In one of the grooviest bits of financial news to emerge Monday, Chicago private-equity firm Talon Merchant Capital disclosed that it has acquired the producer of the iconic 1960s fixture commonly ...

Since it tends to be associated with the shaga- delic 1970s, it is hard to believe the lava lamp is celebrating its 40th birthday. But although it seems somewhat younger, the ultimate retro “light ...

Ah, the 1970s-a time of bell bottoms, lava lamps, and the sweet sound of disco. While those groovy days might seem like a distant memory, their influence still lingers in our homes, often hiding in ...

Sealed within a transparent, tapered, liquid-filled cylinder, illuminated colored globs slowly rise and fall. Meandering and deforming, their shapes and paths change unpredictably. Invented in 1963, a ...

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 ...