Design What

Mona Sharma

Table Light

Sunday, 4 May 2025

Buddy

Buddy is a minimal, playful table light designed by Mona Sharma and made by Gantri, who 3D print lights using PLA derived from sugar crops. The adjustable head was a key idea from the designer, resulting in a new, stock component for future designers on the Gantri platform - offering better products and open source design. Each light is locally made in California and hand finished using water based marine paints, giving luxury, made to order products that are attainable, sustainable and safer for the planet.

Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd

Cultural Center

Saturday, 3 May 2025

Nantong Window

The lighting design principle continues the architectural concept. Facade lighting on the waterside of the building is combined with the characteristics of architectural function and form. The other facade of the building is a three-dimensional folding "feather" shaped perforated aluminum curtain wall system. Linear lamps with 4000K are installed inside the triangular folder curtain wall to illuminate the triangular bottom and reflect into the entire curtain wall cavity. Through the feather-like perforations, it looks like a lantern that shines through the whole body.

Cheng Jinying

lamp

Friday, 2 May 2025

Weed

Based on research insights that people are more inclined to leisure, Weed not only uses a lightweight design language form, but also combines wireless charging technology into its compact body to achieve portability, which perfectly meets this demand. Its design is completely user-centric in any case, it has multiple roles, and can also be used as a flash torch when you pull out the rod. Its smooth patterned surface has also become a symbol of indoor nature, which will evoke your memories of childhood outdoor activities.

Alexey Danilin

Lamp

Thursday, 1 May 2025

Supersymmetry

In the year 2020 people had to reinvent their lifestyles and face a collision of professional and private in their homes. Inspiration to solve this problem was found in one of the concepts of modern partial physics, supersymmetry, which explains how the substance can transform into matter. A lighting fixture was designed to help people to switch between their life essences by the simple move and magnetic click. The lamp transforms from a vertical source of soft light to a horizontal source of concentrated light for work, creation, and close communication.

Mehdi Atashfaraz

Lampshade

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Bellda

An easy to install, hanging lampshade that simply fits on any light bulb without a need to any tool or electrical expertise. The design of the products enables the user to simply put it on and take it off the bulb without much effort to create a visually pleasant lighting source in a budget or temporary accommodation. Since the functionality of this product is embedder in its form, the production cost is similar to the one for an ordinary plastic flowerpot. Possibility of personalization to the user’s taste take by painting or adding any decorative elements creates a unique character.

Reza Ghanadan

Multifunctional Floor Lamp

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

One Hundred

Innovative, Multifunctional and Minimal. Their design stands out from all the rest in its level since it displays both creativity and uniqueness. Creative because their team used graphical figures of number 100 to design a multifunctional floor lamp and unique because where else can one find a light which also purifies the air? This is probably just the beginning of the journey of numbers finding their paths to the world of design.

Design interview of the day

Special Coverage

Sunday, 27 April 2025

Design interview of the day

Read the latest interviews and conversations on design, creativity and innovation between design journalist and world-famous designers, artists and architects. See latest design projects and award-winning designs by famous designers, artists, architects and innovators. Discover new insights on creativity, innovation, arts, design and architecture. Learn about design processes of great designers.

Design What

Buddy

Nantong Window

Weed

Supersymmetry

Bellda

One Hundred

Design interview of the day

ABOUT ME

RECENT POSTS

ENCYCLOPEDIA

TAGS

RANKINGS

PATRONS

DISCOVER

Buddy

Nantong Window

Weed

Supersymmetry

Bellda

One Hundred

Design interview of the day

ABOUT ME

RECENT POSTS

NEWSLETTER

ENCYCLOPEDIA

TAGS

RANKINGS

PATRONS

DISCOVER