Awesome Lamps

An updated version of Coleman’s versatile lantern, each of its rechargeable, magnetic light panels can be removed and carried independently, running for up to 3 hours each, or 20 hours when docked. Available in 2-, 3-, and 4-panel models.

Dyson’s Lightcycle is a highly-adjustable multipurpose lamp. It can change its color and brightness based on the time of day. When used with its app, it can even account for the user’s age and activity. Its heat pipe cools the LEDs to ensure performance for up to 60 years.

YSM’s Night Book is an LED lamp that looks like a book. It turns on when you take it out of its cover, making it perfect for sitting alongside actual books in a bookshelf. You can use it vertically or horizontally. Despite its price, it’s sold out as of this writing.

Casper’s Glow is a light designed to help you sleep. Its warm light gradually dims in the night then slowly warms up during the day. You can control one or more lights using its app, but you can also control it with gestures. It has a built-in battery and a charging stand.

Deskspace’s Solar Sun is a mood lamp designed to look like the Sun. It’s made of golden calcite, which gives the light a warm and soft glow. There’s also a non-lighted version, and you can also get a set that comes with their gemstone planets.

Perfect for urban dreamers and kids of any age, this simple lamp will wash the walls with pretty light patterns as you fall asleep, wondering what happened to the nice weather and the time you could go outside and see the night sky without freezing your can off.

Instead of casting light directly from its three sunlight-color LEDs, Balmuda’s unique desk lamp reflects light forward, preventing the user’s shadow from falling in front of them. It has six dimmer settings and has a storage compartment in its base.

Kogalla’s unique gadget is a flexible and wearable lamp that uses an array of five Cree LEDs. It projects 800 lumens of light in a uniform 120º pattern, so that you won’t get halos or bouncing spots. It comes with red and green lens filters.

Panasonic’s chunky little LED flashlight isn’t a picky fella. It gets its name from the fact that it can be powered by one or more of a variety of battery sizes: D, C, AA or AAA. It lasts up to 86h and can also be used as a lantern.

Luckies of London’s hanger has three light up section. Use it to illuminate your closet or as a stylish night light. It has a nice copper finish and lasts up to 20h on four AAA batteries.

The My Cinema Lightbox not only looks like a marquee, it’s also fit for any occasion thanks to its RGB LED backlights. You can make it flash in a variety of colors or stick to one, including white. It comes in three sizes and can be powered via USB or battery.

BioLite’s SunLight is an affordable portable RGB LED lamp. It has a solar panel at the back with a clever sundial so you can easily recharge it on the go. It also has a microUSB charging port. It lasts up to 50 h per charge. The 360º kickstand makes it easy to hang.

37ºC Smarthome’s Magic Desk is the world’s first gesture-controlled standing desk. Simply hover your hand above or below its sensor to change its height. It also comes with an LED lamp with three lighting modes, and a control module that can help correct your posture.

ilsangisang’s clever lamp features a design that makes it look like it’s always turned on. It sits at the intersection of your desk and a wall, providing a mock beam of light that doubles as a display for small objects. It also really does light up. Measures about 15.5″ tall.

Modustrial Maker teamed up with fellow builder Jonny Builds to transform a huge honkin’ wooden timber beam and sheets of steel into a sculptural ambient floor lamp, loaded up with LED strips that display patterns in reaction to music. We want one of these in our office.

This elegant desk lamp wonderfully marries form with function. It uses cast-iron weights in a counter-balance mechanism to make it easy to adjust the lamp’s height and length. It also uses conductive materials on the joints instead of cables to transmit power.

Give your room a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. post-apocalytpic vibe with Numskull’s officially licensed Fallout 76 Vault Boy LED lamp. The lamp is almost 12″ tall and gives off a green glow. It’s powered via USB. Check out Numskull’s other Fallout 76 merchandise here.

British design duo Glithero’s unique desk lamp has a playful method for switching it on. It’s activated only when you knock over a series of copper dominoes which complete the circuit when toppled. Of course, you have to set them all up again each time you turn off the lamp.

ThinkGeek’s officially-licensed Marvel Thanos Infinity Gauntlet mood lamp will put a smile on any geek’s face. It measures 10″ tall and projects light through the replica Infinity Stones. It can be powered via USB or with three AA batteries.

Loot boxes are being seen in a bad light lately, but with ThinkGeek’s officially licensed Overwatch Loot Box Mood Light you’ll know exactly what you’re getting. The small lamp measures 4″ x 4″ and is made of plastic.

The Zenlight Lamp is a minimalist and versatile LED lamp. It has a wooden case with a touch-sensitive button for power and brightness. You can attach it to its stand and use it as a desk lamp, or use its adhesive and stick it to walls and other surfaces.

Spanish skateboard craft shop Skate-Home makes lamps out of skateboard decks. One of the shop’s designs is inspired by the radical Mattel Hover Board from Back to the Future II. The deck can be displayed horizontally or vertically, and it has a 7W LED light source.

Looking for a project to put basic welding skills to use? Check out this DIY idea from Ollari’s – a lamp with a shade made by welding a bunch of steel nuts around a curved form, and a base made out of the same. It’s a cool enough design that we’ll forgive his spelling of “baking soda.”