Dezeen Showroom: made of ultra-thin birch plywood, designer Ilkka Kauppinen's sculptural Adilo pendant lamp for Finnish brand Secto Design unfurls from flat. More about Adilo pendant lamp by Ilkka Kauppinen for Secto Design
Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design brand Bocci has brought intrigue to portable table lamps with 118p, a rechargeable version of its dramatic 118 pendant light. More about 118p portable lamp by Bocci
MIT Design Intelligence Lab has designed Geolectric, a lantern that explores alkaline-based geopolymers as a sustainable alternative to consumer electronics, and was given as a gift to the Irish president. More about MIT Design Intelligence Lab explores "sustainable consumer electronics" with Geolectric
Members of Norwegian design collective Fold Oslo have unveiled an assortment of lamps made from found objects and waste materials. More about Fold Oslo creates lighting from kitchen utensils and demolition waste
The inaugural edition of design show Alter in Tokyo exhibited works by 56 creatives, including "nearly invisible" window blinds and a chair covered in layers of washi paper. More about Alter exhibition aims to revive Tokyo's "increasingly homogenous" design landscape
Architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron showcased stools that sit at the "crossroad between analogue and digital", as well as floor lamps and books at the SKWAT art centre for design event Capsule Plaza Tokyo. More about Herzog & de Meuron creates reading spaces with own furniture at Tokyo art centre
Could a 3D-printed lamp become a design classic? We look at some recent examples of how this technology can produce timeless objects, not just throwaway products. More about Eight lights that will change the way you see 3D-printed design
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch office furniture brand Ahrend has introduced a light fixture that is integrated into office pod ceilings to mimic the look of blue sky through a skylight. More about Cerene Skylight by Basten Leijh for Ahrend
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Miniforms and design studio E-ggs worked together to create a fleet of different versions of this tiltable, flying saucer-shaped lamp. More about Rificolona lamps by E-ggs for Miniforms
Swedish designers Adrian Bursell and Siri Svedborg have launched a series of timber furniture and lighting, distinguished by a repetitive pattern of lines that is drawn directly onto their surface using colourful wax crayons. More about Crayon Pine collection sees wood decorated with thousands of hand-drawn lines
From collaborations with fashion brands and oat milk companies to the use of everyday materials, designers during Design Week Mexico 2025 exhibited the best of material experimentation in Mexico City's scene. More about Eleven designers using surprising and sustainable materials at Design Week Mexico
Technology brand Apple has featured London-based designer Marco Campardo, Paris duo Marie & Alexandre, Shanghai-based Duyi Han and Vietnamese-American ceramicist Jolie Ngo in its inaugural Designers of Tomorrow exhibition. More about Apple reveals Designers of Tomorrow at Design Miami.Paris
Dezeen Showroom: these lighting designs have recently been listed on our Showroom section. They range from a lamp for bedrooms that encourages healthy habits and a collection based on signals and beacons. More about Six shining examples of lamps and lights on Dezeen Showroom
Promotion: British lighting brand Tala has collaborated with Heatherwick Studio to create a sunrise alarm clock disguised as a table lamp, with no visible buttons or screens to bring a sense of "analogue calm" into the bedroom. More about Tala and Thomas Heatherwick's Wake bedside lamp doubles as a "non-alarming alarm"
Dezeen Showroom: Curiousa founder and designer Esther Patterson aimed to bring playfulness and cheer to daily bathroom rituals with the Pastello wall light collection. More about Pastello bathroom lighting by Curiousa
Dezeen Showroom: forms and shapes distilled from pylons, signals and beacons make up this lighting collection created by French duo Marie & Alexandre and produced by design brand Petite Friture. More about Pyl lighting collection by Marie & Alexandre for Petite Friture
Dezeen Showroom: London-based lighting and homeware brand Buster + Punch has revealed its first portable table lamp, aptly called Takeout. More about Takeout lamp by Buster + Punch
Jony Ive's studio LoveFrom has collaborated with Japanese manufacturer Balmuda to create a nautical lantern, driven by the designer's own struggles to find a portable LED light for his yacht. More about Jony Ive designs sailing lantern to mimic "warmth and emotional resonance" of a live flame
Passenger handles from a defunct Japanese train line stack up to form this minimalist ring-shaped lamp by design studio Akasaki & Vanhuyse. More about WA lamp by Akasaki & Vanhuyse is crafted from decommissioned Tokyo train parts
American lighting companies are using 3D-printing and digital manufacturing to try and fix the "extremely broken" lighting manufacturing industry, Ellen Eberhardt reports. More about US lighting brands "not going back to 20th-century manufacturing"