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The next time you happen to be forging through the wilds of a desk-littered office space, or sounding the depths of an artifact-laden artist’s studio, don’t dismiss the occasional thin, reedy, or bent-looking stick as wire detritus, as the mere leavings of an untidy sweeper. For the ostensible refuse just might be a sampling of designer Todd Bracher’s Stick, his series of elegant desk and floor lamps Read more…
Like fellow Dutchmen (and women) from David Graas to Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf to Laurens Manders, Jacco Maris has a way with light. Since 1994 Maris and perpetual collaborator Ben Quaedvlieg have created stunning, shimmering lightpieces from minimal materials with almost zero waste. Read more…
If you’re a fan of The Jetsons aesthetic, as I am, then you’re sure to love Guau, a round wall lamp with a round center that moves. Casting a glowing light, Guau floats over your space like a little moon, Read more…
I heard that if you spend 15 years dedicated to a cause, you’re considered an expert on the matter. For Electro-LuminX Lighting Corporation, a company developed by Robert Ponticelli Sr. and his son, Read more…
If you were to receive a non-descript, rectangular, roughly 18” x 8” white cardboard box in the mail, what would you guess was inside? A collection of Godiva chocolates? A notification of changes to your Visa account? A concise summary of the new health insurance law? How about a “DIY Luminaire”? Read more…
I’ve always been a bit spooked by the concept of radar. This is not only because I’ve got sort of a paranoid complex about the propensities of an unspecified “They” to keep tabs on my goings and doings, Read more…
British designer James Shaw has certainly been keeping good company. His Jars table and suspension lamps sit alongside other 3rings notables like Creighton Berman’s Coil Lamp, John Harrington’s 150 glasses, and Zuii’s Winter. Read more…
Where the world of A & D encounters the prismatic luminosity of cut crystal, you’re sure to find the monolith known as Swarovski smiling back at you. In fact, this intersection has found multiple forms in the last year alone, not limited to Yves Behar’s Amplify, Read more…
Like my beloved Spaghetti Chandelier, which brought back childhood memories of spending Saturdays with my father at construction sites, Cage puts me in mind of the plastic light guards of my youth. I had a fondness for those orange coops, especially for their cocooning effect on naked bulbs. It’s the same feeling that I get from the Eiffel Tower and Brooklyn Bridge Read more…
You can’t know the feeling of vertigo unless you suffer from this particular type of dizziness, which gives you a discomfiting sense of motion even while you’re standing still. It can also take the form of suicidal tendencies, since you may feel like jumping from whatever precipice you find yourself upon. Read more…
