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Cloud b Twilight Constellation Night Light

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Cloud b Twilight Constellation is a super cute night light for children that also moonlights as a stuff toy. Selling on Amazon for $27.75, this educational nightlight is desi

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IKEA HUSVIK Spotlights

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HUSVIK Spotlights from IKEA is a good and minimalist way to light up a space. Selling for $39.99, the spotlights are adjustable in nature and can take up to a halogen bulb of 12V, 20W. Designed by Tord Björklund, the spotlight complements  other lamps in the same series.

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TRÅL Ceiling Spotlight

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The TRÅL Ceiling spotlight with 3 lights is an affordable lighting situation from IKEA US. Retailing for $24.99, the adjustable spotlights have been designed by Olle Lundberg and the lights comes equipped with a halogen  bulb GU10 35W reflector.

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Broken Mirror Lights

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Hye-Yeon Kim is the brains behind the stunning and brilliant ‘Broken Mirror Lights’ system. As you can see from the photo below, his idea is to make intricate patterns by shaping the mirrors cracks and I must say each creation is nothing less than an art piece. Via Inewidea

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IKEA KALLT Silhouette Light

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If you swear by IKEA and prefer them over other expensive retailers then we hear you. You should also check out the KALLT Silhouette light which will be perfect this Christmas. Made of ABS Plastic, this star shaped lights have been designed by Ola Wihlborg and sell for $24.99 each. Product dimensions Width: 25 ½ “ Cord length: 16 ‘ 5 “ Width: 65 cm Cord length: 5 m

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Pocket Sized Lantern

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Make your own Pocket Sized Lantern and battle power cuts with style. It can also act as a portable source of light and it doesn’t require battery.

Step 1 Things you’ll need: 1. Jar: Here I used a small jar of jam from some airline. The only real requirement is that the jar has a metal lid. Ideally use only those jars with no paint on the lid if you want to avoid unpleasant fumes.

2. Wick: I happened to have a wick from an old lantern that was lying around, but you could just as easily use a shoelace (plastic ends cut off) or any rolled up piece of cloth. *TIP*

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DIY: LED Dot-Matrix Display

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Make your own cool LED Dot-Matrix display and make sure its the life and light of the next party you throw.

“First thing to do is to add all the support stuff for PIC, so I need power supply, download socket and reset. I also need to arrange the outputs in simple to use rows. This defined the size of the PCBs so I spent as much time as I could reducing the size until I couldn’t get it any smaller.”

“The next step was to place the 20 LEDs in the dot-matrix, connectign all the anodes in columns and all the cathodes in rows. This is impossible to d

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Dynamic Lamp

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Reading lights are seldom cool or innovative. However the Dynamic Lamp doesn’t suffer from the same fate as it boasts of an inventive design approach. Designed by Karin Johansson from Sweden, the lamp has a dynamo inside to generate energy as you spin it making it portable.

Via Design Spotter

Please Note: This is product is not affiliated with Keetsa or Bedzine and cannot be found in their stores.

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DIY: Make Milk Bottle LED Lights

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Make Milk Bottle LED Lights at home and light up  your place. The Arduino Controlled lights consume very little power and making them extremely easy.

To manufacture the lights themselves, you will need:

PPE milk bottles Sheet of 3mm clear acrylic 2 core electrical cable (or speaker wire will do – it can be fairly light duty since it will only take about 12v and very little current, depending on how you design your circuit). LEDs Resistors Solder Heat shrink tubing An old transformer (wall wart to Americans), plus socket+plug to go with it. Braided copper wire So

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The Spike Light

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The Spike Light would make for a stunning centerpiece in any kind of room. Designed by James Clar, the light measures 1.2 meters high and is lit with a h 6 x 55w compact fluorescent bulb.

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