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Add this to your list of very affordable lightsources. It’s always nice to find something that you could pay for without feeling the least bit guilty.

“Cog is a sophisticated pendant shade with a sleek and elegant appearance. All Blue Marmalade’s design ingenuity has gone into developing this shade so that it can be made from one single material, even the lamp holder is made from the same thin sheet plastic and it can still take bulbs up to 100W making it a bright spark.”

White Polypropylene

H 30 cm dia 23 cm

Another version of this lamp with a price tag that’s not too painful.

Check it out: it’s energy-efficient, on sale, and has different light filters so you can change the mood whenever it strikes you.

“As they experimented with lighting designs that used fluorescent bulbs, designers Rossi and Tedesco set out to create an energy-efficient fixture that was also technically and aesthetically sophisticated. The result is the modular Agave Lamp, a ribbed, radial structure made of acrylic and resembling the rosette of an agave plant. The Agave produces a light as clear as tequila (which comes from the plant) and optimizes light distribution, whether throughout a room or over a table top. Each model comes with three primary colored light filters, for a total of nine shades of light to let you customize the room’s hues according to mood or event.”

H 12″ Diameter 10″ Cord L 75″

“Light touch. Just tap polished black nickel base once, twice, thrice to enlight, dim, go dark. Micro-rib white fiber cylinder shade.”
• Textured paper shade
• Steel base with shiny black nickel finish
• Touch dimmer base
• Requires a 60-watt bulb (not included)
• UL listed

Not exactly an affordable lighting solution, but it would definitely make a statement in a room. Tobias Wong, the master at taking something standard and making it interesting, has this time entirely coated a traditional crystal chandelier in industrial white rubber.

“Peel off at your own discretion.”

“Lamp in the shape of the young buddha’s head.”

Dimensions: 8.25″ x 9″ x 14″H
Material: Polyethylene

You just can’t beat a great floor lamp. This one is perfectly proportioned to have a relevant place in your home for a lifetime. Comes in a variety of shade options.

Designed in 1964, this pendant lamp will be forever current because of the material and semi-classic shape…

“Pendant fixture providing direct light. Corrugated polished aluminum shade with highly polished spun aluminum reflector. Uses one 100W Silverbowl A-19 bulb. ”

Designer: Archille Castiglioni
Materials: Aluminum
Approx: 8″ H; 14.1″ DIA

Luxurious light, indeed. This light proves that sustainability sure can be easy on the eyes…

“Studio Verissimo consists of Portugese designers Claudio Cardoso and Telma Verissimo. The core activity of this studio is lighting, furniture and space designs, etc…. Spoon is a light made from plastic coffee spoons which go into the garbage daily by the thousands. The objective was to create a luxurious light with this waste.”

Often texture is used as a way to add interest and drama to an interior- this particular lamp is hammered metal, which adds a very subtle shimmering effect.

Hardwire. 100W bulb (not included). UL listed.

24″diam x 9.25″h.

British designer Sam Johnson has an ingenius way of lighting your booksshelves in a very integrated way.

“Light Reading was designed to nestle in amongst your books and remain invisible until illuminated. Made from a material called ‘Secret sign’ (by Perspex), the light is bent into the shape of a book. Inside the book a low energy lamp is mounted providing a safe and low temperature light source. When switched off it blends in with the other books with its matt black spine. Once illuminated the light reveals its title, which is laser engraved on the inside.

Includes cable, switch and plug.”

A nicely shaped lamp for home or office…interesting enough to completely warrant the price tag.

“An arc of chromed steel elegantly elevates the large, luminous white linen shade for clean, modern lighting. To softly diffuse the light, the oversized 19″-diameter shade is enclosed with a sheer layer of linen across the top. The effect is quite stunning in a living room, bedroom or office. Shade height is 7″. Uses one 60-watt bulb, not included.”

This is quite stunning.

“Creepers is a complex pattern of fine, light catching leaves made of laser sintered nylon. Clipping an array of Creeper stems on floor-to-ceiling cables creates floating clouds of light that divide interior spaces. Intertwined leaves sprout from the stem in a seemingly random disorder: collectively these surfaces cover a pre-ordained reflector area. Each leaf follows the same structural rules but with considerable scope for individual variance. Thicknesses taper from the main stem to reflectors thin enough to be semi-translucent. The stems contain LEDs that project light onto the leaves.”

An expletive would be apt to describe my total shock and pleasure upon finding this lamp.

“The WET Lamp is an elegant and playful series of glass lamps with an alluring water-submerged light bulb at its center. Putting an exposed light bulb in water certainly raises some eyebrows, but it also creates an intriguingly simple dimmer switch. When a thin silver rod is slid into the water, the WET Lamp turns on and becomes progressively brighter as the rod is submerged.
Despite its precarious concept, the Wet lamp is a completely safe and isolated system of low voltage power.”

Hand blown borosilicate glass, silicone gaskets, silver electrode and contact, 10W Xenon bulb with gold plug.

Small Clear: 4″H x 4″W, $199.00
Small Frosted: 4″H x 4″W, $219.00
Medium Clear: 6″H x 6.5″W, $299.00
Large Clear: 6″H x 8.5″W, $319.00