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Product news: these lamps by Joost van Bleiswijk with stands that looks to be built from a child’s construction toy will be launched by Dutch design brand Moooi this week.

Construction Lamp was created by Dutch designer Joost van Bleiswijk for Moooi, based on vintage building toys.

The four-sided stand tapers upward towards the light source like a telegraph pylon.

Each round joint is exaggerated, fixed with large prominent screws.

All elements are the same tone on the black version, except the screws and the inside of the cylindrical shade that are both coloured gold.

On the white model, the corner legs match the shade while wood is used for the horizontal and diagonal bracing.

Two sizes are available, the first is a floor lamp while the second is small enough to also be raised on a table.

Prototypes of the lights wer presented as part of Moooi’s Unexpected Welcome collection at the brand’s exhibition in Milan earlier this year.

Dezeen spoke to Moooi art director Marcel Wanders in Milan, where he guessed that their exhibition was the most expensive in the city this time around.

The lamp is now being officially launched ahead of the London Design Festival, where is will be presented in Moooi’s west London showroom.

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Israeli designers Studio Itai Bar-On formed this collection of conical lights from pigmented concrete.

Studio Itai Bar-On‘s Bullet Collection includes a series of concrete lamps in different sizes, tones and finishes.

Conical shades are topped with a rounded cap and a translucent perspex disk is fixed over the base to soften the light.

The lamps can be suspended from the ceiling or laid on the floor.

The lamps come in white, grey, dark grey, orange, blue and yellow.

Bubbles that formed in the mixture are visible as holes on the surfaces, which can be polished or left raw.

Some unusual uses of concrete we’ve featured include a collection of furniture and a stationery set.

In our most recent stories about lamps, one resembles a dining cloche lifted into the air and another is soft enough to be used as a cushion.

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This squishy light by German product designer Simon Frambach can be used as a warm, glowing pillow.

Simon Frambach‘s balloon-shaped Soft Lamp gives off a soft light and slight warmth, creating an illuminated cushion.

As well as providing a headrest, the lamp can be squeezed into gaps or trapped between objects where needed. It’s made from foamed polyurethane and shaped using rotation milling.

The low-energy bulb within is protected by a cage so it doesn’t smash when the lamp is squashed. A red cord leads out the back to a power source.

We’ve featured a few products designed for sleeping, including headgear that creates the perfect conditions for a nap and a wearable cocoon of quilts and blankets for people to take their bed wherever they go.

Our archive of lamp designs includes copper-spun pendant lamps with chunky handles and scaled-up versions of a classic light bulb.

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The designer sent us the following information:

Soft Light

A soft and flexible occasional light that interacts with its surroundings in a unique way by Simon Frambach.

Soft Light is a soft and flexible light made of foamed polyurethane. Its curvy fluent shape that resembles a calabash pumpkin provokes an organic and familiar appearance for a thoroughly synthetic and industrialised material.

Soft Light can be placed in unused spaces like cavities in furniture and other places as an object that fills a void in one’s living environment. Its warm and tangible surface invites to touching and literally feeling light. The result is a light which is extremely flexible in use without having a technical characteristic.

The light shade has been crafted from a massive block of polyurethane foam on a simple self-constructed device for rotational milling. The device allows for a precise production of a desired shape. An energy saving light bulb, protected by a cage, illuminates the porous foam from the inside.

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Product news: Copenhagen design firm KiBiSi designed this low-energy pendant lamp by scaling up the shape of a classic light bulb.

KiBiSi’s Bulb Fiction pendant lamp unites the socket and bulb into one product.

The shade is made from hand-blown opal glass and the pendant’s cord incorporates a thick white silicone cover to give it extra volume. The cord can be tied in a knot for a different look and the lamps can be hung in clusters.

“The fixture creates the illusion of a classic incandescent bulb, hides the low-energy light source and ensures a comfortable, soft light,” said the designers.

Bulb Fiction is now available to buy in North America through furniture company HighTower.

KiBiSi is an industrial design firm founded in 2009 by designer Lars Holme Larsen of Kilo Design, architect Bjarke Ingels of BIG and brand consultant Jens Martin Skibsted of Skibsted Ideation.

Other KiBiSi products we’ve featured on Dezeen include an office chair that is mounted on a Y-shaped stem – allowing it to move back and forth whilst rotating, and a series of candle holders made from a compound of plastic resin and powdered stone.

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Here’s a press release from HighTower:

Designed by Danish design team KiBiSi and manufactured by Lightyears, the Bulb Fiction pendant lamp is a playful take on the classic incandescent light bulb and is now available in North America through HighTower.

Bulb Fiction remains true to the iconic shape but has been scaled up and broken down, creating the illusion of a single bulb, while hiding the low energy light source, and ensuring a comfortable, soft light with its hand-blown opal glass shade.

Bulb Fiction transitions seamlessly between public and private spaces from hospitality to retail, commercial and residential environments. It works beautifully as a single lamp, but also looks fantastic when hung in a cluster, a straight line, or in staggered formations.

To further play with the design, simply tie knots in the cord or gather several lamps together to form a modern chandelier.

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Product news: these pendant lamps by German designer Oliver Schnick have raised collars that direct light up to the ceiling as well as down to the floor.

The Ronde Pendant, for Danish brand GUBI, was designed by Oliver Schick with a protruding lip as a subtle addition to the traditional pendant shape.

“Only minor changes or unexpected details are needed to give a product a lively character, which sparks the associations and emotions of the user” said Schick.

The designer used hand-turned aluminium to form the rounded shape of the lamp, then named it Ronde, a word associated with circles and rotation.

The surface is coated with an matte lacquer to give it a ceramic-like finish.

Ronde Pendant is available in two sizes and comes in either white, red, light grey, dark grey or black.

Other lighting designs featured on Dezeen recently include a sculptural timber lamp bent to the point of breaking and floor lamps with matching shades and bases. See more lighting »

GUBI sent us the following text:

With its simple yet lively expression The Ronde Pendant has all the qualities of becoming a future design classic and is sure to spark the interest of most design enthusiasts around the globe. Oliver Schick’s modern take on the classic pendant is his first product for GUBI and will be launched in 2013.

The bell-shaped piece has reference to the traditional pendant lamp and the heyday of 1970s lightning design; however, in a modern interpretation. The unique detail of the opening on the top with an overhanging collar, bring forth associations of a jar such as vase or amphora. The hand-turned aluminum lamp shade with an ultramatt lacquer almost makes it look as if it was made of ceramics. The Ronde Pendant comes in two sizes and will available in five colors: Matt white, Rusty Red, Pigeon Grey, Anthracite og Charcoal Black.

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