Second-year interior design students from the University of East London have created a series of lamps for a fictitious nail salon as part of this VDF school show. More about Ten eclectic lighting designs for nail salons from University of East London students
British lighting brand Astro has launched its three-piece Capsule Collection Volume 01, which includes a bathroom lamp with a grooming mirror attached called Orb, as part of the VDF products fair. More about Astro Lighting unveils Capsule Collection Volume 01 at VDF products fair
Dezeen Showroom: British lighting brand Astro has released Halftone, a wall lamp with a translucent acrylic halo that reveals the backdrop behind it. More about Halftone wall lamp by Astro
Dezeen Showroom: Astro's Orb lamp sees a playful, illuminated sphere paired with a revolving mirror for grooming or makeup application. More about Orb lamp by Astro
Dezeen Showroom: The io Pendant light by UK brand Astro features a glass shade, which has been extruded to recreate the fluted detailing found in the ionic columns of Ancient Greece. More about io Pendant light by Astro
Six students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico have designed low-cost solar lamps made from mud, beans and cactus slime for people living in isolated rural areas with limited electricity. More about Mexican students build low-cost solar lamps from natural waste materials
Montreal design studio Lambert & Fils has used the limbo of lockdown to create four "brothers and sisters" for its popular Dorval 01 light, which are being displayed digitally for the first time as part of the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration. More about Lambert & Fils expands "radical" family of Dorval lamps
Dezeen Showroom: Customisable floor lamps and ceiling lights make up the Stem Series lighting collection by Canadian design company Bocci. More about Stem Series by Bocci
Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design company Bocci has launched a range of table lamps with sculptural glass shades. More about Table Lamp by Bocci
Margaux de Penfentenyo is launching Landscape Lamp, a sculptural lighting collection, during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Landscape Lamp collection "blurs the line between fine art and design"
Hola Studio is introducing three 3D-printed lamps at VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects that are designed to be playful and emotive. More about Hola Studio creates playful plastic lamps using 3D printing
Studio Lionne van Deursen is presenting a material research project and lighting range made using bacteria for VDF x Ventura Projects. More about Imperfect Perfection lighting range is made using bacteria
Jonathan Bocca introduces the Essenza lighting collection as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. More about Jonathan Bocca marries marble with paper for Essenza lighting
Italian studio Bjørne launches its handcrafted Ljós lighting, which is designed to evoke mountain sunsets, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. More about Bjørne models laser-cut Ljós lampshades on mountain sunsets
Danish designer Mads Odgård stripped away anything unnecessary when creating this series of minimal lamps for Carl Hansen & Son, which feature hemispherical shades that intersect with simple metal tubes. More about Mads Odgård designs "simplest possible lamp" for Carl Hansen & Son
Swedish lighting brand Wästberg's has unveiled the W203 Ilumina lamp, designed by Ilse Crawford to "mix beauty with energy efficiency". More about Ilse Crawford updates classic library lamp for Wästberg
Swedish artist Aia Jüdes has given gnarled tree offshoots a new lease on life by turning them into a series of lights decorated with rainbow LEDs, velvet scrunchies and shining puddles of brass. More about Aia Jüdes merges tree outgrowths and fibre optics to make flamboyant lamps
British design brand Established & Sons and design studio Committee have released new versions of their Kebab Lamps, featuring miscellaneous found objects skewered on a central pole. More about Kebab Lamps by Committee and Established & Sons re-released
London-based studio Nir Meiri has teamed up with Indian designer Vaidehi Thakkar to create a series of lamps with shades made from red cabbage leaves. More about Nir Meiri turns cabbage leaves into paper-like lampshades
This collection of lamps by New York designer Merve Kahraman takes cues from the forms and patterns of the planet Saturn. More about Merve Kahraman's Cassini lights are influenced by 1990s mission to Saturn