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Let there be light? Well, anyone with a smartphone can do that, but it takes something else to make said light soft and relaxing. Enter the Travelamp light diffuser ($8). It’s a soft silicon doohickey that wraps around your smartphone and turns the harsh directional light into something more ambient.
Have a new industrial studio apartment to decorate? Consider this for your dining table / drafting surface / high-powered conference station: an Infinito LED suspension ceiling lamp ($1,700). Aside from Star Trek-esque design, it provides both focused lighting for your surface and atmospheric lighting for the rest of the room. … Read More
What makes a simple light like Aerelight ($239) so cool? Let us count the ways. One: it’s an OLED light, which makes it both super bright (think natural sunlight) and energy efficient. Two: it’s made of sustainable materials. Three: it’s touch sensitive, operating kind of like a touchpad. Four: it … Read More
Workers at Concordia, the international polar research station, have to live through weeks of darkness during the winter. This is a serious challenge, as one of the key ways our circadian rhythm (sleep cycle) works is via lighting cues. For example, a week spent camping will reset your sleep cycle … Read More
