A particular theme in this endeavour comes from the IKEA hacking community, who take the products of the Swedish furniture store and use them for the basis of their work.

You may wonder — do you have to buy an IKEA lightbulb to go with their lamps? Not at all — as long as the lightbulb you have in mind is compatible with the socket size and wattage. However, ...

But if you’d prefer to buy one instead, there’s an adorable mushroom lamp from IKEA that fits the bill. The IKEA NÖDMAST is a little cordless lamp that has a simple dome shade and cylindrical base, ...