Awesome Lamps

The Drift Light is an LED bulb that you can set to gradually dim until it switches off or leaves a minimal glow. It doesn’t need any special remote control, which means you can install it on most sockets and lamps.

By creating a set of mouth-blown glass fixtures which turn on motorized bases, then illuminating them with halogen light sources, Poetic Lab produced a stunning lighting effect reminiscent of light bouncing off of slowly rippling water.

Bulbing is an LED lamp that uses an acrylic sheet to diffuse light. Even though the sheet is only 0.2″ thick, the 3D wire-frame carvings make it appear much more dimensional. It will launch with five swappable sheets.

A handy remote-controlled lamp with 23 LEDs. You can switch it on from over 160ft. away. Great for finding your tent or caravan in the dark or in crowded areas. Unless of course everyone else has the same lamp too.

Lighting fixtures inspired by vintage Edison lightbulbs, though its “filament” is illuminated by 21st century LED tech. Each oversize lamp is handmade by glass, wood, and ceramic artisans to create a unique piece.

This convenient and modern rechargeable lantern is splashproof, and can be set to different brightness levels or colors. It gets its name from the way you switch modes – by bumping (or tapping) the top of the lamp.

Made by Australian design company Page Thirty Three, the Cinematic Lightbox is a lighting fixture that looks like a theater banner display. The box is made of plywood and comes with a set of interchangeable letters and symbols.

It may be a little harder to fight the urge to buy a 3D nightlight from Target now that they come in these Avengers inspired designs. Put all three up for maximum darkness vanquishing.

Whether you’re a kid, or just a kid at heart, looking up at this satin nickel ceiling fixture will remind you of your dreams of being an astronaut. And just think, someday you really might live on Mars.

An palm-sized, energy-efficient laser-based nightlight that projects hundreds of tiny blue points of light around your room. Uses just 0.4 watt of power, and can travel anywhere thanks to its AAA battery power source.

One does not simply walk into your cubicle – especially if you’ve got it lit up with this miniature Barad-dûr, perfect for illuminating your keyboard and mouse – assuming you don’t mind having your flesh seared off.

It’s hardly the first of its kind, and it doesn’t have any fancy features either. But that’s exactly the point: these affordable LED bulbs just might make customers ditch incandescent and CFL bulbs.

Design collective mostlikely’s 3D lampshades come in a variety of animal heads and shapes that you fold and glue together yourself. They can be floor, desk, pendant or even head mounted.

Pascal Howe’s The Worker is a 13ft. high lamp that looks like a huge construction toy (or a construction tool dropped at an alien landing site). Keep tabs on Howe’s Facebook page for purchase info.

Custom bike shop Classified Moto puts some of its surplus parts to good use by turning them into lamps. The parts come from 70s and 80s Japanese motorcycles and still bear dings and dents from use.

Lumio borrows from the form of a book. Its body is made of Tyvek, while the cover is made of wood with neodymium magnets inside. The lamp also has a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 8 hours.

Display your lens-shaped mug, lens-shaped thermos, and lens-shaped shot glass under the DSLR Paparazzi, a varnished wooden lamp made by Monoculo Shop. Lens hood is removable/reversible.

Chen Bikovski designed a series of night lights with children’s popup books in mind. Pulling the tab on this awesome deer design brings the ears up and illuminates the room with antlers made of light.

The only thing wrong with Emergency Essentials’ product is its name – it’s actually a lamp that uses liquid paraffin. Its flame is odorless and smokeless, and many users swear by its longevity.

Ed Carpenter’s Pigeon Light is a whimsical take on your favorite urban bird – “the rat with wings” as we call it. At least this one won’t crap on your head. Available in various natural and unnatural colors.

Pushing 1600+ lumens, this unique heat-sink-free LED bulb is claimed to be as bright as a 100-watt incandescent bulb while using only 12 watts of power. Also available in a 10W/75W equivalent.

The Good Night Lamp is actually made of at least two Internet-connected lamps. Turn the Big Lamp on or off and all Little Lamps connected to it will do the same. A warm way of sending a message.

LEGO Certified Professional Sean Kenney has created a unique series of sculptural modern lamps built out of LEGO bricks – mimicking the shape of lathed wood. Available in 5 styles and 10 colors.