Intriguing New Lava Lamp Design
- Editor OGN Daily
- Oct 30
- 1 min read
When designer Sabine Marcelis teamed up with Mathmos, the original creators of the 1960s lava lamp, the result was less a retro gadget and more a piece of living sculpture.
Sabine Marcelis is an artist and designer who runs her practice from the harbor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. After graduating from the Design Academy of Eindhoven in 2011, Marcelis began working within the fields of product, installation and spatial design with a strong focus on materiality. Her work is characterized by pure forms which highlight material properties.
For her lava lamp design, together with Matmos, they have created the Column, a towering three-meter-tall (9 ft) lava lamp that blends light, motion, and design into one mesmerizing form - providing a novel, architectural lighting solution.
The Column is a frosted glass cylinder filled with gently floating wax shapes, glowing in soft pastel hues of pink, peach, and green. Instead of a tabletop accessory, it becomes the room itself, an illuminated column of slow, hypnotic movement.
Marcelis brings her signature minimalist touch to the project, transforming the lava lamp’s playful essence into something refined and architectural.
