With today's pimped out luxury vehicles (flat-screen TVs, voice command systems, etc.), it's easy to forget about the lowly tail light, the modest bit of plastic that, when illuminated, gently reminds the car behind you that you're slowing down--and that they should too. 

Yet designer Stuart Haygarth celebrates precisely that in his chandelier built from cars' rear reflectors.  A highlight of this year's London Design Festival (read more about the event here), it manages to elevate the utilitarian to the level of high concept design.

--David Coggins