After the 1990s, Mathmos continued producing their iconic lava lamp range and would transition to also producing a diverse array of LED ambient lights, Airswitch lights and Candlelights. 2000 would see the launch of Fluidium and 2002 would see the launch of Jetstream. Lunar, Telstar would be retired along with Glitter Baby. Telstar was relaunched in Summer of 2005. In 2009, Mathmos would introduce Fireflow R1 and O1, two new candle powered lava lamp designs alongside a new white edition of the Astro Baby. Fireflow R1 presents a mini rocket shaped candle powered lava lamp design whilst Fireflow O1 presents a more modern tubular design that features the bottle levitating within. New colour combinations such as Clear/ Turquoise, Clear/ Pink and Clear/ Pink were also added. Smart Astro would land in 2010, a new version of the Astro lamp that removes the lightbulb with a dedicated heat plate and colour changing LED technology. 2010 would also see Mathmos create Mathmos Monster giant tubular lava lamps. In 2012, Mathmos introduced a black finished Astro, which would inspire them to create a Heritage Astro range of lava lamps, to celebrate their 50th Anniversary in 2013. Enjoy the images below which display the diversity of post 1990s Mathmos lava lamps. |
www.hippielight.com | Presents the Mathmos Smart Astro lava lamp design ... Smart Astro by Mathmos in 2010, alongside their Monster lava lamp designs, deserve a special mention. In 2010, with the increasing echos of light bulb bans, Mathmos looked to the future to create a version of their Astro lamp which would not be powered by the traditional humble light bulb but a heat plate and a cluster of chip-controlled colour changing LEDs. Early versions of Smart Astro were limited editions. Smart Astro is controlled by a touch sensitive button on the base of the lava lamp. Please note the Smart Astro, uses a much softer formulation, which requires drastically less heat to power up, run and flow. |
www.hippielight.com | 50 Years of the Mathmos lava lamp | 2013 Celebrates the 50th Birthday of the lava lamp ... 2013 would see Mathmos celebrate 50 years of the Mathmos lava lamp invented by Edward Craven Walker in 1963. As part of the celebrations, Mathmos would launch an Astro Heritage lineup featuring anodised bases and caps with interesting colour combinations. Mathmos would also create a special limited edition 50th Astro lava lamp. As part of the celebrations Mathmos would create the world's largest lava lamp design placed at the Southbank Centre/ Royal Festival Hall - Click to see the world's largest lava lamp. Enjoy the images below ... |
www.hippielight.com | Presents the Mathmos Fireflow R1 Design ... In 2009, alongside Mathmos' vintage lava lamp exhibition in London, Mathmos introduced a range of candle powered lava lamp designs known as Fireflow. R1 presented a silver/ gun metal finished rocket design and O1 presented a modern futuristic design. Early and original Fireflow colour combinations featured clear masterfluid due the lack of an electric bulb. Original colourways were: Clear/ Blue, Clear/ Pink, Clear/ Green, Clear/ Violet and Glitter. Clear/ Violet, Glitter colourways and the R1 gunmetal finish were retired. Subsequently all these colourways would be discontinued with the introduction of Violet/ Orange and Blue/ Yellow. Mathmos then introduced a copper version of Fireflow R1 and this saw the addition of Yellow/ Orange and Blue/ Pink. Fireflow R1 which was originally offered in silver and gun-metal finishes. The gun-metal finish would be retired and far later in 2018 a copper finish would be introduced. Enjoy the images below of Fireflow R1 ... |
www.hippielight.com | Presents the Mathmos Pod Design ... In 2018, alongside Mathmos' Fireflow R1 candle powered lava lamp design, Mathmos introduced the Mathmos Pod and Pod+ candle powered lava lamp designs, pod shaped candle powered lava lamps. Later on both Pod and Pod+ would feature a copper finish alongside the chrome finish too. Enjoy the images below of the Mathmos Pod candle powered lava lamp design ... |
www.hippielight.com | Presenting the Mathmos Space Projector | Oil & Graphic Projections ... In the 1990s, Mathmos created the Space Projector, a trippy light projector that features GOBO slide wheels that rotate within and project a kinetic liquid image on any blank surface. In the 2000s, Mathmos extended on their Space Projector concept with graphic slides that present surreal wallpaper rotating and Graphic packs which superimpose onto the oil wheel projection. Enjoy the images below ... |
