Bottom: Partially-assembled. The finished lamp shade is spherical, but is made entirely from flat-packed pieces of laser-cut wood that have been specifically designed to minimize distortion when ...

On [Tony]’s lamp these bands degraded with age, causing it to fall apart. The solution? A set of cleverly-designed laser-cut clips to replace them. The challenge to replacing a stretchy material ...

What makes this hybrid lamp shine (pun unavoidable ... combining PLA 3D prints with laser‑cut wood insert (or vice versa) that snap in flush, hiding a neodymium magnet tucked behind the inlay.