Favourite Lighting

Unique Ways to Light up your Life:

• Philippe Starck's sassy and glinty lighting in the form of Miss K Lamp from the MoMA Store.
• Animal lamps from the Design by Moooi boutique in Paris (and a host of other European cities) are gorgeous. The fiberglass Horse Lamp is startlingly life size; the Rabbit Lamp is smaller . . . by a hare.
• Handsome lighting fixtures from TAF, a Swedish design firm whose unspoken motto seems to be great design with a touch of anarchy.
• There's something very sensual about designer Jeremy Pyles' hand-blown modern glass pendants for Niche Modern.
• Groovy BDLove Lamp line by designer Ross Lovegrove is meant to be lights and bench seating for indoor and outdoor public spaces. Phooey. Put one of these glowing putter-looking pieces in your home and get the party started!
• There's a limited edition of Word Bell lamps designed by Alison Berger Glassworks. Handblown crystal etched by the artist with translated text from DaVinci's notebook and his musings about light, optics, and natural conditions.
• The Scheisse Light from Norway's Northern Lighting was named for the expletive one says when you've just dropped and exploded a lightbulb. Clever name, cool light.

Inspired by the popularity of YouTube and videos on the internet, Irwin Weiner and Jay Johnson created Design2Share in November 2006, an online podcast of advice and inspiration on homes, gardens, and architecture.