Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus scattered 10,000 glowing books across the ground at Federation Square in Melbourne this summer for a lighting festival dedicated to reading. More about Literature Versus Traffic by Luzinterruptus
London design brand Hulger has launched a mini version of its award-winning Plumen 001 lightbulb and it'll be available at Dezeen Super Store from Friday. More about Baby Plumen 001 by Hulger at Dezeen Super Store
A pendant lamp made from heat-shrunk plastic cups by east London designer Paul Cocksedge is the next piece for the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. More about Styrene by Paul Cocksedge for the Stepney Green Design Collection
Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær has designed a series of lamps that look like buds about to burst into bloom. More about Bloom lamps by Kristine Five Melvær
The latest movie from a series of interviews we filmed for the Design Museum Collection App for iPad features Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic talking about some of the iconic lights in their collection. Download the app free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App: lights
London Design Festival: London designer Tom Dixon will launch a range of iridescent stoneware pendant lights at next month's London Design Festival. More about Lustre pendant lamps by Tom Dixon
Industrial design graduate Ido Mohar has made a series of lamps that stand to attention when switched on and take a graceful bow when switched off. More about Delight lamps by Ido Mohar
Crystal light bulbs made of cut glass by London designer Lee Broom are now available as part of London design month at Dezeen Super Store. More about Crystal Bulb by Lee Broom at Dezeen Super Store
The Changing Room is a space at Dezeen Super Store that will be regularly given over to different designers to showcase their products or artwork, and we are currently featuring Dalston designer Naomi Paul's latest crochet pendant lamps. More about Glück XL by Naomi Paul in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
Ukrainian designer Vasiliy Butenko has made a series of pendant lamps by wrapping cotton rope around plastic bottles. More about Acorn lights by Vasiliy Butenko
Plastic carrier bags glow like lamps from within two skips that Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus have placed at the entrance to the Gewerbemuseum in northern Switzerland. More about Plastic Garbage Guarding the Museum by Luzinterruptus
Dezeen Wire: Spanish lighting brand Santa & Cole has launched a lawsuit accusing the state of Qatar of copying street lighting devised for Barcelona by Catalan designer Beth Galí in 1996. More about Qatar accused of "counterfeiting 1000 street lamps"
This lamp by Barcelona studio Crous & Calogero for Spanish brand Estiluz is shaped like a helium balloon floating against the ceiling or wall. More about Balloon by Crous & Calogero for Estiluz
This table lamp by Royal College of Art graduate Amanda Buckley has a ring of LEDs tucked under the rim of the shade to reflect a diffused glow from the empty shade. More about Empty Light by Amanda Buckley
Hans Toft Hornemann and Terkel Skou Steffensen of Danish design studio MadeByWho have designed these desk lamps combining a simple maple base with painted ceramic shades. More about Snøvsen by Hans Toft Hornemann and Terkel Skou Steffensen
This bowl of candy-coloured glass fruits is a lamp by Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu of S&O Design. More about Fruits Table Lamp by Hisakazu Shimizu
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has made these small solar-powered lamps for people who have limited access to reliable energy – almost a quarter of the world's population (+ movie). More about Little Sun by Olafur Eliasson
This lamp by German designer Hayo Gebauer falls over when it's turned off (+ movie). More about Collapse lamp by Hayo Gebauer
Northumbria University graduate Raymond Paulson presented two lamps which can be dimmed by rotating their shades at London graduate show New Designers last week. More about Orbit lamps by Raymond Paulson at New Designers
Dezeen Wire: design critic Alice Rawsthorn describes how the famous Arco lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni has become a cliché for precisely the reasons that made it great - New York Times
More about "When cliché grows out of distinction" - New York Times