Awesome Lamps

Youtuber rikkitikkiberger captured the long process of lathing that woodturner Soren Berger uses to make one of his unique lampshades. Don’t worry, he repurposes all that scrap material.

Designer Jake Wright turns military waste into lighting fixtures and furniture. His creations take the equipment “out of their aggressive context” and highlight their form rather than their function.

A concept by Ukrainian designer Michael Samoriz, the Projector table lamp has 25 LEDs arranged in a square, calling to mind the huge spotlights in stadiums. This would go well with foosball tables.

Designed by CrousCalogero for lighting company Estiluz, the Balloon Lamp is exactly that – a balloon-shaped lamp. It casts a soft white glow and is available as a suspension lamp or a wall lamp.

Alex Garnett’s ice cream cone pendant lamps are the perfect place for twisty CCFL bulbs. Despite how tasty they look, we don’t encourage licking the bulbs or crunching down on the earthenware cones.

While you might be tempted, you won’t be able to eat this giant gummy bear – that’s because it’s a nightlight, and despite your best efforts, it’s not edible. Just push its squishy bear belly for light.

Arresting lamps with bases sculpted from old toys and action figures. Each lamp is given a monochrome coating and a high gloss lacquer. You can also have your own toys converted into lamps.

Keep a gun by your side at all times with Philippe Starck’s deadly-looking bedside lamps, fit for Scarface’s pad. Available in chrome or 18k gold-plate finishes. Bullets not included.

Designed by Angela Jansen, Light-Light floating lamps make use of electromagnetic components to make its top levitate. Its LEDs can be dimmed or turned off while keeping the floating effect on.

These lamps from Tabisso will not only make sure that your taste in lighting makes a statement, but that their furniture is properly punctuated. The lamps come in over 20 different forms from @ to ?

While you could have a lamp inspired by a crane, you could also be much more literal with Studio Job’s bronze wrecking ball lamp, which replaces the ball with a bulb. Matching crane here.

Measuring 8’6″ tall by 10′ long, this dramatic counterbalanced wooden LED lighting fixture by Matt Downer Designs is the only thing you need to fill an entire room (besides some place to sit.)

All you need to do to illuminate this Cereal Bowl Lamp from ideaka is to touch the metal spoon. It’s still a concept, but it might be fun to immortalize a favorite childhood (or adult) breakfast memory.

One of the most eye-catching – and controversial – designs for a lamp we’ve ever seen. Designed by Luca Veneri using fluid dynamic simulation to emulate the shape of a mushroom cloud.

It seems like such a simple concept, but we love the ambient glow that plusminuszero’s A4 lamp emits, while masquerading as a 500-sheet ream of paper. We wish they made one in tabloid size too.

These highly detailed, sleek and sexy hand made slip-cast ceramic lamps are created by Ryan Weigner. Features 9mm and AK-47 lamp stems and bodies. Fixture, shade, cord and plug are included.