Joel Hoff designs rotating table lamp for Wrong for Hay
London Design Festival 2015: designer Joel Hoff has partnered with design brand Wrong for Hay to launch a light that can be adjusted by rotating the base (+ movie). More
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Running a design business is about "embracing chaos," says new Moooi CEO
Extra Moooi: running a successful design company is about striking a balance between order and chaos, says Robin Bevers in his first video interview since taking over as CEO of Dutch brand Moooi (+ movie). More
Marta Bakowski uses thread to create patterns across Rays lamps
Product designer Marta Bakowski has created a series of lamps wrapped in cord that use single threads to create a graphic representation of rays of light (+ slideshow). More
Luca Nichetto designs modular Alphabeta pendant lamp for Hem
London Design Festival 2015: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a lamp for Scandinavian design brand Hem, which comprises colourful shades that stack in customisable combinations (+ movie). More
Aura desk lamp by Ross Gardam features a rotating gold shade
Australian designer Ross Gardam has launched a limited-edition aluminium and anodised gold lamp with a shade that can be pivoted 360 degrees to be repositioned (+ movie). More
Postmodern design: Super Lamp by Martine Bedin
Pomo summer: Memphis Group designer Martine Bedin's Super Lamp can be trailed along like a dog on a leash, demonstrating the collective's playful style. This next article in our summer series on Postmodernism tells the story behind one of Memphis' most comical products. More
TAF Architects' lightweight aluminium Ambit pendant joins Muuto collection
Northmodern 2015: Stockholm studio TAF Architects has contributed a spun aluminium pendant to Danish brand Muuto's lighting collection. More
Neon Golden replicates swarm of fireflies with light installation
Austrian arts collective Neon Golden has created an immersive light installation that mimics the movements of fireflies (+ slideshow). More
Studio Job's Banana Show exhibition opens in Belgium
Studio Job has created a series of lamps shaped like peeled bananas for an exhibition at Belgium's Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery. More
Muuto adds Jens Fager's bamboo Grain pendant to lighting collection
Northmodern 2015: Swedish designer Jens Fager has used a new bamboo-based material to form a lampshade that joins Danish brand Muuto's line of lighting products. More
Johanna Jacobson Backman hides lights within Block hanging acoustic panels
This hanging acoustic panel system by Swedish design student Johanna Jacobson Backman has LEDs set into the underside to provide lighting for desks positioned below. More
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin 4 lamp released by Yamagiwa
A wooden table lamp designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for his 1911 Taliesin house in Wisconsin is now available internationally. More
Interactive slideshow: explore Moooi's New York showroom
Extra Moooi: explore furniture and lighting by designers including Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Jaime Hayón, which is currently on display at Dutch design brand Moooi's new US store. More
Dennis Parren creates colourful lighting installations for Saint-Etienne design biennial
Installations formed by blending coloured lights, and a lamp based on jellyfish were produced by Dutch designer Dennis Parren for the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2015 (+ movie). More
Artek reintroduces coloured glass lampshades by Tapio Wirkkala
Artek is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala's birth by re-releasing a set of glass lampshades he created in the 1960s. More
Pelle's stick-style lighting enables multiple configurations
New York 2015: Brooklyn studio Pelle has unveiled a range of modular, stick-style lighting that can be configured into simple or complex shapes. More
LED technology means designers are "obliged to redesign all lights" says Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck has spoken about the pros and cons of technology, saying that designers are morally obliged to use the latest materials to create more efficient products – but warned that dependence on screen-based devices is "sick" (+ transcript). More
Philippe Starck's "simple" ceiling light can be rotated with a broom
Designer Philippe Starck has created a spotlight that can be adjusted with a broomstick. More
New module enables Frankie Pendant light to go around corners
New Zealand studio Designtree has added a corner module to its flat-pack Frankie lighting system, enabling a range of new configurations including X shapes and loops. More
"I don't want to be the lighting guy" says New York designer David Weeks
New York 2015: in the next of our series of interviews with New York designers, David Weeks explains how he kickstarted the city's vibrant design scene – and why he doesn't want to be typecast as a lighting designer (+ slideshow). More