London design brand Hulger has installed a chandelier made from their new Baby Plumen light bulbs in The Changing Room, a former fitting room at Dezeen Super Store.

Hulger worked with lighting designer Chieh Ting to design modular honeycomb-shaped pieces made from one-sided metallic card to reflect the squiggle of light from each bulb.

"We thought the organic shape of the bulbs would create really interesting resonances in a repeating, geometric, cellular structure, when the honeycomb surfaced as an idea," says Nicolas Roope of Hulger.

The card was laser-cut and scored, then constructed by hand to make the chandelier.

The Changing Room space has previously featured pendant lamps by Naomi Paul, London 2012 Aquatics Centre photographs by Luke Hayes and interlinking tea cups by Fionn Tynan O’Mahony.

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Baby Plumen 001 follows the same sculptural form as the original, which was designed in collaboration with Samuel Wilkinson and won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award in 2011.

"The original Plumen has been around for a few years but is difficult to use with some shades," Hulger cofounder Nik Roope told Dezeen. "The smaller version allows people to interpret it in new ways, either as a naked bulb or in combination with different shade options."

Like all compact fluorescent lamps, Plumen uses 80% less electricity and lasts eight times longer than an incandescent bulb.

See all of our stories about Plumen here, and more of Samuel Wilkinson's projects here.

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Here's some more details from Hulger:

We're delighted to announce the arrival of our new offspring, the Baby Plumen 001

Following the form of the Original Plumen 001 design, the Baby model shrinks into a more compact format. As either a single element or in series and clusters, the Baby Plumen 001 has all the character and dynamism the original but offers new options for shades and environments. The Baby Plumen 001 works like any other high quality low energy bulb, saving you 80% on your energy bills and lasting 8 times longer than a standard incandescent bulb.

The new compact form gives thousands of new options for shading and accessorising as the proportions work very well with many shades designed for incandescent bulbs. The Baby also works well in combination with the Original Plumen 001 as its forms echo one another, creating beautiful harmonies.

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The River and tributaries poster (above) shows all of the small rivers, streams and brooks that feed into the Thames as it flows through London, some of which have been built over and trapped underground.

The Hills and valleys poster (above) highlights all the London place names that are derived from the geography of their location.

The posters are screen-printed in metallic silver with blue or green on 160gsm matt white paper and signed by the artist.

Each poster costs £40, and Dezeen readers can get 10% off any Dezeen Super Store purchase (excluding sale stock and Jambox) and enter our competition to win a designer watch worth £150 by downloading this flyer and presenting it at the shop.

We have been showcasing a range of products by some of the best designers and brands London has to offer all this month – more details here.

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London Design Festival: Seven aerial installations by young designers Faye Toogood (above), Vic Lee, Paul Cocksedge, Philippe Malouin, Aberrant Architecture, Gitta Gschwendtner and Dominic Wilcox will be installed above the streets of Seven Dials in London during the London Design Festival next month, as part of a project curated by Dezeen.

Called Seven Designers for Seven Dials, the project is a collaboration between Dezeen and the Seven Dials shopping district, and will run from 14 September to 5 October 2012.

Each of the designs, which draw on different aspects of the history or character of Seven Dials, will also be showcased in an exhibition at Dezeen Super Store, our pop-up design emporium located in area. You can see details about each installation below.

Above: Queen Street, one of four illustrations by Vic Lee

London-based illustrator Vic Lee will create a series of flags that draw on the shady history of the Seven Dials area. The illustrations will incorporate the old street names during the 17th and 18th centuries, a time when Seven Dials was a slum famous for its gin shops.

Above: Dial by Paul Cocksedge

Paul Cocksedge will create a mysterious interactive installation called Dial, consisting simply of a large floating telephone number suspended between two buildings. Only those curious members of the public tempted to call the number will discover its secret.

Above: Bunting by Philippe Malouin

Philippe Malouin will erect a giant installation of bunting made from transparent PVC to celebrate and highlight the Seven Dials area and its landmarks. Blown by the wind, the sixty bunting lines will point the way to the Seven Dials monument.

Above: Catchpenny Quackery by Aberrant Architecture

Aberrant Architecture's installation will consist of 18 large metallic coins hanging above the street. Each coin will feature a unique symbol that advertises one of the bogus products and services that used to be offered by quack doctors in the Seven Dials area in years gone by.

Above: Aerial Escape by Gitta Gschwendtner

German-born designer Gitta Gschwendtner has also taken inspiration from the area's slum history, when each of the seven apexes facing the Seven Dials monument housed pubs linked by underground escape tunnels. In Gschwendtner's installation, seven interconnected ladders will link two windows either side of Earlham Street to seemingly provide an escape route across the road and beyond.

Above: The Birds of Seven Dials by Dominic Wilcox

Dominic Wilcox will create an arch across Neal Street made out of empty bird cages, referencing Charles Dickens’s description of Seven Dials as a place full of bird shops and bird cage makers. Each cage will be left open to symbolise the memory of the bird shops and birds long departed from the street.

Above: 7 x 7 by Faye Toogood

Hanging high above the heads of passers-by on Monmouth Street, Faye Toogood's installation will be a series of 49 outsized workers’ overcoats, representing the different trades within Seven Dials that have shaped the area over the years.

Seven Designers for Seven Dials
14 September to 5 October 2012

Seven Designers for Seven Dials is a collaboration between Dezeen and Seven Dials. More information about each of the installations can be found at:  www.sevendials.co.uk/events.

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Small corks can be inserted into the spouts to stem the flow of tea once the cups are full.

The tall thin cup at the start of the chain holds the same amount of tea as the short, wide one at the end.

Fionn Tynan O'Mahony presented the project at the Edinburgh College of Art degree show, and these sets are some of the first produced commercially.

Dezeen first saw the cups at the New Designers graduate exhibition in London earlier this summer.

They are available to purchase at the store and each set of five cups costs £250.

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