Urban Gardens

Photo courtesy Harries & Héder

When the city required Austin developers Catellus to mask an unsightly expanse of store-back loading docks in order for a large retail lot to receive a green light, they hired Massachusetts-based public art firm Harries & Héder to…

Imagine if monitoring your energy consumption were managed by one of your household’s lamps. With the flick of a switch, Beverly Ng’s solar-powered Spark Lamp, changes color depending on the amount of power your home has used during the month.

During the day, you flip…

New York artist Adam Frank’s exploration of light and shadow has lead to performances, installations and this winsome alternative to an oil lamp–or yet another candle. The farther the lumen is from the wall, the larger the shadow from the acid-etched…

They’re so strange looking that they might also offer protection from intruders. Manufactured of green and sustainable materials like water hyacinth and rattan, The Bulb, designed by Belgian designer Gaëtan Van de Wyer, is a chair that doubles as a lamp with it’s built-in…

British designers, Adrian Allen and Tobias Wong, of the firm Suck UK, have cooked up a bit’o humor for the summer outdoor season with a witty barbeque made from a fire bucket and solar lights housed in a traditional mason jar.

The…