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  • WaterLight is a portable lantern that can be charged with salt water or urine

    Colombian renewable energy start-up E-Dina has developed a cordless light that converts salt water into electricity as a more reliable alternative to solar lamps in off-grid communities. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 23 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Reeded cordless lamp by Arnold Chan for Voltra

    Dezeen Showroom: London-based designer Arnold Chan has created a cordless light for Voltra that flickers and glows like a candle. More

    Dezeen staff | 29 October 2020
  • Alabaster cordless lamp by Arnold Chan for Voltra

    Dezeen Showroom: London designer Arnold Chan has created the Alabaster lamp collection from smooth stone set in a metal base for lighting brand Voltra. More

    Dezeen staff | 29 October 2020
  • Voltra launches cordless lamps that emulate candlelight

    Dezeen promotion: new lighting brand Voltra has launched a range of minimal cordless lamps, designed to "recreate the intimacy of candlelight". More

    Dezeen staff | 6 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Castor's marble block illuminates tube light without metal contact

    Toronto-based industrial design studio Castor has managed to induce an electric current through a 2,500-pound marble slab, causing a glow from a fluorescent tube simply laying on its top. More

    James Brillon | 17 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Artemide adds to cordless lighting trend with pair of portable lamps

    Italian lighting company Artemide is the latest brand to add portable lighting to its collection with its cordless Emera and Empatia Mobile lamps. More

    Emma Tucker | 29 May 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Simon Diener's portable Pong light uses its battery as a counterweight

    German designer Simon Diener has designed a portable light that is suspended using its wrap-around cord and counterweight. More

    Emma Tucker | 13 May 2017 | 1 comment
  • Teresa van Dongen uses living organisms to power LED light

    This LED pendant by Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen is powered by living organisms that require regular feeding. More

    Alice Morby | 2 November 2016 | 3 comments
  • Marset's cordless Ginger lamp is designed to be carried from room to room

    Barcelona brand Marset has released a portable lamp with a rechargeable battery that allows it to be detached and carried around the house. More

    Emma Tucker | 19 October 2016 | 1 comment
  • Vincent van Duysen designs concrete LED lamp for Flos

    Milan 2016: Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has created a cast-concrete lamp as part of a range of designs for Italian brand Flos (+ slideshow). More

    Alice Morby | 28 April 2016 | 4 comments
  • Nemo reissues cement lamp designed by Le Corbusier

    Milan 2016: Italian lighting design firm Nemo has reissued Le Corbusier's Borne Béton lamp, originally designed by the architect in 1952. More

    Alice Morby | 28 April 2016 | 3 comments
  • Candela light by Francisco Gomez Paz combines eco-friendly fuel with LEDs and a phone charger

    Milan 2016: this cordless lamp generates its own electricity from bio ethanol, creating enough power to additionally charge a smartphone. More

    Anna Winston | 18 April 2016 | 1 comment
  • HCWD launches white-concrete version of portable LED Brick lamp

    New York-based HCWD Studio has released a white-concrete version of its cordless brick-shaped lamp, which is activated by movement rather than a switch (+ movie). More

    Jenna McKnight | 30 December 2015 | 3 comments
  • LED technology means designers are "obliged to redesign all lights" says Philippe Starck

    Philippe Starck has spoken about the pros and cons of technology, saying that designers are morally obliged to use the latest materials to create more efficient products – but warned that dependence on screen-based devices is "sick" (+ transcript). More

    Marcus Fairs | 23 June 2015 | 6 comments
  • Maarten Baas adds balloon-shaped pendants to lighting range for Lasvit

    Milan 2015: Dutch designer Maarten Baas has formed milky and coloured glass into pendant lamps that look like balloons. More

    Dan Howarth | 22 April 2015 | 4 comments
  • "Wires will disappear" as lighting goes cordless, say Starck and Gandini

    Milan 2015: advances in lighting and battery technologies mean that lighting cables could disappear within a few years, according to designer Philippe Starck and Piero Gandini, CEO of lighting brand Flos (+ slideshow). More

    Marcus Fairs | 20 April 2015 | 7 comments

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