The need to minimize the energy we use need not necessarily impact adversely on the form or function of a device. This premise is elegantly demonstrated by Ambio, a "bacterial lamp" created by ...

It may look extraterrestrial, but the inspiration behind swedish designer Markus Johansson’s Cirrata lamp actually makes its home in the ocean deep. Borrowing from the shapes of cirrata, a sub-family ...

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