Milan 2011: Rotterdam designer Diederik Schneemann presents a series of vases and lamps made from recycled flip-flops found washed up on Kenyan beaches at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. More about A Flip Flop Story by Diederik Schneemann
Milan 2011: users can pin their own paper shades onto this cork light fitting by London design studio Raw Edges for Portugese brand Materia. More about Pinha by Raw Edges for Materia
Milan 2011: Swedish designers TAF have created this polypropylene light in a hand knitted net for Swedish design brand Zero. More about Fisherman by TAF for Zero
Italian design brand Kundalini will present this light based on the natural form of the clover leaf by Australian designer Brodie Neill in Milan next week. More about Clover by Brodie Neill for Kundalini
Milan 2011: Italian lighting brand Fabbian will present a collection of pendant lamps covered in silicone tiles by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next month. More about Roofer by Benjamin Hubert for Fabbian
Milan 2011: Industrial designer Benjamin Hubert will launch a collection of LED lamps shaped like canoe paddles in Milan next month. More about Paddle by Benjamin Hubert for Fabbian
Industrial designer Giorgio Bonaguro of Milan has created this lamp that supports a light fitting in a single loop of steel. More about Tweety table lamp by Giorgio Bonaguro
New York designer Bec Brittain has created this lamp made from LED tubes for American brand Matter. More about SHY Light by Bec Brittain
The Plumen 001 light bulb, created by design brand Hulger and designed by Samuel Wilkinson, has been awarded the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London today. More about Hulger and Samuel Wilkinson win Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award 2011
Cape Town designer Piers Mansfield-Scaddan of Fly-Pitcher presented these lamps based on the faceted shape of a stove-top coffee pot at Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town last month. More about The Espresso Lamp by Fly-Pitcher
Architects Plasma Studio of London, Beijing and Bolzano have designed this LED street lamp in collaboration with lighting company ewo. More about Tagliente by Plasma Studio and ewo
Product designer Meirav Barzilay of Tel Aviv has designed this crumpled papery pendant light that comes scrunched up in a ball. More about Papela by Meirav Barzilay
Stockholm 2011: French designer Emma Marga Blanche presented these pleated lamps as part of 20 Designers at Biologiska (see our earlier story), which she co-curated with Fredrik Färg during Stockholm Design Week. More about Rhubarb by Emma Marga Blanche at 20 Designers at Biologiska
Stockholm 2011: London designer Benjamin Hubert presented these woven polyester lamps for Swedish brand Zero at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this month. More about Loom by Benjamin Hubert for Zero
To celebrate the opening of their first flagship store in Brussels, 3D-printing brand .MGX by Materialise have teamed up with Dezeen to offer our readers the chance to win a Gamete.MGX lamp by Belgian designer Xavier Lust, worth €700. More about Competition: win a Gamete.MGX lamp by Xavier Lust
Stockholm 2011: ECAL graduate Vanessa Hordies has created this bedside lamp that works like an hour glass to gradually dim the light by covering it in sand. More about Night Night by Vanessa Hordies
Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Jenny Bäck presented this floor lamp at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Lean by Jenny Bäck
Stockholm 2011: London designer Benjamin Hubert presented this task lamp with a perforated tubular casing at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Crane by Benjamin Hubert
Stockholm 2011: Swedish architects TAF presented this collection of lamps based on the shape of a stretched rubber band at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Rubber by TAF Arkitektkontor for Zero
Stockholm 2011: architects Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this layered lamp for Swedish brand Örsjö Belysning at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about Baklava by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Örsjö Belysning