If you grew up pre-Y2K, chances are you’re familiar with the concept of a lava lamp. It’s much less likely that you’ve ever encountered a lamp made out of literal lava. That’s the basic description of ...

Want to turn on, tune in, and drop out? The lava lamp is your go-to device. Hailing from the same era as the famous Timothy Leary quote, this hippy, trippy lamp, with its slowly undulating globules, ...

Sure it’s loopy, but in Soap Lake they aren’t laughing. An Everett architect’s design for a giant lava lamp has solid support from solid citizens. “It can be done. It’s a good idea, I think. We want ...

What is the best lava lamp? It seems that no matter how much culture changes, there’s always a demand for the retro, which is ...

In 2024, Mathmos’ Astro Lava Lamp celebrates its 60th anniversary with a series of creative collaborations that include a lava lamp by Sabine Marcelis that honours the design's original magic with a ...

Regular lava lamps haven’t been unironically cool in decades, but technologists keep finding new and exciting ways to update them for the 21st century. Recently, we covered the way that Silicon Valley ...