H180

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

Foldo lamp

Foldo is a simple desk lamp, combined with wooden base and a single piece of folded steel which act as a lampshade.
Materials: Ash wood , Powder coated steel
Dimension: 250 x 150 x H290

Workaholic by THINKK Studio

Truss Vases

Truss Vases are inspired by metal structures which normally found in construction site. 3 shapes of wired steel can be insert on the top of concrete base for different flowers arrangement.
Materials: Concrete , Powder coated steel
Dimension: A.135 x 200 x H240 / B.135 x 200 x H350 / C.135 x 260 x H350

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Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Product news: this lamp by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders for his design brand Moooi looks like a car headlamp but with floral patterns in the glass.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Created by Marcel Wanders for Moooi, the Valentine and smaller Baby Valentine lamps come in four colours: black, white, chrome and gold.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Each lamp is made from clear blown glass and a spun metal shade with a chrome, gold-plated or lacquered finish.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

The faceted glass diffuses the light from the bulb, while the mirrored interior of the shade reflects it further.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

The Valentine lamps were launched in Milan this spring and are now available to purchase.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Marcel Wanders co-founded Moooi in 2001 and he is currently the art director and co-owner of the brand.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

We spoke to Wanders during London Design Festival in September at the launch Big Ben, a huge wall clock which he said was inspired by the London landmark.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Other designs by Wanders we’ve featured on Dezeen include a chair with a snarling face on its backrest and a set of tableware for Dutch airline KLM.

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Balloon by Uli Budde for Vertigo Bird

Balloon by Uli Budde

Berlin-based designer Uli Budde placed a flat disc above the bulb of this lamp so that it looks like a hot air balloon taking flight.

Balloon by Uli Budde

Balloon, which was created by Uli Budde for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird, consists of a bulb in a cylindrical base with a thin aluminium disc leaning over it.

Balloon by Uli Budde

Inspired by antique oil lamps and candle holders, Budde used the disc as a circular reflector to diffuse the light from below, producing a warm glow.

Balloon by Uli Budde

The resulting shape leaves room for our own associations, according to Budde. “Is it a balloon soaring into the air, a small glowing sun or an oversized light bulb?” he asks.

Balloon by Uli Budde

The lamp is made from lacquered aluminium and plastic and is available in white or yellow.

Balloon by Uli Budde

Balloon was shown in Copenhagen last week and will appear in Zurich from 23-25 November as part of the international design fair Blickfang.

Other designs inspired by balloons we’ve featured on Dezeen include a desk supported by giant Jenga blocks at one end and balloons at the other and a light that looks like a helium balloon stuck to the ceiling.

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Here’s some more information from the designer:


Balloon is a table lamp generating diffused, ambient lighting.

Balloon owes elements of its forms to the typical antique oil lamps and candle holders with a reflector placed behind the flame to reflect and direct the light. Besides, the idea that we often consider the moon to be a light source (next to fire and the sun, for example) although it is just enlightened by the sun, gave the stimulus to work with indirect light.

The lamp’s light source is situated inside a cylindrical base. Light shines upwards and lights the reflector, which tilts forwards, re-directing and reflecting a diffused glimmer of light. Through its simplicity and figurative character, the lamp leaves room for associations and fantasy – is it a balloon soaring into the air, a small glowing sun or an oversized light bulb?

For the special exhibition format called ‘blickfang selected’, five renowned personalities from the design scene have chosen young talents involved in furniture design. Uli Budde has been invited as one of them by Philipp Mainzer – architect, designer and co-founder of furniture brand e15 – to present his work at blickfang Copenhagen in Øksnehallen from 9-11 November, 
blickfang Zürich in Kongresshaus from 23-25 November and 
blickfang Basel in Messe Basel from 8-10 March 2013.

The lamp is available in White and Yellow.

Design: Uli Budde
Producer: Vertigo Bird
Year: 2010/11
Light source: 9W energy-saving fluorescent light
Material: lacquered aluminium, plastic parts
Size: 280x425x135mm
Colors: matte white/matte yellow

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Winkel w127 by Dirk Winkel for Wästberg

Berlin-based product designer Dirk Winkel created this slim black desk lamp to show that plastic can be as solid and tactile as metal or wood.

Winkel w127 by Dirk Winkel for Wästberg

“One of the greatest things I was missing in typical designs made of plastic was a significant impression of substance, of materiality,” said Dirk Winkel. “Therefore the next step could only be a design that celebrated the actual material as it is, straightforward, solid and honest.”

Created for Swedish lighting brand Wästberg, the Winkel w127 is made from a fibreglass-reinforced bioplastic containing 60% castor oil from the castor plant, making it recyclable and more environmentally sound than crude oil-based plastics.

Winkel w127 by Dirk Winkel for Wästberg

The lamp also has a multichip LED, which distributes light more evenly than separate LEDs, and comes with either a flat base or a clamp base.

It was launched at Orgatec in Cologne last month, where Danish studio KiBiSi showed an adjustable desk that’s a cross between a car jack and an ironing board, and Dutch architects UNStudio launched clusters of triangular tessellating sofas. See all our stories about products launched at Orgatec.

Other lamps designed for Wästberg include architect David Chipperfield’s brass and rubber task light and designer Inga Sempé’s bowl-shaped LED pendant lamps.

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Here’s some more information from the designer:


Designer’s statement

When I started thinking about the design, I had the desire to challenge the perception and the common preconceptions of a material that is normally known to people just as ‘plastics’. I knew that I would like to go further than what’s the norm not only in terms of function and the look, but about the feel and tactility of the material as well. Soon it was clear that one of the greatest things I was missing in typical designs made of plastic was a significant impression of substance, of materiality. Therefore, the next step could only be a design that celebrated the actual material as it is, straightforward, solid and honest, with a concept of hiding nothing, but showing its innermost values to the outside. No second skin, no paint coat, the true, bold material in its pure form.

Technically, there was an equal desire to go for a high performance material that delivers the mechanical strength and rigidity for this product to last a long life while offering the possibility of doing large, solid cross-sections which are normally next to impossible in our chosen process of injection molding. The material that was finally fulfilling all these needs in an excellent way is a new development, giving us the desired tactility, the needed technical characteristics and the freedom of design.

Last but not least, making products out of plastic also involves being conscious of the responsibility for our environment. And the chosen material does not stop here: in this lamp, we are using a plastic that is based on over 60% biologically sourced material, which is castor oil, taken from the castor plant which does not compete with worldwide food production due to different agricultural requirements. Therefore the design makes a step ahead by setting the course for producing independently of mineral oil based plastics.

Technical description

Winkel w127 is manufactured of solid fiberglass reinforced biopolyamide. The material is recyclable. The mechanical solution is based on micro gas springs, widely used in the automotive and electronics industries. The gas springs have a lifespan of more than 50,000 compressions and give exceptionally good movement patterns. The shade is adjustable for universal direction of the light. The light technology is based on a highly energy-efficient multichip LED solution. This consists of a cluster of diodes instead of several separate diodes. By using multichip LED, so called multi-shadows are avoided and a very even light pattern is achieved. The diode is cooled efficiently with an advanced cooling construction. The fixture is equipped with both a reflector and a diffuser lens, to give optimal light distribution and light quality. In addition, there is a glare protection system to minimize both direct and indirect glare. Winkel w127 is equipped with a seamless dimmer that is operated by an IR-switch; a built-in timer automatically turns the lamp off after five hours. Winkel w127 is avaiable with base, clamp or pin.

Technical information
Material: fiberglass reinforced biopolyamide
Light source: 1–9 W LED
Light output: lm/W 84
Colour temperature: 3,000 K
CRI: > 90
LED life-span: 50,000 h

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