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Posts tagged “light”

PUYL: Pump Your Light

Check out this cook green gadget: the PUYL is a combination bicycle pump and portable light. But the simply clever part is that the light’s battery is charged as you pump…...

Sun Drawings by Janet Saad-Cook

What you’re looking at is a sun drawing — an image of colored light that changes throughout the seasons, with the sun and clouds. Using a “sun drawing” instrument designed by artist Jane...

President Obama Announces New Lighting Standards

President Obama is not only having Nobel laureate physicist Steven Chu manage the replacement of bulbs in the White House to more energy efficient models, but has also announced he's shaping a nationa...

Recycled Tube Light by Castor Canadensis

Made by a Canadian design collective known as Castor Canadensis, The Recycled Tube Light comes in two flavors: a slightly longer one for hanging horizontally, and a smaller desktop version that can si...

Best Product: Norm 69

We've fielded a few questions about the provenance of this lamp. It's the one that hangs over the dining room table in our house -- you might remember it if you've read the tour post. Like everythi...