Perhaps no object represents the rebellious, psychedelic spirit of the 1960s better than the lava lamp. During a tumultuous time defined by antiwar protests, the civil rights movement, shocking ...

Inspired by Marcelis’ vision of floor-to-ceiling light sculptures, the ‘Column’ lamp is pure psychedelic whimsy, reimagined at an architectural scale. ‘I always wanted to design a giant lava lamp,’ ...

• British inventor Edward Craven Walker created the “Astro” Lamp which he presented at a trade show in Brussels in 1965 which caught the eye of entrepreneur Adolph Wertheimer. He and his partner ...