The Facetada lamp and Facetat bowl are the results of a new manufacturing system by the Andreu Carulla Studio.

About the system:

Its manufacturing system is revolutionary, as we start from a flat sheet geometry which is modeled to our liking, allowing to create different shapes. The final result is a unique piece of futuristic aesthetic, with a luxurious finish.

 About the lamp:

[It] is a unique piece of lightweight appearance, which distributes the light uniformly on the bottom, while reflects spectacular patterns on the ceiling, creating a warm ambiance.

Watch this video to see their process and the beautiful geometric patterns that fill the ceiling above the Facetada lamps:

FACETADA lamp from ^C studio on Vimeo.

Steampunk lighting by Art Donovan, artist and author of the book The Art of Steampunk.

LED Mushroom Lights by Japanese designer Yukio Takano of The Great Mushrooming

Bacterioptica by MADLAB 

About the project:

Bacterioptica is not your typical chandelier, just as no household is a typical portrait of family life. It is itself a household organism - living and breathing the same air and bacteria we are. It is alive in a very literal sense: it cultivates, distributes and illuminates the bacterial life of its family members by way of a branching assembly of metal rods, glass petri dishes and fiber optics.

Bacterioptica is adaptive by design, not only in its form and mechanics, but more importantly, in the way it evolves. Step- by-step instructions guide the family through procedures to experiment with and prepare each bacterial sample for its place in the chandelier. Whether featuring bacteria from the skin, the yard or the dinner guests, Bacterioptica is continually changing in shape and luminosity.

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The Cloud Lamp by Zhao Liping. 

Chilean Red (an anagram of chandelier) by Donald Lipski was made with 1,500 Swarovski crystals 

The NATUROSCOPIE series of lighting by designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance brings nature’s best lighting effects indoors. NATUROSCOPIE II simulates one of my favorites: sunlight filtered through moving leaves.

Duchaufour-Lawrance on his work:

This set of lights corresponds with the responsive transcription of the sun when it filters through tree foliage. Within each head, the sequence of the LEDs and their reflection on mirrors and coloured surfaces interpret this natural movement, in a both fugitive and perennial temporality. The light asserts itself in the form of sparkles and bright or mellow green, yellow or silver fragments. In the mural compositions, the foliage pattern unfurls flat, on a single level parallel to the wall, the articulations of the heads making different positions possible. With the ceiling fixtures, the volume of the foliage opens out, the modules connecting at different heights.

Light Shower by Bruce Munro was inspired by a rainy day, but there’s absolutely nothing dreary about his version of a light shower.

Sorek stalactites cave near Beit Shemesh, Israel just got a lot more colorful with a new lighting system that was installed recently. 

Rainbow Bridge in Magong, Penghu County, Taiwan 

The Brecce Collection of lamps by designer Marco Stefanelli repurposes sawmill scraps by embedding them with LED lights encased in resin.

Inspired by the logic of pure mathematics, Tom Dixon designed his Etch Light Web to cast a delicate pattern of geometric shadows on all that it illuminates.

For his project Complexcity, Korean designer Lee Jang Sub maps the urban sprawl of major cities and then transfers them to a variety of mediums. Click on the images to see the locations of the maps above.

This dazzling skull chandelier made of Swarovski crystals is by Kelly Lamb.  

Design Drift’s Fragile Future uses real dandelions in these spectacular light fixtures to tell the story of the amalgamation of nature and technology that will happen in the future in a pact for both to survive.