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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Lava lamps are the most stylish household relic of the 1960s.

What is the best lava lamp? It seems that no matter how much culture changes, there’s always a demand for the retro, which is why the playful visuals of a lava lamp never seem to go out of style.

Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis always wanted to create a giant lava lamp, and has achieved that dream with Column, a cylindrical and oversized version of lighting brand Mathmos's iconic 1960s design.

The British-made lamps have surged in popularity as younger audiences seek to recapture magic of the 1960s Depending on your age, you may remember them from Doctor Who and The Prisoner in the 1960s, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everybody loves lava lamps. But perhaps nobody loves lava lamps quite as much as the town of Soap Lake, Washington. In Soap Lake, they’ve been planning to build a 60-foot-tall lava lamp for eleven ...