Japanese lighting designer Chihiro Tanaka has produced two new products, one inspired by cherry blossom and one by "shimmering aurora and sublime mountain folds". More about Onduler and Sakulight by Chihiro Tanaka
French designers Inga Sempé has updated her website with images of Dual-directional lamp, a freestanding product that can direct light up or down at the flick of a switch. More about Dual-directional lamp by Inga Sempé
Design Miami 07: Swarovski Crystal Palace presented an installation consisting of dozens of Light Sock chandeliers designed by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, at Design Miami last week. More about Light Sock by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Design Miami 07: Stuart Haygarth created a chandelier called Drop during Design Miami last week, consisting of the bases of plastic water bottles. More about Drop Chandelier by Stuart Haygarth
Tokyo design week: Conof. is another Japanese brand producing sparse, (mostly) white objects. Here are some of the products they showed at 100% Design Tokyo last month. More about New products by Conof.
Design Miami 07: architect Hani Rashid of Asymptote will show his LQ chandeliers for lighting company Zumtobel at Art Basel Miami Beach next week. More about LQ chandeliers by Hani Rashid for Zumtobel
Design company Hulger has created a series of sculptural low-energy bulb prototypes as a reaction against the ugliness of existing products. More about Plumen low-energy bulbs by Hulger
Dutch Design Week: designer Anke Weiss has created a series of lights from used food and drink packaging. More about Packaging Lights by Anke Weiss
New York architect/designer Victor Verrerlein has launched a new floor lamp, called Meeraboo FL-1. More about Meeraboo FL-1 by Victor Vetterlein
Tokyo Design Week: Nobuhiko Arikawa of Rice-Design showed his Giraffe desk lamp (above) and Kurinoki paper clip holder (bottom) at 100% Design Tokyo last week. More about Rice-Design at 100% Design Tokyo
Tokyo design week: Miyako Andon, a 127-year-old Japanese lighting company, exhibited new products at 100% Light during 100% Design Tokyo last week. More about Miyako Andon at 100% Design Tokyo
Tokyo design week: Blossom, a new floor light by Hella Jongerius for Swiss lighting brand Belux, was launched at Tokyo design store Cibone this week as part of Design Tide. More about Blossom light by Hella Jongerius
Tokyo Design Week: the Hono light by Japanese brand Metaphys is ignited by touching it with a magnetic match and extinguished by blowing on it. The LED light source even flickers like a real candle. More about The light that thinks it's a candle: Hono by Metaphys
Robert Stadler has sent us photos of his lighting installation in the church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis in Paris during the annual Nuit Blanche all-night festival earlier this month. More about Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian church
Photographer Andrew Meredith has sent us photos of Covent Garden Super Design, an exhibition of limited-edition and one-off designs taking place at No 1 Piazza, Covent Garden in London until Sunday. More about Photos of Covent Garden Super Design
Energy Bucket is a concept for a bucket-shaped, solar-powered light designed by Stefano Merlo. The bucket is left outside during the day to charge so it can be used at night. More about Energy Bucket by Stefano Merlo
Stuart Haygarth has sent us a new photo of Optical, a chandelier made of lenses from unwanted prescription spectacles. More about Optical chandelier by Stuart Haygarth
Our friends at Hungarian architecture and design site hg.hu have posted a series of images of Ross Lovegrove's Solar Tree solar-powered street light being installed in Vienna, prior to the official opening tonight. More about Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove 2
Designer Robert Stadler is creating a lighting installation inside the church of Saint Paul in Paris during the Nuit Blanche all-night cultural festival in the city on 6 October. More about Lighting installation by Robert Stadler during Nuit Blanche in Paris
HiKARI is a series of timber lights by Danish designer Rasmus Fenhann, which were exhibited at the Made in Denmark exhibition at 100% Futures in London last month. More about HiKARI lights by Rasmus Fenhann