Introducing Lumio, a book-looking lamp.Simply open the "book" and wham you have a lightweight portable lamp. No cords, no switches and 8 hours of battery life.Built in magnets let you attach the lamp to any number of surfaces. It can be used as a table lamp, a wall sconce, a ceiling pendant, for ambient or outdoor lighting, or any other creative use you can think of.Yes, even a reading light!Lumio will retail for $95. It is the brainchild of Max Gunawan and his Kickstarter campaign to fund the project has already far exceeded his initial goal.and the Kickstarter video: Man, this is...
Letters for the birds
Check out these typographic bird houses by Indian industrial designer Nishant Jethi. The series is titled Living Typography and features the complete alphabet in hollowed out 3D letters.The bird houses also double as nameplates and/or house numbers!Now how cool is that.