The Zero is available in several different configurations, ranging from a wall sconce to ceiling lamps to floor and table models. The lamps also come with color filters and perforations that create an other worldly ambiance with LED lighting effects. It's worth checking out Punto's other products as well—their self-titled and Linea lines are equally as impressive. [Punto via Trendir]

The only problem is that Robolamps have not gone commercial, but if they did, I have no doubt that they would sell. Well, maybe not the robot that looks like it's admiring its own giant wang, but other than that...[Robolamp on Facebook via Pocket-Lint]

Flickr user kmkelley617's bacon lamp is real and it's (mostly) edible. The shade is made out of 99% handwoven bacon which was then baked as a mold in the oven, probably so kmkelley617 wouldn't find himself violently ill should he get mouthy in the middle of a spontaneous-yet-inevitable man-on-lamp lovemaking session.

The only room we see for improvement is to replace that lightbulb with something of a higher wattage so the lamp becomes a dual bacon idol/bacon cooker, rather than solely the former. [flickr via Oddity Central via The Presurfer via technabob]

Frederik Krebs came up with this combination of solar panels and LED lights which, while definitely a work-in-progress, could bring cheap light to some of the world's poorest regions. I call the lamps a work-in-progress because despite being durable enough to last several years, they run at a mere 1% efficiency. But with the expected final cost of $7 a piece, they're full of life-changing potential, despite that low efficiency.

Some prototypes of the lamps are currently being tested in Zambia. As seen in the picture, the solar panels are left laying flat during the day and then rolled up (and secured with snap-button) into a cone-shaped lamp. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the results of the prototype tests and a final product, because no one should go without artificially lit nights. [IEEE Spectrum via Pop Sci]

The reissued design originally debuted in 1972, and consists of a simple wire frame topped with a plastic dome (available in four colors!!). And if it weren't for the $1200 price tag, we might consider making one ours. (Ha! You thought this thing would be cheap? Since when is mass-producible metal and plastic cheap?) [The Lollipop Shoppe via Unplggd]

This lamp is of a similar mindset.

Wrapped in its own cord, the lamp will rarely be out of reach from the nearest socket...pending a little deconstruction. Buy yours for $150, or bring your own cord for $75. Or, and I'm sure you're mind has beaten me here, build your own entirely for like $5. [Craighton Berman via CoolestGadgets via OhGizmo!]

The Spoticam security lamp, available in white or aluminum, elicits the feeling of being monitored while simultaneously providing a convenient, bendable light source. Your friends and family won't trust your assertions that it's just a lamp, of course, and it won't be long until everyone refuses to visit your apartment. But that's OK. The thrill of exploring your own nasal cavity with CCTV is more than enough entertainment on a Friday night to balance out a general lack of company. [Antrepo via MoCo Loco via DVICE via OhGizmo!]

SHADE brings new life to an iconic form with a formal, tuxedo-like appearance with its terminations to the bulbs referencing bow ties and the stainless steel button head cap screws alluding to silver studs and cuff links.

SHADE is a low voltage fixture using its aircraft aluminum body to conduct electricity to 28, 12V/10W high efficiency, long life and high color rendering Xenon Festoon bulbs. Finished meticulously with catalyzed acrylic enamel, SHADE is available in three colors: torch red, white and silver metallic.

Okaaaaay, I'm not feeling "tuxedo" here, but it does look damn good in whatever it's wearing. [Christopher Moulder via MocoLoco]

Still, Office Space comparisons aside, for me the simple dimming of the four-square OLED, and the fact that these lights won't rape and pillage the environment like those nasty mercury-containing fluorescents we see everywhere today, were cool enough to warrant the wait.

Unfortunately, just like OLED HDTV screens, these lights are starting small and expensive (the prototype shown here is just 24-inches). Hopefully the $2 million Department of Energy grant awarded to manufacturer UDC in July 2008 (it's their prototype) will hasten the process, if only slightly. [YouTube via OLED Info]

The lamp is intended to spend most of its time on a wireless charging stand, which not unlike the Palm's Touchstone or, more precisely, Sanyo's wireless eneloop Wiimote charger. There, it can be switched between the brighter white light mode and a low-draw blue, or "Healing Light," mode. The stand feeds power into the unit's two AA batteries, which power the lamp when it strays from home. Sanyo's press release says it'll switch modes when it's turned horizontal, mentioning that there's some kind of accelerometer, although it seems like a simple activate-on-disconnect system would work just fine.

At first, I had trouble imagining too many uses for a lamp/torch hybrid, but then it hit me: midnight pooping. For that, this lamp is genius. No price or domestic availability info is available yet; Japan will see a launch on September 11th. [Akihabara News]

Oh wait, yes I can. Say I'm downstairs reading and my wife is upstairs reading, and I'm all like, damn, this light is too dim! And then she's like, no, my light is now too dim. Pretty soon you'll either have a strobe scenario to rival the heyday of Club MTV, or you'll have two people yelling at each other in the dark.

But maybe that's it, the point of Share Aware and the other Aware products conceived by designers Karin Ehrnberger and Loove Broms (not "Love Brooms") of the Interactive Institute in Sweden is to bring this sort of thing to our attention: We do all share a finite amount of electricity, whether our lightbulbs show it or not. Still doesn't change the fact that I would be labeled a "light hog" in no time. [Dezeen]

Hand drawn using paper and a pen first, the designs were then carved out of a single, thick piece of watercolor paper, and rolled to create a floor-standing lampshade. Tabbed designs were then carved to keep the tube's shape without other sources of adhesives or fasteners. Whether or not these lamps are fire resistant is unknown, but admittedly, seeing one of these go up in flames would also look pretty cool. [Levent & Romme via Inhabitat]

Although the lamp is powered solely through one block, twisting on additional blocks onto the original one will cause the array to light up. For $104, the TwistTogether comes in a set of four blocks, but was designed so that multiple sets of lamps can be added together to create an almost infinite number of possibilities. However, because these low-voltage LEDs consume less power than a standard night light, don't expect this lamp to help you actually see anything more than a colorful glow in the dark. [Design Public via BBG]

Indeed, there are 49 examples of the small table "Hooo!" version with a price tag of nearly $12,000. On the other hand, there are only 9 of the 6-foot "Haaa!" lamps, and each one of those will set you back around $120,000. I think I will forgo the crystal and wait for a plastic version with the guts of one of those cheap LED wands you find on impulse buy tables in men's clothing stores embedded in it. [Waldemeyer via Born Rich]

The build looks simple enough for someone with a working knowledge of circuitry, and the Arduino allows for lots of customization with sequencing and dimming. If you want to try this Earth-friendly project yourself, the complete instructions are available at Instructables. [Instructables]

The Brave New World Lamp, as it has been dubbed, stands at nearly 6-feet tall using a combination of oak and cast iron balancing weights. However, the lamp does not share the same sturdiness as its Far East and medieval counterparts. According to the description, two hands are needed to operate the hinges to ensure stability. You won't have to worry about busting one up anytime soon though—the lamp appears to be a design piece for now. [Moooi via Dezeen via DVICE]

Called the Tati Lamp, it's one of many of Ferruccio Laviani's designs being shown off during Milan Design Week 09. Completely black when off and white when on, this photo skews the lamp's scale in an enjoyably preposterous way. In reality, the Tati Lamp doesn't take up all the space of an old rear projection big screen. It fits right on the table. [designboom]

Part of the Milan Furniture Fair, the "Love Design" collection explores the idea of incorporating sex toys into everyday home furnishings. Let's just say you should feel lucky that we didn't show you the candelabra butt plug. It'll kill that appetite faster than we can light a candle. [Fast Company and Matteo Cibic via bbGadgets]

LightPot uses LED lights, and can collapse down on itself when not in use. Created by designers Studio Shulab, LightPot still a prototype, but they have big plans to bring this thing to store shelves soon. I want I want I want. [designboom and TreeHugger via CrunchGear]

The lamp itself is suspended from the ceiling with fishing line and the LED shines up and reflects off the surface and the colored disks placed inside the shade. I have to admit, the effect is awesome. [Dezeen]

The lamps were made by Alan Lishness over at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. The round bulbed one was made from a water-cooled dual processor yanked from an Apple G5 desktop, an hour meter, an aircraft compass and 40W LED bulbs.

The other one is the child of a signal switching relay manufactured by the General Railway Signal Company in 1924. The perforated cylinders used to be ink canisters designed for high-speed fabric printing. Don't they make you want to raid your garage and see what you can create? [Lishness - Thanks Alan!]

From designers at Daniel Loves Objects, the At Your Command lamps evoke the intense imagery of a censored orgy filled with a mutant race of man in which skin is made of gold and arms sprout from one's head. They make for a conversation piece that's equally dirty with the lights on or off, and while the lamps are but inanimate objects made of metal, we're not letting them anywhere near our pets. [coroflot via The Design Blog]

Yanko posted this simple, but functional, Nimbus Reading Lamp, created by Donell Huston. Essentially, Huston has the LEDs in the base of the lamp shining up into an angled mirror, which reflects on to the table surface in front of the user. The metal sheeting helps project the light upwards, and the wire holds the mirror in place.

Huston also had a whole bunch of awesome looking prototype sketches, that didn't quite make it into the finished product, but are worth a glance nonetheless. [Donell Huston via Yanko Design]

The Bazooka Light (along with the uzi, sniper rifle and pistol) is not some plastic novelty. It's an all-metal lamp—one that will feel like a real gun in your child's hands as he or she puts a stop to the Boogie Man's reign of terror once and for all.

Sadly, these lamps are limited edition and probably cost a premium price. But what's the smile of a child worth, their small face beaming in the aura of luminescent weaponry. [Twenty First Gallery via Nerd Approved]

Created by Reddish Design Studio, the On-Off table lamp has a hinge/break point in the middle of its neck/stem that turns off when detatched, and comes back to life when you put it back together. The creators say it's meant "to highlight the user's intervention in the product, but it just seems like an outlet for displaced anger to me.

I could just imagine the wonderfully dysfunctional things one could say to the lamp while using it:

"I'm sorry lamp, I only did it because I love you"...

"If you weren't so bright, I wouldn't have to break you in half"...

"It only happens when my power bill is high. You know I'm not like this normally." [Reddish via Dvice]

Priced at a steep $640 per pair, you can offset that cost since—and I'm not sure you were quick enough to notice this—the lampshades actually double as hats. I know, I know. Without us, you'd never learn to save money. And you would have never realized that your alien fixture complete with lava lamp phallus could decorate your front porch, just like a ceramic goose. [Hidden Art Shop via bbGadgets]

Like the previous version, this bulb utilizes Bluetooth to stream content to the built-in speaker. However, it also features a separate plug-in that can be attached to an iPod. So, essentially, you can stream your music throughout the house with a remote to control the action. Still, I would love to see something that could be plugged into any audio device and controlled with a separate remote. Because, outside of music, I can see this as being great way to establish a surround sound setup. Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing when and if we will ever get a real world product to play around with. [Castiglione Morelli via Crunchgear via Boing Boing Gadgets]

By designer by Sehwan Oh, the Peel Off Lamp's shade is covered in a mosaic pattern that can be pulled away in tiny pre-sliced sections. Even yanking away the plastic pieces at random could create a fairly pleasing and intricate pattern without the need for artistic talent. And with what are surely millions of design combinations, it will only sort of look like your neighbor's lamp, just like you only sort of desire his wife or only sort of examine his trash in search for loose hairs on discarded combs. [sehwanoh Yanko Design]

This DIY project seems a bit time consuming—so you really have to want it. However, the man behind it was able to get the job done with only a small supply of basic tools. If you have some decent equiptment like a band saw or a scroll saw, you should be able to get this one done in record time using the instructions provided in the following link. [instructables]