If you want to waste time in a meaningful way, get yourself an hourglass. It’s simultaneously mesmerizing and terrifying to sit there and watch the seconds slip through the threshold that separates ...

After the debut of her Live Screen hydroponic garden during NY Design Week 2012, Brooklyn-based designer Danielle Trofe is returning this year with a new series of off-the-grid LED lighting fixtures ...

Brooklyn-based designer Danielle Trofe has found a more practical use for one of the more time-tested pieces of measuring equipment—the hourglass. Using the kinetic energy of the falling sand as a ...

This interesting lantern concept from designer Young Bok Kim puts a modern twist on the ancient hourglass by draining the light from LEDs instead of sand. By adjusting the dial in the center, you can ...