Milan 2014: Swedish collective Note Design Studio has designed glass lamps mounted on wooden frames that the designers claim were influenced by mind-bending illustrations (+ slideshow). More
Working with skilled local craftspeople is both a duty and an opportunity for Indian designers, says Prateek Jain of lighting design company Klove, in the third and final movie from BE OPEN's Made In… India Samskara exhibition in New Delhi. More
Milan 2014: designer Tom Dixon presented a collection of pendant and table lights that combine geometric brass-plated planes with spherical glass shades in Milan last week. More
Milan 2014: London studio Poetic Lab has revealed a new iteration of Ripple – a lighting collection that imitates movement on water – at Milan design week (+ movie). More
Milan 2014: Finnish design brand Iittala is showing a collection of boxy shelves, plywood furniture and glass lamps in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2014: designers including Maarten Baas, Arik Levy and Maxim Velčovský introduce their new pieces for Lasvit in this movie filmed at the Czech lighting company's Emotions show in Milan earlier this week. More
Milan 2014: Dutch studio Bernotat & Co created 3D-knitted fabric lamps that emulate microscopic organisms to show in the Ventura Lambrate district in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this exclusive preview, Alexandros Tsolakis of lighting studio United Visual Artists explains their dramatic laser installation for MINI that opens tomorrow in Milan. More
Milan 2014: German brand e15 will launch a collection of floor, table, pendant and wall lamps at this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile, including lights made from copper discs and X-shaped extruded aluminium (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2014: part bookend and part light source, the Ludovica by Italian design studio Zanocchi & Starke combines two pieces of desktop furniture in one minimal package (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2014: architect Daniel Libeskind has designed a chandelier of hand-blown crystal glass shards for Czech brand Lasvit. More
Illuminated glass droplets full of bubbles appear to fall from the ceiling in this installation by Japanese studio Torafu Architects (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2014: Designer Tom Dixon will present a range of furniture and metallic lighting that references British members' clubs in Milan next month. More
A lamp by Finnish designer Tuomas Auvinen that fits neatly into the edges of a room has won the Muuto Talent Award 2014 for students. More
These autonomous lamps by Dutch designer Bob de Graaf seek out human companions then follow them around, and go in search of the darkest spots in the house ( + movie). More
Israeli designer Haim Evgi has created versions of Anglepoise lamps in solid oak using traditional carpentry techniques. More
Danish furniture brand Menu has started producing cloche-shaped pendant lamps first sketched by late designer Grethe Meyer. More
This pendant lamp based on a flower by Belarussian designer Constantin Bolimond would open and illuminate when it senses low light. More
Maison&Objet 2014: this flat circular lamp by Japanese designer Jun Yasumoto was designed to resemble an owl's wide eyes at night. More
Dutch designer Daniel Hulsbergen created this intricate lamp from materials similar to those he used as a child to make model gliders. More