Anyone who likes to read knows how infuriating it can be to do so in the dark. Turns out , you need light to read. And more than a little! Find yourself in a poorly lit room, and there’ll be a lot of squinting, angling and twisting your body around, ruining your eyes, your comfort, and the story you’re trying to absorb. Designer Giha Woo’s “Hidden Light” chair solves this problem by incorporating a lamp right into your seat’s metal frame, which swings out like a book light built right into your chair

> > View all There was a royal wedding today? You don’t say! I’m not too much for pomp, circumstance, or royalty, but if the princely couple came out in this carriage, I think I might actually care (a little). Reza Esmaeeli, a London-based designer and architect, sought to throw out the traditional, old-fashioned carriage the royal couple rode in and imagined something significantly more awesome: an avante-garde pod of glass marbled with white glass-reinforced plastic.

TiGr looks like a length of packaging strap, but is made from titanium TiGr is a newly invented bike lock which uses a titanium band instead of a chain, shackle or cable. The lightweight “bow” is secured by a titanium-encased Abloy Protec steel lock, and is long enough to thread through both wheels and around a secure post. The TiGr comes from cyclist and lock-maniac John Loughlin, who is funding his project through — where else? — Kickstarter

The paper record player is probably the best wedding invitation ever When Kelli Anderson designed a wedding invitation for her friends — lawyer/DJ (Karen) and sound engineer (Mike) — she came up with the perfect balance of nerdy and cool: The Paper Record Player. Aside from the actual mechanics, the design of the invitation is gorgeous, with great 1950s-style graphics and lettering. Flip the pages and you’ll eventually come across a flexidisc record

If you would have noticed by now, there would be a bunch of product design students attached to the University of Dundee who have to come up with a final year project, and they are busy pinging gadget and design blogs all over the place to pimp their design, hoping to gain as much accolade and bouquets as possible. Jennifer Crossley has come up with a rather interesting Music Echo concept, where she intends for this device to help those out with hearing impairments. The Music Echo intends to help hearing impaired folks enhance their enjoyment of music, where it is able to take just about any song, vibrating the music through a range of interactive beads to clarify it further