Regular readers amongst you may know that I have  a thing for lamps. Here are two, very different lamps that caught my eye in the last couple of days.

The first is a very tactile product by Flynn Talbot that encourages you to play with a sphere to change the light and create your own mood.

The second is design informed by nature. This series of lamps created by Meghan Finkel are made from reclaimed branches that she finds on rivers and beaches. Nice.

I’m really loving this sexy prototype vehicle designed by Ora-Ïto for Citroën.

It’s based on the classic DS model.

And he also designed this building that appears on the album cover for Air’s 10000 Hz Le­g­end’. I learnt something new today.

The Committee is a beautifully crafted toy with a dark secret, limited to an edition of 25 by Auditorium Toy Co. If anyone wants to buy me one, it’ll set you back $1200. This includes shipping.

‘Six business-attired figures, viewed from above in diagrammatic form, are passengers in a vehicle on a relaxing outing. However, one of the passengers is restrained. The trunk reveals various instruments and tools (length of rope, tape recorder, baseball bat, shovel, etc.). While each element in this scenario is individually innocuous, together they make up an undeniably sinister collection.’

If you like cooking, infographics or tools you might just love this poster by Pop Chart Lab

This month saw the launch of a site that I designed last year for high end audio brand Marten

This is my Fiancée’s company, so I am biased, but these speakers are amazing in terms of sound reproduction and product design.

I’m really proud of this site as I think it’s on the money for the brand. It features some slick photography from Ulf Celander

This is the best website that I’ve seen all year. Ok, so I’m making a bad joke, but the statement still stands. And it’s a damned good start if this is what we can expect from the web in 2011.

Happy New Year.

Awwww these are so cute. I want. And yes, I know I’m a grown man.

Found at Who killed Bambi

… and if I drank Sake, I would drink it from this – Sake Bomb!

I’m sold on the convenience of mobile communication.

Industrial designer Bill Moggridge, who designed the world’s first laptop computer (above), has won the 2010 Prince Philip Designers Prize. Via Dezeen

In my continuing obsession with all things lumiere, I saw these lamps on Dezeen the other day. Not only are they a beautiful series of 3 mouth-blown glass lamps, but they are designed to house the fantastic Plumen 001 lightbulb. Now there’s a partnership. Hello internet, can I buy?

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