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 ...

A new desk lamp is taking over from the lava lamp -- by replacing the boring old wax lava with interactive magnetic fluid. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

It’s not exactly an accident that so few people have a clear idea of what’s inside a lava lamp, as manufacturers are notoriously tight-lipped about their top-secret recipes. Having said that, knowing ...

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 ...

The company that invented a device which lit up the swinging sixties is celebrating 50 years of the lava lamp. Former naturist camp owner Edward Craven Walker invented the lamp and his company Mathmos ...