lampshade

How-To: Falling Leaves Lamp

Light and paper are always a good combination, and indirect lighting can be such a nice way to soften the feeling in a room. The translucency of vellum and the texture of the handmade paper is what makes this project really stand out. Add a little bit of a three-dimensional design and the impact of this simple project will be self-evident.

Lamp knits its own shade

Lamp knits its own shade

Some amazing works from the Family of Form exhibit at the Design Huis in Eindhoven, Netherlands. A lamp that develops like a living organism: switch it on and it slowly starts growing by knitting its own lampshade at a speed of three rotations per hour. Sleeping Beauty [via] And the Cindarella table apparently created with […]