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These eight attractive desk lamps feature eco-friendly LED bulbs.Earlier this year IKEA announced it would stop selling traditional incandescent light bulbs by the end of 2010, and new federal mandates that require light bulbs to use 30% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs do by 2014. At the start of a new year, we wondered about lighting design in 2011 and beyond.
Will the bulbs of the past become all but extinct? Will designers need to design for the newer, more energy-efficient styles of bulbs like compact flourescent, halogen and LED. Will it change lighting design completely? Yes, and no. Whatever the new law's impact, we're already seeing great promise in the world of eco-friendly lighting design -- in a range of styles. These LED task lamps are prime examples of products that both look good and are energy efficient.
Photos: (left) IKEA, (right) West Elm
Just because there's new technology doesn't mean hat designs can't harken back to the past. Both IKEA's clamp spotlight and West Elm's student-designed task lamp would look right at home with your collection of mid-century modern furnishings.
Left: JANSJÖ Clamp spotlight, $30, IKEA
Right: Pratt LED Table Lamp, $129, West Elm
Photos: (left) Stacks & Stacks, (right) LightingDirect.com
One of the beauties of LED bulbs is that they are so small. As a result, designers can create lights that are more slender and sleeker than ever before. Case in point: These two stunners from Adesso and Z-Bar.
Left: Z-Bar High Power LED Desk Lamp, $165, StacksandStacks.com
Right: Adesso Modern Radar Desk Lamp, $105, LightingDirect.com
Photos: (left) JCPenney, (right) CB2
You can stop worrying that all the latest lighting is going to be space-age or contemporary cool: Using the latest LED technology doesn't preclude a more traditional design. Both JCPenney and CB2 are showcasing more traditional looking lamps with LED bulbs.
Left: Linden Street Task LED Table Lamp, $75 (on sale), JCPenney
Right: Crane Grellow Desk Lamp, $100, CB2
Photos: (left) Design Within Reach, (right) Room & Board
IKEA is not the only one getting into the LED game. Some decidedly high-end designers are trying their hand at designing LED task lamps. Yves Behar's Leaf Lamp and James Irvine's w082t LED Lamp are almost sculptural in their designs. Sadly for us penny-pinchers, they have high art prices to match.
Left: Irvine w082t LED Lamp, $550, DWR.com
Right: Yves Behar for Herman Miller(R) Leaf Lamp, $379, RoomandBoard.com
Want more lighting ideas? Check out these posts:
- Getting Light Just Right
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