Industrial designer George Nelson was one of the founding fathers of American modernism.

The contemporary design scene is rife with reclaimed-timber furniture and reawakened cottage industries.

With crisp, white walls that become blank canvases for layered lighting effects, Rombo IV is designed to feel like a walk-in art...

Exposed filaments have never looked as good as with these modern, dimmable options.

When Joshua Ward, Maxwell Wood, and William Symington launched their first LED collection, they were looking to address a trio of...

Illuminate your living room with these Dwell-approved lights that provide good design without a hefty price tag.

Give your home the light it deserves with these midcentury pendant lamps and wall sconces currently for sale.

A daunting lighting design pushes a seasoned Italian craftsman to rethink the limits of concrete.

Whether you’re headed to bed or greeting the day, set the mood—or just find your phone—in style.

Let there be light! These desk and table lamps are as chic as they are affordable.

Graypants' portable lamp easily transitions from a fanciful soirée to an outdoor adventure.

A West Coast lighting company brings LED-powered ideas to the forefront of design.

Mattress startup Casper introduces a smart lamp designed to promote healthier sleep.

There are all sorts of devices emerging these days that are meant to monitor and increase awareness of our energy consumption...

Architects are notorious for being sticklers for detail.

Sydney-based embroidery designers MaricorMaricar hit our radar screen back in August with a series called Turns of Speech,...

Producing power by harnessing kinetic energy from human and animal movement is a great idea but one with few good results.

In the wake of recent federal legistation making it harder to acquire incandescent bulbs, Cree has developed an efficient,...

With the holidays coming up and children in the house, I'm looking for any alternative to having actual fire inside.

In one of Italy's oldest glass-blowing regions, Murano, the lighting company FDV Collection (a Leucos USA brand) has partnered...

The hugely popular multicolored strip lights, projectors, and sunset lamps build on the Tumblr-era string lights aesthetic, just...

Lighting circumscribes a space, and therefore how we interpret ourself within that space.

We've been following molo, the Vancouver-based design firm, for quite some time now, featuring their soft collection previously...

Led by AR Architects, the update mixes Brazilian Brutalism with contemporary cool.

In lieu of a SAD lamp, might we suggest these discounted modern designs?

A lamp prototype from Norway adds distinct personality to lighting design.

If your manuscript is far from being illuminated, it’s time to drop the task at hand and find a new lamp to read by.

I was perusing the perpetually well done output of Working Class Studio, a division of the Savannah College of Art and Design,...

These are lamps designed by a slight gentleman from the Chiba prefecture outside of Tokyo; he works with duck feathers quite...

Lighting lives somewhere on the borderline between visual art, design, and technology—and is responsible for meeting both...

Stash your books, table lamps, and tchotchkes in style with these high-performing platforms.

We celebrate the architecture firms that have led the way in Dwell's online community.

Graypants Studio’s Wick is a portable, rechargeable LED light with the glow of a candle flame.

LED strips embedded in a polycarbonate wall allow one couple to change the mood of their new home.

By layering different types of lighting in your kitchen, you boost not only its functionality, but also its level of warmth and...