Mathmos Lava Lamps 00s to Now

Mathmos lamps have a appeared in many photo shoots over the years. Some of our favourites are the series of images shot by the famous photographer Rankin for Dazed and Confused magazine, images by French photographer Philip Jarrigeon, those for How To Spend It magazine and for London’s Peanut Factory Studio.

For our own more recent London photo shoots we have chosen great buildings such as The Barbican Centre, Second Home London Fields and Ravensbourne University.

Mathmos lamps are cultural icons and have featured in many exhibitions and museum collections. These are a selection; 
 
Mathmos partnered with Poole Museum for “Light Up Poole: event with Mathmos lava lamps having the window, a lava lounge and trail through the museum. In London at Harrods’ Design Icons exhibition, which then travelled onward to the Design Museum. The largest lava lamp in the world at The South Bank Centre for our 50th anniversary. Permanent collections of the The Museum of The Home and The V&A.
 
In Berlin at the Light Festival and Live From Earth Festival, in Hamburg in the Museum fur Kunst and Gewerbe, in the Vitra Design Museum. In the Cooper Hewitt Museum New York at the Zurich Design Museum and in Norway’s Vitemeir.

TV shows about Mathmos our history and manufacture include; The Discovery Channel made a film of Mathmos lava lamp production for the “How Does It Work” series and the manufacture of our lava lamps also featured in ITV’s Made in Britain series. 
 
Mathmos lava lamps regularly appear in TV shows, here are a few;
UK; Louis Theroux, Crackerjack, Taskmaster, Big Brother, Sky Arts, CNN, ITV This morning, Q.I., The Graham Norton Show, Chris Ramsey Show, Sky Arts, Top Gear, Jamie Oliver Food Revolution, The Gadget Show.

Fluidium a new lava lamp designed by celebrated designer Ross Lovegrove. Now out of production.