XYZ have designed a multimedia sound and light installation on the façade of the Gran Museo del Mundo Maya in Merida, Mexico. The goal of the recently opened Gran Museo del Mundo Maya, with a collection of some 750,000 objects and 2,600 square metres of permanent and temporary gallery space, is to present Mayan civilization not as archaeological vestiges but as a living culture.

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Industrial designer Tobias Tøstesen transcends the inherent playfulness of standard LEGO elements to explore their infinite potential as a module for lighting. The floor-to-ceiling chandelier uses the transparent bricks to offer a glance through the colorless lighting installation, preferring to use the curved form to capture the changing glow of the day, from distinctive cool chroma to exclusive hot hues.

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Silo 468, the official project of WDC Helsinki, stands by the blustery sea, besieged by notoriously prevailing winds. The silo’s twinkling surface—punctured with 2,012 holes—is lit up from 1280 LED domes placed within the structure’s deep-red interior, which symbolizes the object’s former use as a container of energy. The architects have fitted 450 steel mirrors that move with the wind behind the holes, and when the sun shines the walls “glimmer and sparkle like the surface of water,” says LDC in its project statement. The constantly shifting light patterns read “as halos racing across the walls.”

Although it embodies an emotive, humanistic form, Pixo, at it’s conceptual core, is an ultra-efficient task light. Highly flexible with a minimal footprint, Pixo is not only the brightest, most efficient task light in its category, it also charges your mobile devices with a conveniently located USB port. Read more …

The Lumio is a portable light that folds up just like a book and when opened it becomes illuminated from within. The light is embedded with magnets so it can be mounted on a wide variety of surfaces and when fully charged it remains lit for 8 hours. The Lumio was designed by architect Max Gunawan who launched it as a Kickstarter project where demand has been so great the project was 240% funded in just three days.

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The Ayala Triangle Gardens, located in Makati City, Philippines is lit up by the wonderful array of lights dancing to synchronized music. People flock to the park to find themselves drowned with amazement and just can’t help to stay there until the show is over. The show is presented every thirty minutes in the evening with different sets of music.

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British designer Craig Foster has created Kurk, a flat pack desk lamp made of cork, that requires no screws or glues to assemble. Focusing on the life cycle of the product, each part of Kurk can be recycled or reused individually when it is no longer needed as a light. The sustainability and visual properties of cork make Kurk a unique, environmentally friendly alternative to standard desk lights.

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Designed for a residence in Beirut, Lebanon, the design by .PSLAB and architect Bernard Khoury brings light to the staircase and continues the spiral upwards to the ceiling.

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British designer Benjamin Hubert has created the Tenda Lamps. ‘Tenda’ is a series of textile lamps launching at the London Design Festival as a result of Benjamin Hubert’s materials driven research.

‘Tenda’, meaning tent in Italian, is comprised of materials from a diverse mix of industries such as kite manufacturing, sports, underwear, and of course, the tent industry.

The Revitalizer Wax Lamp is not your typical light fixture. Created by London-based designer Merve Kahraman, the lamp features a wax shade that goes through a cycle of melting and reshaping. The lamp recycles itself, as the wax melts down into a cup and cools to create a replacement shade.

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