www.britishinvention.com | The History of the Lava Lamp | Mathmos invented the lava lamp in Great Britain in 1963 | The Mathmos 1990s Years | Iconic lava lamps from the 1990s ...
Below: The 1990s was a massive period of revival for the lava lamp. In the late 1980s, Cressida Granger & David Mulley approached Christine and Edward Craven Walker, to introduce the product to the new generation. Designs from the past would return, featuring new finishes, colour-ways and even new products. Lunar (1991) and Telstar (1993), space age rocket shaped lava lamps were created and were instantly popular. Early examples of Telstar were finished with anodised metal parts and matching colour combinations. Astro would return, in an aluminium finish, trading the copper finish seen so often in the past. Crestworth would become known as Mathmos, a name taken from the cult 1960s film Barbarella.
Astro Mini would return as the Astro Baby in 1997 with a side sister product, offering glitter as Glitter Baby. Telstar would see a Millennium Edition launched and 3-in-1 Astro offered three colours in one lamp via different coloured bulbs and a white bottle. New fibre optic designs were launched and the period even saw its own aromatherapy lamp, named Sputnik launched in a rather spacey form. The Jet would also be offered in a white range of colourful finishes at the end of the period. Beyond the 1990s, Mathmos introduced Fluidium and Jetstream, Fireflow (Candle-powered lava lamps) and so much more ... |
