Lava lamps are cult. They were invented in the 1960s by the British manufacturer Mathmos, which still sells them in various versions today. Mathmos prides itself on its particularly high quality and ...

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 ...

Lava Lamps are pretty straightforward beasts: take a hot bulb, slap a glass jar full of liquid and wax on top, and watch the undulating shapes simmer around while you try to remember exactly what was ...

ICONIC lava lamp brand Mathmos has announced a new collection of limited edition Astro lava lamps in celebration of its 60th Anniversary. The Poole company's first collaboration is with Studio Job ...

The iO model has a more elaborate design, with the base and lid screwed together. The next day, the head of technical product development, Howard Mitchell, got in touch. He recognized the problem ...

The Rolling Stones and lava lamp pioneers Mathmos have collaborated on a red vinyl Astro lava lamp. The collaboration celebrates a shared heritage dating back to 1963: the year the Stones released ...

The story of the lava lamp begins in a Hampshire pub, where a British accountant named Edward Craven Walker spotted an unusual homemade egg timer made out of a cocktail shaker. In September 1963, he ...