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A wilted icon at Design Miami/


With a dark streak that carries across their work, it is not surprising that Dutch design firm Studio Job has anthropomorphized the Eiffel Tower, wilted in sad defeat.
Design Miami/, contemporary design, decorative arts, Studio Job, lamp, bronze, Eiffel Tower

How Design Thinking Led to a Beautiful LED Lamp


This September, Switch Lightbulbs will launch its twenty-first-century version of the ubiquitous incandescent bulb, which is slated to be phased out in the United States starting in 2012, according to the Energy Independence and Security Act authorized in Congress in 2007.
LED, light emitting diode, lamp, lightbulbs, Switch, recyclable, aesthetics, cooling, orientation

Postcard from Tokyo


I was delighted by this New Year’s card from Takeshi Ishiguro in Tokyo. On the front was an image of a snow covered landscape, with one of those crisp blue skies that only seem to visit Japan when it’s cold.
Takeshi Ishiguro, product design, Industrial Design, Creative Lab, studio, Tokyo, Japan, postcard, light light, lamp, feather, Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design, Exhibition, 1995, MOMA, Book of Lights, Artecnica

Ninety Light vs. Anglepoise


Sometimes the most modest designs become the architype. The Anglepoise lamp, designed by George Carwardine in 1932, was a complete original.
Anglepoise, lamp, George Carwardine, springs, Shawn Littrell, Ninety light, LED, lighting, Luxo, table lamps, Color Rendering Index, CRI, efficient, Tizio

Light Filters Water


A low cost UV water filter is making an impact in the field. Mexican non-profit Niparaja teamed with AquaStar and the local Technological Institute on the design of the low cost UV Bucket water filter.
low cost, affordable, inexpensive, UV, ultraviolet, bucket, water filter, impact, Mexico, non-profit, NGO, Niparaja, AquaStar, Technological Institute, disinfection, module, water, lamp, rate, purify, purifying, fabrication, distribution, rural, population, Baja Sur, school, federation, chain store, DICONSA, Mexican, Ministry of Social Affairs, stores, nationwide