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Turn Off This Cordless, Motion-Sensing Lamp By Simply Knocking It Over
Even fans of extreme minimalism still need on and off switches — after all, what good is a beautiful lamp if it doesn’t work? Industrial designer William Lee has figured out how to banish the on/off switch using a simple tilting mechanism that knows to kill its soft glow when the lamp’s been knocked over.
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This Colour-Changing LED Chameleon Scarf Perfectly Matches Any Outfit
Why spend hours digging through your closet trying to colour-match the perfect outfit when with a little technology your clothing can match itself automatically? If you’re not afraid of tackling a little electronics, including wiring and programming (plus a little sewing) you can turn a ruffled scarf into a glowing accent piece that’s always the…
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Make CMYK Shadow Puppets With This LED Lamp
It’s taken a while for the humble LED to gain a foothold in the broader consumer market — blame artisanal culture or simple force of habit, people love their cream-coloured incandescent bulbs. But as the New York Times devoted 1600 words to explaining yesterday, more and more designers are jumping on the LED bandwagon.
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This Floor-To-Ceiling Lamp Marries Modern-Day Tech And Old-School Design
Lamps can be pretty, but there are few quite as versatile as Konstantin’s Grcic’s OK Lamp. Both a ceiling fixture, but also kind of a floor lamp, its rotating LED panel can cover almost any possible angle. And its form is the marriage of new tech with decades-old design.