"We need to create things that last" says Michael Anastassiades
It's easy to shock with technology and innovation, says Michael Anastassiades, but the real challenge for designers is creating objects that stay relevant over time. More
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Kelly Hoppen’s "jewellery-like" electrical accessories target the luxury interiors market
Interior designer Kelly Hoppen has created a collection of premium light switches and plug sockets for Focus SB that provide an alternative to "very conservative" electrical wiring accessories. More
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In Good Company installs huge lights in A/D/O courtyard
A curved, golden mirror ideal for taking selfies is among the large light fixtures that Brooklyn designer Fernando Mastrangelo's In Good Company has placed into the courtyard of Brooklyn hub A/D/O. More
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Sabine Marcelis creates furniture and lighting from same materials as Barcelona Pavilion
Designer Sabine Marcelis has used glass, travertine and polished metal to create a collection of sculptural interventions that respond to the materiality of Mies van Der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion. More
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Sammode reissues classic lighting designs by Pierre Guariche
French lighting manufacturer Sammode has relaunched a collection designed in the 1950s by Pierre Guariche, including a standing lamp with a perforated "sail-like" diffuser. More
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Plumen and Batch.works launch 3D-printed lampshades made from recycled plastic
London-based lighting brand Plumen has partnered with 3D-printing specialist Batch.works to develop a range of shades for its LED bulbs that are printed on-demand using recycled plastic. More
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Nir Meiri turns cabbage leaves into paper-like lampshades
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
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Studio Sain uses traditional hand-turning process to create products incorporating wooden ball joints
Studio Sain worked with one of Austria's last remaining woodturners to develop this collection of hand-turned wooden products that feature moving parts or modular components. More
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Apparatus designs Interlude furniture for "imagined, modernist concert hall"
An embroidered floor lamp and eel-skin clad cabinet are among the objects in a collection by US lighting studio Apparatus that took direction from musical scores. More
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Klove's Totems Over Time lights take the form of art deco-style talismans
This collection of illuminated "totems" designed by Indian lighting brand Klove embodies an unconventional blend of art deco and tribal references. More
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Corrugation Lights is a collection of wavy plywood lighting inspired by midcentury furniture
London-based designers Tino Seubert and Theodora Alfredsdottir combined wavy, moulded plywood with off-the-shelf aluminium tubes to create this modular lighting collection. More
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Look on the bright side with our light-filled Pinterest boards
Daylight Saving Time has ended in the northern hemisphere, but this week's featured Pinterest boards are here to bring some light into your day. Lighten up with impressive installations and flood your room with skylights and lightwells so you're never left in the dark. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › More
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Merve Kahraman's Cassini lights are influenced by 1990s mission to Saturn
This collection of lamps by New York designer Merve Kahraman takes cues from the forms and patterns of the planet Saturn. More
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Workstead launches new lighting collection at Philip Johnson's Glass House
New York design studio Workstead has displayed a series of light fixtures influenced by forms used by modernist architect Philip Johnson inside his Glass House in Connecticut. More
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Bec Brittain creates Gemini lights to be like a family of creatures
New York designer Bec Brittain has created lights with candy-coloured stands, ivory glass shades and decorative strips of suede for her latest collection. More
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Adjustable lamp used by Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus school revived
German light company Midgard is reproducing a lamp that was used at the Bauhaus school to coincide with its 100th anniversary. More
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Davidpompa shows Origo lights in shipping container for Mexico City design week
Mexico City design studio Davidpompa has added a slender floor lamp and a small table lamp to its Origo collection made from volcanic rock, which it showed in a shipper container. More
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High Society creates lamps from beer and coffee waste to fund addiction prevention
Italian design studio High Society is putting waste from the local beer and coffee industry to good use, by turning it into a range of tubular lights and using profits to fund dependency prevention. More
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Pinch's latest designs express a "restrained interpretation of luxury"
London design studio Pinch has launched six furniture and lighting pieces, from a dining table and stacking stool to a sofa and a four-poster bed, as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. More
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Lee Broom creates kaleidoscopic light installation in London showroom
The light and mirror installation at British designer Lee Broom's London showroom for London Design Festival appears to transport visitors into the interior of a kaleidoscope. More
