The lava lamp is again (once more) – and it’s three metres tall

If there’s one object that encapsulates the spirit of the Nineteen Sixties – and later the Nineties, when it noticed a resurgence in reputation, making it a nostalgic staple of millennial childhoods – it’s the lava lamp. Now, its producer, Mathmos,is unveiling a 2025 iteration of the beloved traditional in collaboration with Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis. This marks the third partnership between the model and the designer (who has beforehand created a yellow and a burgundy lava lamp) and introduces two new editions: a large 296cm ‘Column Lava Lamp’ and a pale inexperienced re-edition of the 1963 ‘Astro Lava Lamp’.

Sabine Marcelis’ tall order of a lava lamp

Impressed by Marcelis’ imaginative and prescient of floor-to-ceiling mild sculptures, the ‘Column’ lamp is pure psychedelic whimsy, reimagined at an architectural scale. ‘I at all times wished to design a large lava lamp,’ says the designer. ‘In my very first assembly with Mathmos, I imagined making a room stuffed with towering lava lamps. That dream is now changing into actuality.’

Standing almost 3m tall, the ‘Column’ encompasses a slender frosted glass cylinder housing the hypnotically slow-moving lava blobs. The result’s a luminous, fluid sculpture that feels each nostalgic and futuristic. It’s obtainable in three candy-hued colourways: Bubblegum (pink), Peach (mild orange), and Honeydew (mild inexperienced). Every lamp is made to order, with customisable peak specs.

Mathmos and Marcelis are additionally bringing again the unique ‘Astro’ lava lamp in a restricted version of 1,000 items, every completed within the Honeydew shade. The ‘Astro’ was the very first mannequin, created in 1963 by British inventor Edward Craven Walker, drawing inspiration from an period captivated by rising applied sciences and area exploration. The reissue showcases Marcelis’ trademark frosted glass, a customized hand-filled Honeydew lava mix, and a matte mint-green aluminium base and cap.

Marcelis and Mathmos reimagine the lava lamp in placing new types: a space-defining sculpture and a collectible reissue of the mannequin that began all of it. A traditional reborn for design lovers and Nineties youngsters alike.