Plumen seeks small investors to fund new lighting product launches
Business news: low-energy designer lighting brand Plumen has launched a crowdfunding drive to fund new product launches and "kick the business up to the next level". More
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The advancement of LED technology is like "discovering America" for lighting designers
Movie: designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz discussed their latest chandeliers as well as the challenges and opportunities of LED lighting in this talk Dezeen hosted for Luceplan in New York. More
Tom Dixon converts Clerkenwell church into co-working space
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: British designer Tom Dixon has installed furniture and lighting inside a church in London's Clerkenwell, transforming it into a co-working space and restaurant (+ slideshow). More
Muller Van Severen furnishes The Apartment in Antwerp with its entire collection
Belgian studio Muller Van Severen is presenting its collection of furniture and lighting for design brand Valerie Objects inside a luxury apartment in the heart of Antwerp (+ slideshow). More
Apparatus extends furniture and lighting collection with marble and brass pieces
New York 2016: New York studio Apparatus has launched two brass lighting designs, a set of marble tables and an umbrella stand during the city's design week. More
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Lighting
Eight shining examples of lighting from New York's ICFF 2016
New York 2016: with the Big Apple now an important centre for lighting design, Dezeen's US editor Dan Howarth selects eight of the best new products at the city's ICFF fair this week. More
Lighting
Lighting
Foster + Partners introduces Eva tabletop light with candle-like glow
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has launched its latest light produced in collaboration with Italian manufacturer Lumina: a tabletop design that emits a gentle glow. More
Lighting
Lighting
Kneip's Gauge lamp pivots and rotates to adjust the light source
Milan 2016: Norwegian studio Kneip has designed an adjustable lamp that can be moved up and down or swivelled from side to side to change light levels. More
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Lighting
David Rockwell designs minimalist lighting collection for Rich Brilliant Willing
New York 2016: American designer and architect David Rockwell has designed a collection of three simple lighting fixtures for New York company Rich Brilliant Willing. More
Lighting
Lighting
Equalizer lamps by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio feature pastel-coloured glass shades
New York 2016: US atelier Ladies & Gentlemen Studio has designed a series of lighting pendants with glass spheres that change colour once the light is turned on (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
Dan Adlešič adds two lights to collection of playful electronics
Milan 2016: Slovenian designer Dan Adlešič has updated his collection of toy-like electronics with a surface that trails light from a laser pen and a keyboard-activated lamp (+ movie). More
25 of the best new furniture and lighting designs from Salone del Mobile 2016
Milan 2016: this was a bumper year for the Salone del Mobile, with a record-breaking number of visitors. Dezeen editor Anna Winston rounds up some of the best product launches from the furniture fair, including new work by Jasper Morrison and Claesson Koivisto Rune, the standout piece from Patricia Urquiola's Cassina revamp, and a minimalist Japanese kitchen for small homes (+ slideshow). More
Nendo designs collection of movement-tracing furniture
New York 2016: prolific Japanese studio Nendo has unveiled a collection of furniture and lighting featuring sketch-like outlines that trace the motion of moving elements (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
Ross Gardam's Polar desk lamp has a rotating metallic shade
Milan 2016: Australian designer Ross Gardam has created a desk lamp with a mirrored shade that can be rotated to adjust light and shadow (+ movie). More
Lighting
Lighting
Lambert & Fils puts a spin on traditional globe pendants with Laurent lighting collection
New York 2016: Canadian design studio Lambert & Fils has balanced pairs of glass globes within folded metal frames for its Laurent lighting collection, designed as a reinterpretation of classic pendant lighting (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
BIG designs modular Alphabet of Light for Artemide
Milan 2016: Danish firm BIG has created a modular lighting system that can be rearranged to form different letters of a bespoke typeface. More
Lighting
Lighting
Lindsey Adelman creates quivering tree-like lighting installation for Nike
Milan 2016: New York lighting designer Lindsey Adelman explains how she used motors to create a vibrating chandelier for Nike in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the sports brand's The Nature of Motion exhibition. More
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Lighting
Odd Matter Studio's Jesmonite and copper Node lights are modelled on circuit diagrams
Milan 2016: rotating arms complete loops of copper to switch on these lights, which were designed by Odd Matter Studio to resemble electrical diagrams (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
Vincent van Duysen designs concrete LED lamp for Flos
Milan 2016: Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has created a cast-concrete lamp as part of a range of designs for Italian brand Flos (+ slideshow). More
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Lighting
Ingo Maurer bathes Torre Velasca in red light for Audi's City Lab event
Milan 2016: German lighting designer Ingo Maurer turned Milan's Torre Velasca into a glowing red beacon with an installation for car brand Audi during Milan design week (+ slideshow). More