Dezeen promotion: Design China Beijing 2020 will be one of the first trade shows to take place in China since the outbreak of Covid-19, presenting over 100 design brands alongside a programme of talks and exhibitions. More
British lighting brand Anglepoise is showing a selection of lamps as part of the Dezeen x Planted collaboration during this year's London Design Festival to draw attention to the lifetime guarantee it now offers. More
Discarded bubble wrap helps form the bumpy surface texture of Hagen Hinderdael's Bolla light, which is been shown as part of the Dezeen x Planted collaboration at this year's London Design Festival. More
The Off-Grid Lamp by designer Klemens Schillinger needs to be charged manually to encourage users to reassess their relationship with electricity. More
Italian lighting brand Artemide has developed a way of turning lamps into room sanitisers that emit antiviral ultraviolet light when people are not around. More
South Korean technology company Naver Corp has developed a smart reading light called Clova Lamp that helps children to cultivate healthy reading habits by narrating their books aloud. More
Dezeen promotion: Australian lighting studio Articolo has released a short film that pays homage to the team of artisans and craft makers that help realise the products in its collections. More
Japanese artist Yuko Nishikawa suspends perforated, papier-mache-style lamps from the ceiling to create dream-like compositions in her You See a Sheep project. More
VDF products fair: contemporary design brand Tokio has manufactured a modular, tilting light with a honeycomb-like structure that grants "infinite" configurations. More
Marcel Wanders creative director Gabriele Chiave and Kiki and Joost founder Joost van Bleijswijk discuss their new lighting designs for Moooi in this live talk as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the Dutch furniture brand. More
VDF products fair: Glass spheres are strung up on a circular metal frame to create Hubble Bubble, a light designed by Marcel Wanders studio for Dutch design brand Moooi, which aims to capture the childhood joy of blowing soap bubbles. More
VDF products fair: Tinkering is a pendant light for Moooi by Dutch designer Joost van Bleijswijk, which comprises a cluster of black metal rods suspended from the ceiling by two cables. More
Dutch design brand Moooi has teamed up with Virtual Design Festival to launch new lights by Marcel Wanders and Joost van Bleijswijk at VDF products fair, which will be followed by a live talk about the products at 2:30pm UK time. More
VDF products fair: Venice lighting brand Lodes is presenting the Jefferson glass pendant light, designed by Luca Nichetto, to coincide with the launch of its rebrand. More
A crystal-like table lamp that is modelled on Kryptonite, a fictional material featured in the Superman comics, is among the products that Lasvit is presenting at VDF products fair. More
VDF products fair: The distinctive tiles of Prague's metro stations served as as a visual reference for local designer Cyril Dunděra when creating his Globe Metro light for Lasvit. More
VDF products fair: Nendo has updated its Press light for Czech brand Lasvit with a glass shade that appears broken into a thousand tiny pieces. More
VDF products fair: The Spacey pendant light by Czech designer Lukáš Novák for Lasvit sees three glass balls stacked on top of each other to resemble planets orbiting a central star. More
VDF products fair: Arik Levy has designed the Crystal Rock table lamp for Lasvit that takes its cues from the fictional crystalline material Kryptonite. More
VDF products fair: Maxim Velčovský designed the Volcano pendant lighting for Lasvit as a nod to the landscape that surrounds the brand's factory in the Czech Republic. More
