Awesome Lighting

Nokero makes affordable and versatile solar-powered LED bulbs. The bulbs convert solar energy to power its LEDs. The rechargeable AA batteries can also be replaced with standard batteries when needed.

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.

If you liked the SCLW, check out the Firefly Pick. It lights up whenever it strikes a guitar string or when your hand moves. Pair it with the NeckFX for a synchronized light show. You can watch demo videos of the pick on YouTube.

If you’re near San Antonio, check out Joe O’Connell and Blessing Hancock’s Ballroom Luminoso, a series of six chandeliers made from custom structural steel, LEDs and recycled bicycle parts, installed in a cement underpass.

The BlueBulb is an LED bulb that you can control from an iOS device. No word on pricing yet, but since it uses Bluetooth instead of connecting over the Internet, it should be more affordable than the Philips Hue or the LIFX.

Explosive lamps designed by Docstone.  Mister Boom is a light switch shaped like a comically large and old-fashioned detonator, while Little Miss Dynamite is a small dial switch. Both connect to dynamite-shaped “light bombs.”

A lighting implement stripped down to its bare essentials, Spot consists only of a 10W LED light source, a diffuser and a handle. But this simple form also lets it be held like a lantern or a flashlight, hung or set on a surface.

Invented by Andy Zsinko, LumiLor can make practically any surface glow when an electric current is run through it. It’s sprayed on like normal paint and can be made to blink or even react to sound. More videos here.

Jonathan Ostojic invented this stylish yet practical alternative to motorcycle turn signals. Four 1.5W LEDs provide about 400 Lumens of light and 360 degree visibility. Comes in bar-end and bolt-on variants.

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.

The Lumiblade is a modular diffuse light source that uses OLED panels. It’s bright but very thin and does not get uncomfortably warm, making it easy to integrate into various surfaces. More at Dezeen.

Designed by Malgorzata Ratajczak and Sebastian Szlabs of Emandes, Atomic Lighting Tubes are glowing tubes connected to PVC pipes. Its modular nature allows for an infinite number of layouts.

Designed by Mike Garner, the Piccolo lamp has a minimal look but is packed with features. It has a touch-sensitive switch and it’s dimmable, adjustable and can be powered via outlet or USB.

Juniper’s M Lamp is as useful as it is beautiful. It’s made from aluminum and steel and has a built-in rechargeable battery, so it’s equally at home outdoors as it is indoors.

An innovative 40,000 hour LED lightbulb which can be controlled wirelessly via your smartphone, and set to any color you desire. Control one or many lights all from the palm of your hand.

If you thought the Arcade Button light switch wasn’t geeky enough, check out the Power-Up Arcade light switch. The joystick serves as the switch; press the buttons for arcade sound effects.