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These dynamic modern lights from Japan create a cool glow in any space without need for connecting them to an external power source.

Kyouei Design’s Mobile Lights store solar energy during the day, and automatically turn on when its dark…

This modern, minimal lighting fixture from designer David Abad takes queues from a traditional incandescent lightbulb, but the resemblance is only skin deep.

Created for Spain’s DAB Light Works, the bulb-shaped Dear Edi (a nod to Thomas Edison) lamp is actually made from metal, not glass…

These minimal lighting fixtures actually are designed to be shipped flat, like a postcard. Each lamp is actually a laser-cut sheet of aluminum with an embedded LED illumination source and powered by a single button battery…

This unique pendant lighting fixture looks just like a microphone. The SOLO light casts an ethereal glow from its mesh cage, and would look great hanging over a bedside table or in front of your stereo rack.

Brooklyn artist Donna Jo Bradley offers these audio-inspired lamps on her Etsy shop…

This little pendant might look like a tiny camera, but it’s secret identity is a digital music player.

The handmade wooden mini-cameras have an embedded Motz Music Box at their core, letting them play MP3, WMA and OGG files.

The only real downside to the player is that it only has 256MB of memory, and doesn’t look like it’s expandable…

Tagz are programmable scrolling LED tags that hang from a pendant. You can program a message of your choice by pressing a couple of buttons on the back of the tag.
I’m not sure if tagZ will be the next big trend with the kidZ, but they sure look cooler than the tacky glow stick necklaces that show up at the occasional rave…