For this month's top ten we've compiled our most popular stories about lighting from the last year. In pole position are these intricately-cut paper lanterns by London designer Yu Jordy Fu. More about Dezeen's top ten: lighting
Spanish designers Luzinterruptus have created an installation in Madrid by attaching LED lights to leaves. More about An Almost Ephimeral Autumn by Luzinterruptus
Dutch designers Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders have designed a collection of lamps made of porcelain and oak. More about Tafelstukken by Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders
Shanghai designer Zhili Liu has designed a series of lighting inspired by birds. More about Bird by Zhili Liu
Dutch Design Week 09: Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk presented new additions to her Soft collection of ceramic objects in Eindhoven last month. More about Soft by Kiki van Eijk
Graduate designer Johanna Schoemaker last month won the Braun Prize 2009 for Family of OLED lamps, a range of remote-controlled lamps that open and close like flowers. More about Family of OLEDs by Johanna Schoemaker
London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of lighting by European designers including Pieke Bergmans, Eric Klarenbeek and Paul Cocksedge is on show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London this week. More about In Praise of Shadows at The V&A
London Design Festival 09: London designer Benjamin Hubert will present a range of cork lamps for Danish design brand Unique Copenhagen at 100% Design, which opens tomorrow. More about Float by Benjamin Hubert for Unique Copenhagen
London Design Festival 09: London designer Bodo Sperlein is showing a new collection of furniture and lighting at Tent London and SuperSquat, Brunswick House this week. More about Cascade and Contour by Bodo Sperlein
London Design Festival 09: London designer Benjamin Hubert will launch a concrete desk lamp for design brand Decode London at 100% Design in London this week. More about Heavy Desk Light by Benjamin Hubert for Decode
London Design Festival 09: London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a collection of clay pendant lamps for British design brand Viaduct. More about Chimney by Benjamin Hubert for Viaduct
Dutch designer Enina Waelstham of Mormels Design has created a collection of lamps made by covering objects in recycled paper. More about Found Form by Enina Waelstham for Mormels design
German designer Hermann August Weizenegger presents his latest project, Digital Couture, at Appel Design Gallery in Berlin later this month. More about Digital Couture by Hermann August Weizenegger
Design graduate Delphine Frey produced this carbon-fibre lamp as part of her Mas Luxe diploma at ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne) in Switzerland. More about slim&strong by Delphine Frey
American designer Karl Zahn has designed a flat-pack pendant lamp for American brand Artecnica. More about Phrena by Karl Zahn for Artecnica
More from Italian brand Danese: Italian designer Carlotta de Bevilacqua has designed a lighting system with interchangeable LED heads. More about Una Sistema by Carlotta de Bevilacqua for Danese
Finnish designer Harri Koskinen will present a selection of new and recent work at the Habitare 09 fair in Helsinki next month. More about Selected Works by Harri Koskinen
British designer Ross Lovegrove has designed a desk light with the circuitry on the outside for Italian brand Danese. More about 100% by Ross Lovegrove for Danese
Milan 09: Italian lighting brand Foscarini launched Le Soleil by Spanish designer Vicente García Jiménez at Euroluce in Milan last week. More about Le Soleil by Vicente García Jiménez
Milan 09: British architect and designer Nigel Coates exhibited three lamps designed for Italian lighting company Slamp at Euroluce in Milan last week. More about Creatures, Corona and Pacis by Nigel Coates for Slamp