The British-made lamps have surged in popularity as younger audiences seek to recapture magic of the 1960s ...

The home décor staple of the 1960s and early ’70s counterculture is making a comeback. By Jessica Bumpus Samuel Elmore first saw a lava lamp when he was about 12 or 13 years old and walking through a ...

Lava Lamps are pretty straightforward beasts: take a hot bulb, slap a glass jar full of liquid and wax on top, and watch the undulating shapes simmer around while you try to remember exactly what was ...

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 ...

If we got a mobile phone charm for every phone charm we ever saw, then we'd have a lot of phone charms. Most don't pass the Crave test, which is why you never hear about them. This one from Mathmos, ...

Lava lamps are cult. They were invented in the 1960s by the British manufacturer Mathmos, which still sells them in various versions today. Mathmos prides itself on its particularly high quality and ...

There was a time when Mathmos, makers of iconic lava lamps and other lighting goodies, were producing darned creative stuff. The Tumbler was one such design – a rechargeable colour changing slab that ...

The iO model has a more elaborate design, with the base and lid screwed together. The next day, the head of technical product development, Howard Mitchell, got in touch. He recognized the problem ...