Textile machinery importer Jac Jacobsen was running his business as usual one day in 1936 when “two crane-like spring balanced ‘monster’ task lights” designed by an automotive engineer named George Carwardine arrived at his door to help illuminate the machinery within. Taken with the concept, Jacobsen purchased distributorship rights and began using his own engineering [...]
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Origami Inspired Lighting Casts Beautiful Glow for your Interiors
Lighting can inspire, delight, and illuminate your home all at the same time. When was the last time you were intrigued with your table lamp? Take a look at Molecules by Aqua Creations and origami artist, Ilan Garibi. The intricate paper art of origami is translated into these beautiful lamps that transition in height from [...]
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Unique and stylish glass sphere pendant cluster lamps
Simply named 14, this stylish family of low voltage pendant lamps are cast from frosted glass with a 10 W halogen lamp or 1.5 W LED which, when clustered together gives the impression of a collection of candles, such is the effect given off through the frosted glass. Designed by Bocci, the light emanated from [...]
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Surround Me collection by Andromeda
Born in 2011 and designed in house, the Surround me collection is initially suggested in 7 colors (Frida, Rosalba, Tamara, Marguerite, Diane, Artemisia, Tina): each name recalls a woman who achieved great importance in the Art history, an homage to the female genius and to the importance of women’s role in humanity’s artistic evolution – a factor that [...]
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Modern Homes Shine Brightly under Innovative Lighting Fixtures
Truly modern homes are creative, unique and contemporary in all aspects, from the colors and range of materials employed to the decorations on the walls and the lighting fixtures. As a matter of fact, lighting fixtures are pivotal to any successful design. They are functional, as the type and temperature of the light they shine [...]
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Dahlia lamps
The creation of Janne Kyttänen, a rapid prototyping technology pioneer from Finland, Dahlia wall lamps are an innovative and stylish lighting idea for the modern home. The process of rapid prototyping technology is the automatic construction of physical parts using solid freeform fabrication. Believed by many to be the “next step up” in design manufacturing, [...]
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11 Elegant Suspension lights
Combining modern styles with practical elegance, suspension lights from Nemo Cassina are the pride of their prestigious lighting division. Eleven totally different designs, yet one simple concept in common – they all hang from the ceiling. Manufactured from a number of different materials – such as metal, anodized aluminium, pyrex glass and tempered glass – [...]
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Chair meets lamp – the poets chair by Nieuwe Heren
When relaxing and reading at home we will need two items, a chair and a lamp, so blending the two together only seems like a natural evolution for the two. The poets chair achieves exactly that – a simple chair with a lamp attached and extending from the back of the chair. Designed by Nieuwe [...]
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Creative lighting designs sculptured from colored glass
Designed and sculptured by Italian company Andromeda Murano, these creative lighting products named Nastro have fantastic intricate designs crafted from colored glass. The collection includes extravagant chandeliers, ceiling lamps, hanging lamps and wall brackets. Each piece has a twisted and curved style, with numerous fragments intertwined with each other to create a fabulous modern art [...]
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Creative and artistic lamp collection by Aqua creations
This stunning and creative collection of lamps is designed by Aqua Creations, a colorful selection of artistic lighting which is guaranteed to add a unique and imaginative style to the room they are placed in. In the range is a whole variety of different lighting – floor-standing lamps, suspended ceiling lamps, fixed wall lights and [...]
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Simple Ways to Add Light to Any Room
If there is a room in your home that just isn’t getting enough light there are some simple things that you can do to brighten the space. Sure, the best thing would be to put in another window or a sky-light, but that may not be possible given the time of year or your financial [...]
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Goliath – the illuminated pendant skull lamp
Manufactured from bone china, the Goliath lamp shade is crafted into a giant sized skull. Suspended from above, the skull floats in mid air, glowing from within to highlight the cranium, eyes and nostrils. Designed by UK designer, Alex Garnett, Goliath makes one instantly thinks of gothic interiors, a lampshade perfect for a halloween theme. [...]
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Le Soleil innovative and stylish suspension lamps
The Le Soleil suspension lamps by Foscarini were designed by Vincent Garcia Jimenez, a designer originally from Valencia who now plys his trade in Italy, where he has a studio producing innovative lighting products and furniture. The Le Soleil lamp is suspended by three wires with the cable exposed in the middle. It’s made of [...]
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