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Once illuminated, these faceted grey 3D-printed lamps reveal colourful interiors derived from everyday images (+ slideshow).

The Dazzle lamps by Belgium-based designer and programmer Corneel Cannaerts were 3D-printed in colour using a technique developed by the designer himself.

Using a Z Corp colour printer and a gypsum-like powder, each of the shades is printed in grey on the outside, while brightly coloured patterns are applied to the internal polygon mesh.

The process of additive manufacturing allows the colours to bleed into the material, creating their distinctive glow.

“The dazzle lamp prototypes look at the potential of 3D colour printing to embed different states within an object,” explained Cannaerts.

The volume of the lamps is deformed in such a way that the centre of gravity falls below a triangular opening, allowing room for the light fitting and LED.

For each lamp, two custom fittings are printed so the lamp can be used as either a pendant or standing lamp.

“The irregular triangulated shape is derived from the mesh – still a necessary file format for 3D printing,” he continued. “It looks similar but different depending on the angle you look at the lamp.”

Cannaerts has developed his own custom software application to allow anyone to change the shape and size of the lamps.

His software also allows anyone to source an image – a still from My Little Pony in one example – and the software converts it into a coloured mesh.

At present the application only runs on desktops, but Cannaerts is planning on building a web and mobile version allowing anyone to customise their own shapes and colour schemes.

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Stockholm 2014: Swedish studio Front presents spherical glass lamps that appear to be steamed up at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair, which opens today.

Front‘s Fog pendant lamps for Swedish lighting brand Zero consist of a glass ball that is frosted on the bottom and gradates to transparent at the top. “With no apparent light source, Fog looks like a flaming planet, a mystical hovering globe,” said the designers.

The spheres were sand-blasted on the inside to create the foggy effect and at first glance the light seems to shine from this cloudy base. “The light appears to shoot up from the bottom of the globe, emitting an ambient glow that rises like a magically fiery fog,” the studio said.

In fact an LED light source is hidden in the socket, which illuminates the frosted glass so it glows. The effect is intensified in the dark, when the contrast between the top and bottom is amplified.

Metal fixtures are available in copper or powder-coated in black or white, and also with a black or white cord. The lamps are currently on display at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and Northern Light Fair, which continues until Saturday.

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Russian product designer Ilya Tkach has created a simple desk lamp featuring a light source that snaps onto its stem with a magnet.

Ilya Tkach‘s Magnon light comprises just two pieces. LEDs are contained within a long wooden oak block, along with a magnet that runs down one edge.

The magnet allows this element to stick to the flat sides of a white metal stem, which sits at an angle to the circular base.

“The lamp is fixed on the base just by magnetic forces, and can be easily moved and rotated,” said the designer.

The wooden baton can be used separately as a handheld torch or attached to other metal surfaces.

Small metal objects such as stationary can also be stored along the magnet to keep the desk clear.

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