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Well, no matter you believe in Christ or not, you’re all blessed by the God…if you’re with a lighting design like this. Shaped like a crucifix, the lamp is always here to bless you. Amen…

“Turn me on and you’ll find out what actually I am!” Inspired by the On/Off icon of electronic devices, Marco Lana has recently come up with the “Turn On” lamp. It can be switched on and off by turning the icon left or right. Really funny, huh?

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For those people who haven’t fallen in love, it may be a perfect idea to own such a light. Although it is just a light that looks like an ordinary beaker, you would find it full of romance, giving off weak light in the dark night to warm your lonely heart. Don’t you think so?

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Everyone knows that it is impossible to plant the sun, though it is depicted possible in nursery rhymes. But don’t be depressed, as it is probable and interesting to plant a light as showed in the pictures down. Look, how amazing these lights are!

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On seeing the picture, we can easily notice that this light is seemingly a piece of paper, incredibly thin. That’s all because of its special material, an electric paper! Hasn’t it brought you with another kind of visual impact? Just get it if you love it.

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When most designers are up to cordless lights that meet the need for a simple life, Henning Rekdal Nielsen, Maria Berndtsson, Hans A. Huseklepp and Sebastian Jansson are doing exactly the opposite. Dubbed “After dinner & After lunch”, the weird light lays much stress on the long cord, as if a snake is crawling. Do you like it?

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Canned fruit, canned vegetable, canned fish, canned porridge, yea canned food is extraordinarily common, have you ever gotten a canned light? It can not be! But Adi Zaffran and David Keller have made it come true. Open the tin can, switch it on and you will find it givinging off soft, pleasant light.

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As time passes by, you, I and the whole world are gradually changing though we may forget that most of the time. To capture your attention to life and time, Blandine Didry has come up with the “Tile Lamp”. Shaped like a tile, the lamp lights up when you pull down the pendant cord while it starts fading as the cord goes upward automatically.

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The new baby buggy by Hoj Jeong is here to provide more convenience, ensuring an easy use through an adjustable design. It still highlights an environment-friendly technology. Constructed of recyclable materials, such as aluminum and organic fabric, the sustainable stroller is weight-light enough for a portable use.

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How fantastic the lamp pictured above is, as it reminds me of signatures by people at the first glance! The Line light appears to be an individual’s signature, full of enjoyable nature.

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Pinch me, crack me, tear me, whatever you like is all right but please don’t treat me too politely. Yea it sounds somewhat unbelievable, but they’re an odd collection of wall lamps by JI YOUNG SHON recently. Follow me to learn further now!
Pinch me to light me up! Totally covered by silicone rubber, the lamp won’t work unless you pinch its surface vigorously.
Dubbed as “Crack me”, this lamp is covered with so much plaster on its surface that you really need to crack it with enough power to light it up. Don’t feel sorry.
“Tear me”is another part of the collection, which also needs your physical action to start it.

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I’m not at all a morbid kind of person, but I really like the Hangman Droplights. Seemingly the same as sunny dolls, the hangman light actually conveys a cruel but healthy meaning, that is only you save up your time that you have verily cherished your life. Having this in mind, maybe you wouldn’t mind hanging such a weird lamp in your room.

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Made from 5mm ultrathin sheet, the 100% aluminum lamp is seemingly quite smart as the thin sheets have been bent and painted white. It features a unique circuitry as well. Rather than hiding it inside the lamp, the designer has exposed the orange circuitry on the “neck” of the lamp, highlighting a powerful visual impact. Certainly, the lamp deserves a smart reputation also because the easy control of its brightness via a built-in electronic card.

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According to the Belgian designer Tim Baute, chandeliers have been so bulky and spectacular in modern times that we do need some nostalgia ones to bring us back to the pristine beauty of chandeliers. Simply driven by this, Tim Baute designed a chandelier with 7 bulbs respectively mounted on seven arms of a central electricity cable. The construction of the chandelier is so light that it moves whenever there is breeze passing through your room.

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No matter you’re a photographer or just an average man, you mustn’t miss the balloon lamp, for it brightens up your room with a variable volume. When the lamp inflates, the triangles on its surface will move apart to give off enough light through the interstices. It’s so nice to you!

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It is a great gift if you’d like to please a beautiful girl that looks as sweet as a flower. As it is built with a LED light inside, the flower light can work day and night after it is fully charged through it leaves in the sun.

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Nobody will deny that all plants must grow in light, but you may change your opinion after you know the engineered gadget made for the indoors gardener. To encourage your plants grow fast, the grow light can give out a variety of red and blue LED light. Such a light can work for an average 30,000 hours.

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To reduce the energy cost in offices and homes, the mobile collection can be moved, added or removed to meet different lighting needs and save more energy compared to the common-used chandeliers. It’s really an economic creation.

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Why must bulbs be built inside a lampshade, and why can’t we make the shade conduct low-voltage electricity? Driven by these wild ideas, an Atlanta designer has invented the crazy-looking lamp. The 28 bulbs on the perimeter are 10-watt Xenon Festoon ones and supply the users with a safe 12V electric power  through the lampshade. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Much lighter with less cost, the liquid-cooling LED light bulb saves you more money! It actually the first bulb to use liquid-cooling technology and the liquid paraffin inside it has been guaranteed to be safe. Either the desk lamp or the sconce, the 4W bulb will put out as much light as a 25W bulb and last for 35,000 hours in total.

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Soft, gentle and crystal, the chandelier looks the same like a delicious pudding hanging in the air when it’s turned on. Wanna it to be more transparent? You can adjust its brightness through the stick inserted in the pudding.

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Light ray has been fully developed in its usage nowadays and the huge decoration in the street is just depicting vivid flowers with rays. As a spectacular sight in the night, the mighty ray flowers seem to be sketched sculptures that are perfectly integrated with the fast-tempo city.

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The light is made of an array of high brightness LED screens, which invent an eye on them. It may seem to be horrible, but with such an eye light, you can easily search and watch anybody, just like a real eye. Fantastic!

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As the 1st prize in the 2nd International Outdoor Furniture Contest, the blade of grass seems shining and waving in the night. With an LED light inside, it is mainly made of synthetic glass. Integrated with the natural environment perfectly, the blade of grass creates a wonderful atmosphere in the night.

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Modern art lighting is popular both indoors and outdoors, which attracts dozens of designers. Recently, a Spanish designer created a LED garden lighting with advanced recyclable materials, which can be adjusted to different colors, directions and areas according to your real need. Whether in the bedroom, the living room, the garden or the courtyard, the “flashing candle light” can always create a perfect atmosphere.

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Have you ever seen a cup chandelier? Tea lovers will never empty their cups unless they are turned upside down. With a beautiful leather hand switch, the unique cup chandelier looks like a cup of bag-tea. What a wonderful idea!

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This chandelier is the latest style in 2009, and its luxurious modeling of the orchids has impressed a host of people. The orchid chandeliers are made of epoxy resin, using the three-dimensional lithography technology. There are only 25 orchid chandeliers worldwide due to the limited production.

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If you want to get a light full of personality and do not want to pay much time on it, you gotta like this design. You can customize it by peeling off the pre-scored tiles. In order to get more illumination, you need to peel off little more tiles. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Rubik’s Cube, which is a puzzle game invented by Hungarian professor in 1974, is one of the most popular games all over the world. But many people lack the ability to solve this puzzle. Don’t worry, although this lamp is inspired from Rubik’s Cube, just left the faces scrambled is gonna be prettier. [Read the rest of this entry...]

At first glance, this is merely a mood light, but the colored bands are actually used to display current time. Each color represents a number, so you can read the time by translating the color bands into numbers to read current time. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hourglass lantern, the thousand-year old timer, is still used for reading time, but this time, it is filled with light rather than sand. You can even adjust the time from the contrast between the top and the bottom. Luminance decreases on top as it increases on bottom as time goes on. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a brilliant idea. This knob seems like a normal one, but the built-in light can offer light at night and the internal generator can also create and stores energy for illuminating. I guess you will need this in some emergency situations. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Flashlight is necessary for some jobs, but it is not easy to hold a flashlight while working. You might have your own resolution, but this wrist light is actually a perfect alternative. Each of this pair of bracelet features four LED lights, which can be used to light up the surroundings. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is one of the most innovative shutters in the world. It can absorb light in the daytime and emit light at night. This way you can light up your room at the whole night without afraid of you electrical bill. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Designed by Korean designer Joonhuyn Kim, the volum of the flat bulb is 1/3 smaller. Although it can reduce the cost of packaging and transport, its target is apparently not for that. It was showed on 100% design Tokyo. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Surface is very impressive. But Microsoft intends to give us more surprise. This new technology named SecondLight is one example. It is actually a dual-projection system, which can identify where the table is being touched and projects a second alternative image in mid-air. OMG. Unbelievable? You’d better check out the video after the break

Escaping from fireplace is very important, but traditional Escaping from fireplace is very important, but traditional alarm light is not so good especially for those stick close to the floor.By using LED lights, halos are cast upon the floor indicating the direction in which the exit is located. Maybe a halo will save your life. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This card is actually a portable light. It comes with a pop-up lightbulb which is actually a real bulb which will light up when flipped up. Sure, a flash light might be more useful, but this one can fit your wallet like a normal credit card. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is an interesting design, which seems like a normal mini bulb. As a matter of fact, you do not need anything else rather than a lemon to light it up. Just following the instruction of the picture, everything is gonna be OK.

Although there have been many tools providing light, a light on the hand is still the most convenient for workers. Diffused working light is produced from the bottom part of the glove and optional light source is at the end of the index finger as spot light. The glove can offer a non-shadow working area when the light beam is focused on an object. [Read the rest of this entry...]