Designer Bina Beitel shows her new lights at the 'Under my skin' exhibition at Next Level Gallery in Paris. Some strange and astonishing lights, between innovation and handcraft.

FEATUREDOperation Window Seat: LAX-CDG - in this edition we've got a lot of gorgeous red mountains ~ fires! ~ eerily red clouds ~ french seaside ~ and more! Such beautifully lighting on this trip!

'Unexplectable' table + lamp by Jenna Postma. The LED lamp lights up when you lean on the table and a pulley system allows you adjust the lamp's height.

Ellen Berger's lamps are simply stunning. This special collection of pendant lamps with a mid-century look is extraordinarily interesting and flexible.

Now you can easily put the sun in your pocket through the collapsible and portable solar powered lamp called Project Soul Cell by Swedish designer Jesper Jonsson.

CANDELA from Enever aims to encourage a younger, broader audience to use candles by providing push button lighting and extinguishing and a safe enclosed flame in a retro modern aesthetic.

Kinema Pendant Luminaire by Californian designer Stuart Fingerhut.

Protea 1 is a striking new lighting design range by Western Australian designer, Tim Whiteman, exploring both form and function.

Furin, an interactive lighting installation by Takram design and engineering for Okamura Design Space R.

Great Australian Custom plywood furniture by Alex Earl.

The Emerson 1:18 Scale Doll House by Brinca Dada ~ is not only a modern masterpiece, but it has functioning solar panels on the roof while illuminate LED lights within!

Cherry Blossoms Soap is thin and very lightweight soap looks a petal of cherry blossom. Once you soak it in water,it melt into bubbles in a blink of an eye.

This isn't a curling iron, but a Lootflighter designed by Richard Looft to start your barbecue in seconds, without requiring lighter fluid.

Tivo Slide Remote review over at Gizmodo ~ nice way to solve the text entry nightmare with numerical keypads on remotes...

Rich Brilliant Willing has developed a new glass lighting product for the prestigious LA-brand Artecnica - to debut at the New York International Gift Fair! Bright Side Lights!

Eva Solo's 'Hurricane' lamp by Claus Jensen. Designed to take candles or tea lights. For standing on a patio or balcony table or for hanging from trees or door frames.

OLED lighting is still considered an emerging technology, but Universal Display Corporation has been creating amazing concept products with these extremely efficient panels for over a decade.

Read more: Brilliant OLED Lighting Designs by Emory Krall | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

'Strobilus' by Jonathan Coles for Paviom. A sculptural organic design which brings a new architecture to high output low energy lighting.

Solar-powered collapsible lamp lights up when unfolded.

Not too much, not too little, Coco Flip's Coco Pendant lights are influenced by a balanced design philosophy.

These wonderful shapes are caused by hitting a nail against a piece of clear acrylic while being charged with electricity, the result is a charge being stuck inside of it for a good amount of time.

David Trubridge's lighting ~ love the hidden colors inside the wood...

'BT-01' bicycle by PG-Bikes & UBC ...'the lightest, most powerful, fastest and most technological 2 wheels driven E-Bike worldwide.'-

Cyglo tires combine motion sensors with bright, high-powered LED lights inside the tread to keep you safe. The lights turn on as you start to move, keeping you visible.

All-In-One Kitchen Shelving Concept by Mathew Gilbride for Electrolux. Mathew Gilbride’s Elements Modular Kitchen has incorporated appliances that range from refrigeration, air-conditioner, lighting, and cooking modules.

LED mushroom lights are sprouting from reclaimed wood.

Oi Concept Space "SPFW" by 20.87 Estúdio
The space takes advantage of the inherent intelligence of already made objects, such as plastic baskets, mechanical workshop lights, wooden containers and even trash bins.
An attempt to find another use for objects easily found in large scale industry by giving new purposes for these objects as well as combining with esthetic needs.

Curiosity's videos of their lighting installations are quite mesmerizing.

Lighthouse by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Established & Sons. A contemporary lamp using the traditional know-how of Venini, Italy.

When music and art meet bottles of beer, you get a fabulous video full of beautiful sounds and lights. Mix by DJ Cheeba. Perfect.

DJ Cheeba performs an exclusive live mix using Beck’s Vier beer taps to trigger audio samples and lighting effects across a grid of 600 LED-lit Beck’s bottles.

Inga Sempé's 'Vapeur' metal and tyvek lamp collection for Moustache uses the mechanical and structuring qualities of the pleat to create strange and large lighting volumes.

The CATERPILLAR TRESTLE is a table trestle consisting of a bundle of legs that seem to be set in perpetual motion. It can also be used as an informal stool.

The CATERPILLAR series of benches and tables elaborates on the notion of lightness and redundancy.

This bicycle helmet by french designer Kévin Goupil is based on an old french army helmet. Entirely made of cork, it's green, lightweight and definitely looks cool.

T-System is a 22m high and extremely efficient LED-lighting system by Italian manufacturer ewo.

On Pont Neuf, Paris, Henry the IV has been resurrected by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac with a blue Lightsaber and white neon box. Astronomy Domine commemorates 400 years since Henri IV’s death. It will remain up until July 14th.

Appearing like an ornate wrought iron gate, the 'Koi' chair by Jarrod Lim Design expresses the ideals of tranquil garden retreats, in a visually lightweight and delicate form.

FEATUREDLurisa Water ~ this old italian water has a stunningly designed lighthouse lantern inspired glass bottle! (And super cute old logo!)

Amazing ‘Unbearable Lightness’ by dutch designer Tomáš Gabzdil of studio Libertiny. Worker bees complete the sculpture.

Geekologie reader Brandon (associated to the Little Mountain Productions) has has created the world’s most startling backyard fort-TOPPER to gratify a wish of a 9-year old. It even has solar powered LED interior and exterior lighting.

Disney has released images of the merchandise for the upcoming TRON Legacy movie, including an action figure with amazing Impulse Projection Technology that lights up life-like images of the character's face.

Circle Lamp is designed by Swedish Monica Försters for De Padova. Tthe idea for this lamp was to go ”back to basic” and work with simple geometric shapes – a half circle.

« F-Lights series – Standards & Icônes » by french designer David Enon at Tools Galerie - Paris. Some lamps inspired by the shapes of low-energy fluorescent bulbs.

L-E-D-LED-L-ED is the name of the beautiful installation created by Dilight, consisting of innumerable bead-shaped LED lights lined on wires and moving freely (like an abacus) to allow viewers to interact and modify the piece.

The NeoCon World's Trade Fair began yesterday, drawing over 40,000 visitors to the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. Attendees in search of the latest trends in carpet, tiles, furniture, and lighting were swarming the pristine showrooms of some of the biggest names in the architectural product industry.

Read more: The Best Green Designs from the NeoCon World's Trade Fair | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Laurie Anderson’s Lighting the Sails projects gorgeous colors and patterns onto the Sydney Opera House. Lighting the Sails remains on view at the Sydney Opera House through June 20th.

New from Aqua Creations - the Apaya lighting collection. All pieces are individually made.

New images of the Cloud softlight by Molo Design. These lights won the ICFF and triumphed in Milan.

Capture breathtaking aerial videos with this lightweight RC plane camera for RC planes, helicopters, kites, park-flyers, and more!

This beautiful Lightcatcher for the Whatcom Museum was designed by Olson Kundig Architects. This project was to add an iconic object for the museum to make the museum’s exterior as active as the interior.

With their "Diffractions", french artists Etienne Rey and Laurent Le Bourhis from Voss Studio play with glass, lights, reflects and spaces. Poetic and colorful.

New York based designer Alvaro Uribe shows us his astonishing carbon fiber Plum stool. Between lightness and performance.

Located in NYC, Tokyo Bar is covered with Japanese Manga illustrations and neon lights. The little restaurant served Japanese comfort food, till it recently closed. Kashiwa Sato created the branding, love it.

Marmeled are not jam spreads, but jar shaped lamps from Laura Menichelli and Gianluca Ruocco Guadagno of Studio Semika. Stained gel is illuminated with LEDs, powered by batteries hidden in the lid, creating diffused lighting.

The Workerman Blok lights are back in stock and on sale. Also available in new wood styles including this dramatic black and white ebony version.

The Norman-Copenhagen BIKE by Anne Lehmann is s a classic man’s bike with an urbane style. It has a 50’s inspired lightness and comes in two colors: antrhacite grey and green. Limited to 50.

The ec-O bench by designer Steve Ma is a bench made from recycled material that grows plants, generates electricity.

The Wind outdoor lighting collection by Jordi Vilardell for Vibia.

For the soccer world cup in South Africa, Adidas unveiled today their brand new boots, F50 adizero, which are the lightest boots of the brand. Focus on the fabrication process.

Oliver Kosta Théfaine is a French artist who uses a BIC lighter in the most unique way; to burn intricate designs into ceilings.

Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai presented a collection of Scaffold Lights, lights made of fabric stretched over steel wire frames in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month.

Truly innovative design for this rope-based lighting fixture, that extends to each floor using the space inside the stairwell. Just one highlight of the amazing Hillside House by SB Architects.

Matali Crasset designer lighting collection presented in Milan with branching forms. the Foglie (‘leaf’) series includes wall, floor and pendant lamps, and was created for Pallucco.

FEATUREDLas Vegas has some incredible Neon Signs ~ especially the ones on the old strip brought back from the 50s/60s by the Neon Museum! See some of my favorites...

Lighting for Treluce (Designer Marcus Tremonto) that will blow your mind.

Lightweight, reusable tote that you can write or draw on. It's machine washable and can be recycled when you've worn it out.

Sophie Mouton-Perren, a talented French artist, enjoys working with papier mache, her creations are graceful, beautiful and poetic. Sophie has worked with Frederic Guibrunet ,to create customized product line for lighting (LUMIGrane).

This solar lawn mower would be quiet, lightweight and cheap. Solar panels sitting on the mower top and save the energy in the system of removable polymer-ion battery.

Alex Posada artwork has installed interactive moving lights in various locations, unfortunately has not made the home version you can buy.

BMW, Flos lighting and Kvadrat fabrics teamed up to produce a sculpture called "The Dwelling Lab." BMW asked Danish textile manufacturers Patricia Urquiola and Giulio Ridolfo to create the installation. We saw the preview in 29247.

An even more amazing set of images from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, erupting into lightning storms!

malva is a series of lights inspired by the natural
qualities of cellulose and viscose: the objects are generated by the forming of moistened sponge cloth and its subsequent hardening by air drying on a mould. made by ett la benn.

'Ming' bamboo spectacles by Chinese designer Chen Chun-hao & bamboo artist Huang To-en. They are lightweight with features & silhouette of furniture from the ming dynasty which is recognized for its elegant &minimalistic design.

Metaphys Susuki is a floor lamp inspired by the Japanese pampas grass, susuki. The lights sway with wind, imitating the actual movement of the grass.

FEATUREDSwarovski Crystal Palace 2010 ~ WOW. Absolutely breathtaking multisensory lighting installation experiences... here's a close up look at the way people were responding to them.

Excellent set of interior and industrial lighting from designer Büro für Form

The latest ewoLAB project - a collaboration between ewo and JDS Architects: "The Alphabet", a lighting system which in terms of both form and technical specifications, can be adapted to meet project requirements.

Colour Lights -- A new lighting project by Maarten De Ceulaer, will be presented at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during the Salone del Mobile, from 14-19 April.

Anthropologie in NYC is featuring Into the Lighthouse, an exhibit designed by Sibella Court that showcases up-and-coming Australian designers and artists.

Watch Zlatan Ibrahimović leave defenders for dead with lightning speed bursts and changes of direction with Nike's new Mercurial Vapor Superfly II. The film is called Traction on demand, by agency Wieden + Kennedy,

The SUM House by LIGHTSHED, was designed for a retired couple and optimizes sustainable methods to generate its own power, water, and food supply.

The Hanoi Lamp has the simple form of proper reading lights and the complexity of harmonious shapes bent downward. Designed by Argentine designer Federico Churba.

Karim Rashid's new modular lighting system "Trex", allows you to create the perfect atmosphere for any situation.

The first collection of eyeglass frames manufactured from curved wood, designed by Matteo Ragni. Lightweight, yet durable.

The Toro collection by german label Zwei is made of the finest, vegetable-tanned leather and without chemical additives. The Toros are especially lightweight for leather bags and have a practical interior layout.

Lighted Shower Head by Fir Italia - new Chromo shower system

A collection of "papier" bags from Saska Diez made from a synthetic paper that is lightweight, waterproof and tear-proof.

French Connection presents a stimulating, visually captivating and witty campaign, bringing a lighthearted study of man and woman, talking in different ways, while ensuring the clothes remain at the forefront of everything we do.

Feel More Human has 2 great collection's of lights.. they are so creative! Would make a great piece in any house!

The Katakana writing / laptop desk designed by Sean Dare for Dare Studio won the award for best furniture, interior or lighting product last week at the 6th Hidden Art Design awards.

The fragrance of hops and the lightness of froth, for the first time in a gloss. Heineken presents the "Beer Gloss". On Valentine's Day, the gift for her that makes you happy too.

A great group of lighting objects by designer Rui Alves. Really nice combination of bright colors and the pure beauty of wood.

Tripla from 5.5 Designers. They created Tripla to highlight the importance of not wasting energy. A lamp pyramid which proposes 3 variations of lights

Check out the lovely Lighthouse by Swedish architect Thomas Sandell.

Berlin designer Frank Buchwald’s Machine Lights series is comprised of 12 steampunk lamp designs, complete with visible coils, filaments, cables, and flexible brass tubes.

Francis Tabary is a magician who has created 3D optical illusion sculptures inspired by the drawings of impossible objects by Oscar Reutersvärd. His work gives an impression of levitation, lightness and impossibility.

Frank Buchwald is a Berlin based designer who created this inspiring series of lamps, the idea was developed from mechanical artifacts of the industrial age.

French designer Julien Bergignat has taken inspiration from the Armadillo to create a lightweight, low cost, and recyclable bicycle helmet. The Tattoo helmet is entirely made up of polypropylene, and is able to transform from flat to three dimensional and back again in a matter of seconds. This design results in lower product shipping costs, and allows users to store their helmet in a backpack as apposed to carrying it around like a traditional helmet.

This crazy modern egg-shaped mobile office pod has a kitchen, a bathroom, interior lighting, and several storage places! Designed and built by Belgian architecture firm, dvmA for xfactoragencies.

The Yantouch Jellyfish is a new RGB LED lighting fixture out of Taiwan. It features a cool touch-sensor interface which works like the color palette on Photoshop.

Mongkol Praneenit’s lightbulb packaging is simple, effective, and eco-conscious, suitable for General Electric’s new high-performance, low-carbon footprint lightbulbs.

Anke Weiss has created a series of beautiful lights from recycled food and drink packaging.

Söhne & Partner Architekten designed the lightsails project as guiding symbols for the exhibition around the Millstaetter lake, Austria.

Katie Paterson monitors the world's ecosystems through art - her installation on Deal pier means lights flash every time there is a lightning strike around the globe.

This radiant dress shines with hundreds of LED lights that pulsate based on the quality of the local air.

Concept for coffee-shop Illy. Odessa, Ukraine. White interior with classical furniture and modern lighting makes a new filling for coffee-shop

Now you can take walks on the roof of Riddarholmen in Stockholm and have another dimension you can now experience, a walk in the dark. Walk ways are equipped with LED lights.

Create your own branding iron! It's a new head for your lighter. It will replace the old head with an addition text on it. Heat the lighter and the text will get hot. After a minute, press your text against an object to tag it.

FEATUREDHoliday Feature and Giveaway! Incase takes us behind the making of the new Perforated Snap Cases ~ thinner and lighter than ever, and great in the hand! Also a chance to win the whole trio!

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac lighting up the Parisian night at the second oldest department store in Paris, the Bazaar de l’Hotel de Ville (aka the BHV).

Renowned Swedish lighting manufacturer ateljé Lyktan have let our favourite Swedish studio, Form Us With Love, loose on a new pendent lamp design, and rather chic it is too.....

Visit Norway tempts adventurous tourists to Northern Norway, with the magical Northern Lights. The user can draw his own personal aurora, and share it with their friends.

Group Two Design's LED Chandelier, made possible by the malleable nature of a particular LED Linear lighting strip cast into translucent resin.

Japanese luggage label Porter has worked on a Star Wars collection. The Stormtrooper and lightsaber all-over designs look super clean.

London's Studio MS have created some cool 'bookish' lights, among other stylish designs.

Architectkidd, an architecture and design practice based in Bangkok, Thailand, have completed the design for a new building facade.

To celebrate their centenary, Morgan put the wheels in motion with their new-model Aero SuperSports; a typically lightweight and "luxuriously flamboyant" sports car

Two new apple stores opened, one in Paris at the Louvre and one in New York on the UWS. Photographer Roy Zipstein shot both of the stores.

Que Houxo is a Japanese artist who does live paintings. His style is quite colorful, he uses fluorescent paints with black lights.

lighting made from recycled spray paint cans - from ZEK CREW

PHILIPS continues to expand his lights with the distribution of two brands Lirio & Eseo ...

Screw Me is a lighting concept by recent Art Center graduate, Jonathan Rowell. A simple twist of the threaded post allows the lamp body to adjust up and down.

Brilliant video for ‘My Turn’ by Basement Jaxx, directed by Tomek Ducki and featuring Dev ‘Lightspeed Champion’ Hynes.

FEATUREDAbsolut's 30th Anniversary of the Art Collection celebration took place in an ominous mysterious black box that popped up next to the Lydmar Hotel ~ the lighting was stunning! Also see it being taken apart...

Entre Lineas is a collection of handmade paper lights made by mn*ls. Created from handfolded old books, inspired by the traditions of ready-made

The Tree is a reconstruction from a series of interlocking frames with lights that grow according to the environment sounds level of the Banyan Tree on the front lawn of the National Museum of Singapore.

FEATUREDMy bathroom at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm ~ the lighting is just fantastic, and the slate and design details... and the room key looks like a car key, and they are all on different keychains!

Check out this interview with lighting designer Shelly Sabel, one of the 35 designers commissioned by Vipp/DWR for their latest collaborative project benefiting DIFFA.

Designer Clémentine Tantet takes Paris's name "City of Lights" and redesigns it's Underground map with the aesthetics of a map of the stars.

Le phare AKA The Lighthouse keeper is beautiful little animation by 3rd year students at Gobelins school of art and design in France

A wooden summer sandal, inspired by the Japanese sandal, with an innovative fresh look , made from natural materials, lightweight and airy. materials: wood , steel and leather.

The new Dom Pérignon Lightskin by Claire Thirion!

The new Wyly Theater in Dallas. This building proposes 2 innovations: dynamic lightweight aluminum facade, and the stage arrangements apart from traditional configurations, bringing flexibility to performances.

a lamp inspired in a bicycle!! the latest work of Christian Vivanco.

Two-seater couch, The Air, projects concepts of lightness, weightlessness, comfort. and the collection of simple lines provide the dynamic elasticity.

Mechanical Media Surface - Screens and lighting elements generally offer a change of the 3-D perception of an immobile object. The first known interactive media surface was, however, made up of a mechanical display and...

The Katakana occasional chair designed by Sean Dare for Dare Studio; a new new furniture & lighting company which launched last week at 100% design.

some cool lights hades from design graduates in new zealand. nice and tough and easy to move around a room

British design firm Channels is set to launch its latest collection of furniture and lighting – Motley III – at 100% Design in London, September 24th-27th.

This is a very captivating video of a lightning storm in Cali – Salvation mountain to be exact. Lucasberg used his Canon 5D MKII to capture the storm and its just amazing, watch in HD a must!

The Plugged pendant lamp plays with the elements most lighting armatures try to hide. It emphasizes how the lamp is "brought to life" thereby giving it character and difference. By Swedish Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto.

Boid Interaction Toy by Klaas van der Molen ~ these little glowy balls notice when the others are around and change their lighting patterns accordingly

In this website the user can control an Intelligent House, opening blinds, turning lights on, preparing the bath and a lot more, all using remote controls.

Wow. Blazer Optimus Cigar Torch Lighter and Guillotine Cutter ~ all in one... pretty.