German engineering and design as its best. Luscendo -music in a new light. Audio furniture made of concrete and wood with optical fiber inside make a very special and high-end product for every audiophile.

Lucèste / luce (light) + celèste (of sky) installation for Toshiba by Makoto Tanijiri (Suppose Design Office).

Highlights from Light+Building 2010 - one of the world’s largest tradeshows featuring the most innovative products in architecture & technology.

The Dopie is a new style in light footwear, a single shape sole to protect the foot that folds up between the toes to provide control.

Double Curve Screen by Soorikian Furniture can be configured with any number of panels. The curve of each panel provides play with light that brings the piece to life.

Swing pendant Light by Monochro Studio Design.

FEATUREDUPDATED! Remember those stunning fabric lamps covering Montenapoleone in Milan? Well, they light up at night! And here's more info about the installation as well...

Greenpeace Poland used stencils to increase awareness. They featured polar bears sitting on the electric chairs connected to streetlamps. The claim was: Save the bear, turn off the light. By Grupa 66 Ogilvy.

Gitta Gschwendtner’s strikingly minimalistic interior for London's Lik+Neon has a clever use of square pegs, bungee cord, limited use of traditional shop fittings and a one-off milk carton light installation.

A series of colorful loft units in Valparaiso, an area declared World Heritage by the UNESCO. The new units were designed by ReArquitectura, with interior spaces full with natural light, green terraces and more.

Binaire, “an experiment with flour and the kind of light that exists around dusk,” this collaboration of Zak Ryan Schlegel and Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen is mesmerizing.

Many architects have struggled with making daylighting effective without the cost of glare and heat gain. The Sundolier daylighting system by Sunflower Corp is a new way to gain the benefits of natural light without the drawbacks.

This exclusive Coca-Coca Light bottle featuring Karl Lagerfeld's silhouette is an exclusive creation with the addition of a unique box in limited edition, accompanied with a bottle-opener discreetly hidden in a drawer.

Fine Art photographer Stephanie Halmos's project "Color Studies" are large-scale Chromogenic Prints that use light and time to create beautiful scales of color.

PearsonLloyd have designed this table system for SCP. The Peggy series is available for residential dining and commercial use. Wooden, light, aesthetic.

Maya Barkai, founder of Walking Men Worldwide, invites amateur and professional photographers alike to join a collaborative community of artists by taking a photo of traffic-light Walking Men around the world.

Adam Farlie made furniture for narcoleptic people. 'Becoming Narcoleptic' consists of a table, chair and light.

Blow up lamp by Alejo Ruocco is a handmade lighting fixture... an explosive sculpture of light, can be tinted in different colors.

WFTS just released a collection of wooden sunglasses. 3 different styles available in 2 colors. Wood is said to be perfect fot this use as it is light and comfortable.

Beautiful Chicago apartment by Wheeler Kairns Architects. Owned by an art dealer, it features a red glass block structure in the living room and a huge glass dining room light fixture that is just exquisite!

Stunning light show created by ETC to mark Cambridge University 800 year anniversary.

Raimond Light by Raimond Puts is a made of steel wire and LEDs. Light and transparent. For moooi.

Copenhagen based textile designer, Astrid Krogh, with some stunning new light installations including 'Incitament' in Aalborg, a tapestry made from a beautifully composed raster of neon tubes in several shades of green.

Prepare to be sucked in to a liquid vortex... Light Ripples - A spiritual moment brought to you ENESS

Bamboo chairs by Yrjö Kukkapuro and Fang Hai. A light and elegant design, between tradition and Scandinavian modernity.

Matteo Cibic's The Girasole Light series explores the potential of LED lighting. The lamp has big bright disks that thanks to a flexible arm, allows illumination of the floor, walls or ceiling.

Room Divider by swedish TAF Architects. Light, expandable, simple and fun.

Grasshopper: a range of metal garden furniture designed by Dutch designer Wieki Somers for French brand Tectona. The collection consists of two tables and a chair made of steel and aluminium, powder-coated in light green.

How do you create effective lighting when there’s no way to get to the grid? Designed by Igendesign, the ‘Flow’ light is powered by constant prevailing coastal winds and is built to be almost completely biodegradable.

ANG House by Chenchow Little Architects. White and light steel villa in Sidney.

RGB Lamp. A lamp inspired by the additive color model designed by German and Swiss product designers Fabian Nehne and Martin Meier.

the zono lamp is a modular light sculpture designed by esteban moreno that can adapt to any shape or size, either in form of roof, wall or floor lamp.

Simply amazing illustrations by Hylton Warburton. You've just got to love the use of darkness vs light...

San Francisco based practice Iwamoto Scott recently completed the PS House in North Beach. The project generates a new openness behind an old Edwardian building, bringing light and fresh air to the interiors.

A light- and air-filled toilet paper sculpture created by a busker. I hope he used recycled toilet paper!

Luzinterruptus have brought their light-based street art from Madrid to NYC; this is 800 books, each with a light attached, with the intention of replacing traffic with literature.

Katerina Orlikova has utilized the nuanced design of various typographic sets as a basic for the abstract creations of her 'Light and Typography' series.

Yu Jordy Fu's new work for London Fashion week. Inspired by that light, sexy, and dream like feeling that fashion brings...

UVA have created three brooding presences that respond to the movements of people approaching them - creating a visceral experience of sound and light. a beautiful interactive triptych.

Similiar to Japanese Oragami, this house unfolds like a piece of slice paper from the sloped site. The negative space between the slices creates wonderful clerestories for natural light and ventilation.

London's Regent's Place development has an awe-inspiring new pavillion with LEDs embedded in the cobbles below that bathe the beautiful structure in an ethereal golden light....

Kidrobot Munnys customized by Marcus Tremonto. Cool light display available at Kidrobot NY on Friday.

Zip Shot Tripod ~ a tripod made of what look like tent poles... super light weight and portable!

The design of brick lamp is based on my perception of sunlight. The concept is to make people aware of the moment of concealing and revealing light. Side facets, used as handles, also direct the light when in upright position.

The designer Inga Sempé was designed for Wästberg a lamp that will be the 2010's industrial light, codenamed Sempé W103...

Light installation project using only prescription bottles, mirror and fluorescent lights. Created by Jean Shin from Korea, Chemical Balance speaks to our culture’s over-consumption of prescription drugs and our bodies’ dependency on these medications.

Inspired by “classic circus elements”, Jaime Hayón's wonderful design for Camper's Tokyo outpost is a light, airy space, abundant in youthful vigor and laden with charming details....

Beautiful surreal t-shirt designed by Flying Mouse.

Tim Fishlock has created a dazzling chandelier made from hundreds of old incandescent light bulbs.

this house in obama, fukui, japan, by Suppose sits above ground on 6 concrete stilts. the rectangular building has no exterior windows, however consists of skylights, allowing natural light inside.

loving the light-pixel campaign for Shimano. Designed by Chicago artist collective REAKT the ads are featured in Decline Magazine.

noon studio designed this lathed wooden desk lamps with rotating lids which act as switches to control the light intensity.

Slovenian architects Bevk Perović Arhitekti have launched a collection of floor lamps where the light resembles a puff of smoke.

Against the Light - Poster by Artist:Tadahiro Uesugi

The Infinity furniture and lighting collection by Tangle Creations is based on the Tibetan Infinite Knot. Infinity design collection pieces entitled Art, Sky and Sun, the latter being a globular light fixture.

This former washing machine drum is now a lovely lamp from Reestore. It produces an ambient light from the top and shoots beams of light from the holes in its body.

From Prandina, the Equilibre Fluo light, designed by Luc Ramael.

Beautiful paper light sculptures Moonjelly from Limpalux.

The pillow mask very useful to improve your sleep during daytime or by too much light in the room. This two-layered pillow can cover your eyes when you sleep lightly. Can also be turned inside.

American light artist James Turrell largest-ever walk-in light installation in a museum context: an 11-metre-high, ‘space within a space’ structure that covers a floor area of 700 square meters.

The Iris Chandelier by designer/maker Tim Lewis is made from polished copper toilet floats and light parts.

Haunting light installations by media artist Sally Blenheim.

Design to accomodate all commercial activities under one roof, the Encants market in Barcelona features modular covers with different inclinations to reflect light, atmosphere and landscape.

Clamp Desk design is based on a system of trestle and tray insert in a board. A translucent honeycomb PMMA sheet offers an exceptionally light and rigid worktop. Holes drilled in the panel allow to run cables under a wire system.

Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza, from Bremen, Germany, are the creators of these amazing light paintings.

This flat pack stool is light, easy to assemble and transport. The distinctive characteristic of the ‘1-2-3 sit’ stool is the dovetail joint with combined folded steel and oak wood.

A gift to you this holiday season. The Lite-Write is an application that creates the same long exposure effect of light writing with a camera.

MENCOMPANY non conventional agency in Milan it creates games of light in most prestigious location in Milan for X Mass.

"Ride it to light it" by are a series of bike lamps and a carouselle by Ignacio Ojanguren Álvarez,
Christina Perdikaki, Hafsteinn Juliusson

New Hyper Instrument. The light orchestra.

Scott Belcastro's first US solo show 'Chasing the Last Glimpse of Light' opens Saturday December 12th at LeBasse Projects in L.A. Gorgeous!

Amazing sky phenomenon in Norway! Take a look.

Spanish architects b720 recently renovated the Plaza del Torico, with over 1.230 led lamps embedded in the ground that have the ability to change color using a video program, which can generate different light. textures and rhythms.

BYTR architects designed a special green public light where living plants form the shade. This low-key intervention raised the quality of the street from a back alley to a shopping street.

Part of the Colour of Music series of photos by George Benson. The series purely looks at the colour of the record sleeves grouping all records by colour alone. The resulting photos create a rhythm of colour, light and shade through an unseen collection of music.

South African based office studioMAS recently completed the Circa Gallery in Johannesburg. The oval building shows an interesting skin which filters light to the interiors.

Spanish architects Vallo Irigaray designed a new building for Soria, covered by a unique soft, light and wavy skin, made in U-glass elements.

Vertical is the latest innovation in garden architecture. A fiberglass vase with spiral-shaped vertical lines that unfold, capturing light and shadows. By Twentyone studio.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are working on devices constructed from silicon and silk which have the ability to carry light emitting diodes (LEDs). and only 250 nanometers thick.

Ben Wilson's awesome Artikcar bike is surrounded in a bright, bubbly neon light.

Click is a downloadable immaterial lamp created by the design company Blank Bubble. This mood lamp uses the computer screen as a light source to diffuse color sequences at various speed.

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) The Lighthouse Ball is available as a tea light holder or outdoor oil lamp, in glossy black or white porcelain.

Using fallen sycamores and miscellaneous light bulbs, four female designers known as the Egg Collective, built a series of limited edition, “Stumped Lamps.”

Best chapel design ever. The John Paul II chapel in Rijeka was designed by croatian architects Randic & Turato. A pixelated brick skin encloses a huge interior space filled with natural light.

House H is the latest project by Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo. It’s new experiment to find a balance between volumes, spaces and light.

We love the light "Rock" by DIESEL x FOSCARINI

The 'Tio' ghost light switch system teaches kids to conserve household energy.

‘Ventura’ is designed by Leo Krol & Vincent de Rijk for the Dutch manufacturer Solid. The pendant light is constructed out of two aluminium disks covered by a two-tone polyesther transparent diffuser in different colours.

A series of light shows promoting the luxury lofts at 290 Mulberry in the Lower East Side. Each of the building’s eight full-floor lofts have been filled with an array of vividly colorful spotlights.

These silicon light switches from Normal Design take on a radical new form, not to mention material. Pressing the raised bumps activates the switch.

A3+ Architects, an Italy based firm, just finished a finalist project for an urban renovation in Sicily. Light steel structures covered by natural ivy just link the historical center of the town with a big new square

Israeli artist Yochai Matos creates amazing, emotive structures of light.

In Seoul, South Korea, a Living Light structure offers an escape from the blinding light up displays and neon-overload of the city.

The light installation and just overall look of the new Undercover flagship store in Kanazawa is simply amazing!

To promote their exhibition stand at the Franfurt Book Fair, Eichborn the publisher with the fly prepared 200 flies with an ultra light banner.

Nikon's 2009 winners of their annual "Its a small world" competition. All photographs are taken through a light microscope.

Stunningly simple pendant light made from a solid block of walnut.

Amazing quality short film by Vincent Lafore, shot on the newly announced Canon 1D mark IV. Showing off the cameras low light quality, the entire video was shot using only the ambient lights of the street at 6400 ISO.

VIDEOCurrently on show at the Pavilion od Art & Design, 'You Fade to Light' is an interactive light installation by Random International built with thousands of Lumiblade OLEDs.

LAPP is a Light Art Performance Photography project. Pictures are taken in one shot with long exposure and light movements.

Harry Allen designed this beautiful and simple LED light, molded off of a firefly he caught in his own backyard.

Interesting mix of nature and technology, the Fragile Future light uses real dandelion heads.

A limited edition of three brightly coloured monochrome Different Angles screens will be shown (and for sale!) at Designgalleriet, Stockholm, October 1st to 24th. The exhibition is called Unique Pieces.

From a basic sheet of paper, Different Angles is folded in opposite diagonal angles. Fold by fold. A thin piece of paper can be transformed into a beautiful volume with subtle, yet dynamic shadows. Full sized screen can change an office space, shop or lounge. The screen folds up butifully into a thin and very light package. A sensible object for poetic environments where you can change the set. Again and again.

The Soma light sculptures.
In Greek, Soma means body and in Hebrew refers to blindness, emanates poetic bodies of light which have the appearance of immaterial foggy landscapes..

Simple lighting concept that highlights the the part most people dont want to look at, the chord.

SonUmbra is a beautiful solar-powered tree composed of strands of light-emitting fabric woven into a lucent web of branches.

‘After dinner & After lunch’ by Henning Rekdal Nielsen, Maria Berndtsson, Hans A. Huseklepp and Sebastian Jansson is a smart lighting with the cord or I must say a cord light that at first glimpse makes you feel like snake crawling.

A recycled set of wheels and an old pub sign light creates this lovely little lamp, 'Albie' by JamesPlumb.

Designer / photographer Kim Pimmel does light painting in a very abstract, bold manner

Star-shaped light embedded in a concrete block by NOTHING dESIGN. A perfect addition to your boring brick wall.

Union Light & Power by Daniel Crossland.

Rediscover New York City shot by a french light painter. Times Square, Crane Street.. enjoy the trip !

Lef Kiort brings us "Light City".

JewelXLery by Rosalie de Kruyf is a wonderful design object to light every room.

The fantastic spectacles of color - the latest trend in street art - are as impressive as fireworks. A host of light sources, from flash lights, bike lights to blinking LED lights, are used to 'paint' a picture straight onto the camera lens.

Almost invisible to the street, the sunken flagship store for Havaianas in Sao Paulo has an impressive interior space, filled with green and light, and havaianas of course. By Isay Weinfeld.

Lee Broom's Club Chair, a traditional Chesterfield spectacularly transformed with fairground jewel light bulbs, is one of his pieces being featured at this years London Design Festival.

The Royal Master Sealight is a great replica of an old marine light. Beautiful, available in floor, table and pendant models at Restoration Hardware.

Ralston & Bau made their first redesign series:
"Tekannelampe" (tea pot light) with the cable flowing out from the spout and the handle as invitation to carry your lamp around.

Astrid Krogh's latest neon light installation is ‘Flora’, a decoration for the Nikolai Quarter in Kolding, Denmark, which was commissioned by the Commune of Kolding.

A real katana made of laminated carbon fiber and titanium+carbide blade. Light and deadly.

Finally, disco ball pants. Cordarounds.com has found SOFT, reflective fabric that disperses light like a disco ball and transformed them into trousers.

Concept designer Tim Grosch has recently developed the Light Wave 3D lighting platform. The Light Wave is a communal lighting object that is made from modules of 50 x 50cm which can be combined in various pixel-type configurations into a bigger composition. Each module is designed in such a way that the curved outlines create a 3D shape that allows endless addition of modules - creating together a fluent movement of convex/concave shapes.

The Light art performance photography (LAPP), is a one-shot long time bulb exposure Photography, performed additionally with movement of Light.

Stratospheric is a Corian light sculpture by New Zealand designer Fletcher Vaughan.

gabriella crohn has designed the document lamp.

Now you can have Norwegian Forest in your room. The Norwegian Forest lights designed by Cathrine Kullberg, show a deep pine forest with an eagle registers movement on the ground in light and shade.

American photographer, Cody Cobb, has some absolutely awe-inspiring photos. Predominantly nature based, his work shines some light on the otherwise ignored corners of this world.

Airsquares! A brand new shelving system that uses the foam normally found in car doors and airplanes - very light and very strong!

halo is a handy light specially dedicated to light-writting - by Aïssa Logerot

It's not a security camera! It is Spoticam, new light design from Antrepo. It comes with adjustable arm, you can use it on your table or wall.

Lightbox is actually a wood cabinet with 8000 holes reinforced with transparant resin. Designed by Studio Jo Meesters.

Very cool manual-winding bedside lamp. Wind it up for a few minutes of light, and when it goes out, you're probably asleep!

"Bus Stop" from the series Light is Life showing light characters hand drawn by Christopher Hibbert, french photographer and light painter.

The ELS-magnetic is an LED acrylic lamp that responds to your touch and your music. It turns all shades of neon and is the total party light, no disco ball required.

Like the morning glory, this flower has the power to open and close at will - and at a count of 32 individual LED hot and cold bulbs, this "BUD" light will be brightening your day the green way.

Helena Karleson's "Contour Window Blinds" create unusual light effects depending on the density of the light coming through

"Drawing Light" a series of lamps designed by Sara Ivanyi of Form Follows Freedom. The lamps are constructed from coated metal and rubber.
The forms appear like 3D line drawings of floating cloud-like forms.

Light Test = Site made for photo assistants to upload test shots from the beginning of each shoot.

Loving this Paul Raff Studio Garden Pavilion ~ made from cedar, it has two seating banks and a table with a reflective glass top. the structure features lattice like elements that are interwoven to play with light and shadow.

While Pac-Man lookalike, O!CAP is not just a lampshade. But a scented silicon lampshade which when put over an energy saving light bulb, the heat of the lamp will set the aroma free.

“My inspiration was the light. I have designed all the buildings trying to capture this light. The design is sophisticated but based on simplicity.” -- Piero Lissoni on Mandarin Oriental @ Dellis Cay

“Fishing light. 70 gold cages with light hanging over the main bridge of Maubeuge, in the North of France.

This experiment of light was created using LED technologies and unique transformable constructions.