# Starry Night Lamps The Plexiglass Lamp Has a Hidden Bulb to Create the Perfect Mood By Rose Nazarali | Published 2010-01-09 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/plexiglass-lamp References: [hometone.org](http://www.hometone.org/entry/plexiglass-lamp-glows-miraculously/) & [industrialdesignserved](http://www.industrialdesignserved.com/Gallery/Plexiglass/343957) The Plexiglass Lamp is meant to create the perfect starry night right in your living room. The mood setting design uses an [energy-saving bulb](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/delite-20) that hides in the base of the light bulb. The light source is shot through the plexiglass rods to create the perfect setting for a romantic night in. Even when unlit, the Plexiglass Lamp looks like a [piece of modern art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tuloa). Check it out in the gallery above! **Implications** - Consumers are trying to conserve energy costs due to the recent economic downturn. Low-energy products also satiate consumer desire to reduce their carbon footprints upon the planet, a pattern that's proliferated on a societal scale. Corporations looking to influence consumer purchases may find it advantageous to engineer their products to utilize as minimal energy as possible. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.5/10 - Popularity: 12% | Activity: 24% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Energy-saving Lighting:** Creating low-energy lighting products that can still meet customers' mood-setting needs is an area of disruptive innovation. - **Mood-setting Design:** Designing products with the specific goal of setting a desired mood (in this case, a romantic setting) is a trend in consumer product design. - **Functional Art:** Creating functional products (in this case, a lamp) that also have an aesthetic appeal even when unlit is an area of disruptive innovation. ### Where This Applies - **Lighting:** Creating energy-saving lighting products can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for the lighting industry. - **Home Decor:** Designing products that serve both a functional purpose and have an aesthetic appeal can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for the home decor industry. - **Hospitality:** Incorporating mood-setting design into hospitality environments (such as hotels or restaurants) can be a disruptive innovation opportunity for the hospitality industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Hollow Candle-Like Table Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lampe.md) - [Geometric Industrial Desktop Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nebula-lamp.md) - [Glowing Power-Free Lamp Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nisshoku.md) - [Eclipse-Inspired Whimsical Pendant Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/space-traveler.md) - [Encapsulated Semi-Transparent Lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nested-pendant-light.md) - [Fishnet-Made Pendant Lights](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/philips-mycreation-droplet-lamp.md) - [3D-Printed Mood Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/orbyt.md) - [Recycled Material Lamp Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cozy-cleo-lamp.md) - [Luxurious Futuristic Table Lamps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/futuristic-table-lamp.md)