Looking for a unique lamp to decorate that special room of yours? Check out Linus Kutavicius’s Light Pillow on sale over at gnr8.biz for $189 dollars. With a cover made out of 100 percent cotton, and a frame made out of powder coated metal, the Light Pillow can be placed on the floor, hung on the wall or even used as a chandelier – just don’t try to use it as a pillow.
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Philips LivingColors Mini Lamp
Looking for a little mood lighting for a small room? You might be interested in the new mini version of the Philips LivingColors Lamp. Instead of displaying 16 million colors like the original, the mini version supports a palette of 256 colors. The mini lamp also drops the remote control. According to Gizmodiva, the mini lamp will be available in December for around $168 dollars. Should be a hit for dorms across the country!
Bring the fireplace with you with the Travelmate Portable Fireplace
It’s a cold winter night. Snow’s falling outside while you’re inside snuggling with your loved one (or potential loved one). Its the perfect setting for a fireplace romance.. except one little problem. You don’t have a fireplace.
Enter the Travelmate Portable Fireplace – a black powder-coated steel and glass enclosure with an adjustable steel fuel-holder. Yes.. a portable fireplace folks. Just pick up the Travelmate Portable Fireplace and bring it with you wherever you need a little heat or mood lighting. The unit measures 20 x 28 x 8 inches and weighs around 55 lbs… so chances you won’t be moving it all the time… but at least it’s movable! Powering the fireplace is a bio-ethanol liquid which is not included.
The one problem? The unit costs a whopping $3300.00
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LED lighting slowly coming of age
The N.Y.Times has an interesting article this weekend entitled “Fans of L.E.D.’s Say This Bulb’s Time Has Come” here on their website. It’s an interesting article about how many think LED lighting is set to finally replace incandescent light bulbs as well as compact fluorescent bulbs. LED (light emitting diode) bulbs have already replaced most of the nation’s traffic lights and many more companies are beginning to opt for this technology over traditional ones. Above is an example of LED lighting in use over at the Marcus Center in Milwaukee.
Another example? Sentry Equipment Corporation’s new factory utilizes LED lighting for exterior and interior lighting needs. While it cost Sentry $18,000 to install LED lighting (that’s $12K more than the $6K needed for a combination of incandescent and fluorescent lighting), the company will save $7,000 a year in energy costs which means it will only take two years for the company to recoup it’s costs – plus these bulbs will last 20 years folks!
People are finally noticing LED bulbs primarily due to three things – brightness, energy efficiency, and long life. All three characteristics put LED bulbs ahead of traditional lighting technologies. The main problem? Cost. While LED bulbs are certainly energy efficient, a single LED bulb can cost upwards of 100x the price of an incandescent bulb. Thus a standard 1 dollar incandescent bulb could cost as much as 100 dollars for an equivalent LED bulb. Of course, consumers would eventually recoup the cost in terms of lower energy bills (which also helps the environment of course) that’s still a tough premise to sell initially – especially if you consider how much it will cost you to simply light up a single room! Yet as with all technologies, one can expect prices to eventually come down and then we can finally kiss the incandescent bulb goodbye!
If you’re looking for something a tad bit different when it comes to home lighting, you have to check out Innermost’s Asteroid Lamps designed by Koray Ozgen. Inspired by that classic arcade game, each of these Asteroid lamps have 24 facets – each with its own unique geometry and each measuring around 29 cm by 30 cm. The plastic version of the lamp can be placed on the floor, hung n the wall or hung off the ceiling. DesignPublic.com is selling the plastic version of the lamp for $176. There’s also a glass version of the lamp which can house a 60 watt bulb (the plastic can hold a 15 watt bulb). No word on how much the glass version will go for. Now if they only would make the spaceship from Asteroids!
[Check it out via technabob]
Talk about industrial art! Check out the Lightpipe over at DeWanda.com. These are essentially pipe shaped light fixtures – how cool is that! Especially if you have a home or place that matches beautifully with these products. As in the picture above, I can totally imagine the Lightpipes used with brick-walled interiors or industrial lofts. Heck.. throw a party and have these pipes littered all over. Gotta love the rivets too! Talk about cool!
[Check it out via technabob]
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