Lasvit at Maison & Objet, January 2014

Lasvit has suspended some of its show-stopping lighting pieces above giant tilted mirrors for Maison & Objet, allowing visitors to see the bases and details of each installation.

Aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan by Kenneth Cobonpue

First Light by Kenneth Cobonpue. Photo by Paolo Konst

Filipino furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue has created a limited-edition candle holder set to help the victims of typhoon Haiyan, which devastated huge regions of the Philippines last November. Developed in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and the Habitat Youth Council, the majority of proceeds will be donated towards the rebuild. 

Plumen 002 launches today

After the huge success of Plumen 001, the first designer energy-saving light bulb, launched in 2010, the same creators are launching Plumen 002. This new version is a dimmer bulb specifically created for ambient, wind-down rooms and spaces that need a warmer light effect and softer atmosphere.

Scented Christmas lamp by Artemide

Vico Magistretti's classic 1960s Dalù lamp has been relaunched in hundreds of versions over the last ten years. This Christmas, it comes glittered and scented. It is available in four fragrances: cinnamon to boost energy levels, jasmine to stimulate creativity, lavender to help relaxation and eucalyptus to encourage harmony.

Homebuildlife subscribers can read more on innovations in scented projects here.

WinterWonder: La Rinascente's Christmas lights in Milan

It has become a tradition for La Rinascente to celebrate Christmas by giving the city an artistic installation; and this year, the Milan department store has entrusted its windows to designer Moritz Waldemeyer.

WinterWonder is his interpretation of the classic iconography of Christmas: a vortex of 1,300 laser-cut plastic snowflakes that soar beyond the confines of the windows into the entire portico.

Tree of Light by Droog

Dutch design studio Droog has installed a holographic projection of a Christmas tree in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. The tree's shape and colours shift continuously, ranging from blue to green and adding in star ornaments and rippling branches.

Phare No.1-9 by Simon Heijdens at Design Miami/ 2013

Perrier-Jouët House of Champagne has commissioned London-based designer Simon Heijdens to create a light work, which was unveiled today at Design Miami/.

Smoon Christmas tree at the Royal Monceau

Lighting sculptor Sylvie Maréchal of Beau & Bien was commissioned by prestigious Parisian hotel Royal Monceau to "decorate" their traditional Christmas tree. In place of it, she created a light and airy, 3 metre high lighting installation. Hundreds of pieces of porcelain in the shape of birds and stars are suspended in mid-air to form the silhouette of a tree, a poetic and lyrical take on this inescapable Christmas symbol.

Shelter lamp by Normann Copenhagen

Danish design duo HolmbäckNordentoft has designed the Shelter lamp for Normann Copenhagen. Made of lacquered steel, it is available as both a table and floor lamp, in classic black or limestone grey.

Spring/summer 2014 collection by French Connection

French Connection has previewed its spring/summer 2014 home collection, which includes textiles, lighting and furniture pieces. The collection is inspired by 'chic loft style living', with bold prints offset with muted earthy tones.

Neon lighting by Rolf Sachs

Neon Immersion by Rolf Sachs

London-based designer Rolf Sachs is renowned for finding surprising uses for standard materials. His sculptural lighting designs combining neon with laboratory equipment have an unsettling, otherworldly quality.

Easy biking: Lucetta lights by Palomar

Smart and simple, Lucetta is a set of portable magnetic bicycle lights designed by Emanuele Pizzolorusso for Italian company Palomar. The small LED lights attach with magnets, so they can be used for a bicycle or any metallic surface.

Asia Awards at Tokyo Designers Week 2013

Rug lounger by Fujimura Design Studio

Highlights of this year's Asia Awards exhibition include Fujimura Design Studio's Rug lounger, a round-shaped rug that blurs the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, and the Chackshade, a lampshade made of basswood.

Live from Manila Fame October 2013: Red Box

Red Box, an exciting collective of young local designers, exhibited for the first time at the October 2013 edition of Manila Fame, the Philippines’ premier design trade show.

Apsis table lamp by Zak Stratfold

Graduate designer Zak Stratfold has designed Apsis, a beech wood rotating table lamp with a storage tray made of Portuguese limestone at its base.

Capsula by Lucie Koldova for Brokis

Paris-based product designer Lucie Koldova has created a collection of pendant lamps for Czech company Brokis, made from two oval glass capsules which slot together around a tubular light source.

Balloon lamps by Atipico

Designed by Giorgia Zanellato for Italian brand Atipico, these table lamps are inspired by the shapes of Chinese lanterns.

Lasvit at Designblok 2013

The new lighting collection by Lasvit launched at this year's Designblok event in Prague, including designs from Maurizio Galantw, Arik Levy, René Roubíček, Bořek Šípek, Lucie Koldová and Jan Plechac and Henry Wielgus.

Geometrical cloud by Paul Coudamy

Photo courtesy of Paul Coudamy

French architect Paul Coudamy has created a giant modern chandelier for a private home, in Paris.

"Nuctale", the contraction of Nuage Fractal, is a tiny 35 m2 studio flat lit by a monumental 5m long light. The structure comprises 15 light sources and 76 frosted acrylic triangles and covers the major part of the flat's ceiling. The furniture and storage are all made from digitally cut plywood, so as to optimise the small residential space.

XTICK light by Branca Lisboa

Portuguese furniture and accessories brand Branca Lisboa has launched the XTICK light, which has a magnetic LED lamp built in a diffuser made of cork.