Leucos USA is now the exclusive distributor of Italian decorative architectural lighting brand Luxit, a company known for its forward-thinking technology—“virtually all of the Luxit merchandise offered in the US is energy-saving fluorescent or LED.” Read more…
Looking for a splash of color to light up your life? You can choose from eleven saturated hues if you elect to own the Muse Lamp. Manufactured by Italian lighting firm Axo Light, Muse comes in a veritable rainbow of colors, none of which is tame, Read more…
While I’m constantly hopeful that the 3rings readership is a youngish crowd, I’d wager that many design buffs have an affinity for old school cultural icons, like the classic 7-UP ads in which a large, tall, toothy, and unabashedly grinning man (actor Geoffrey Holder) Read more…
At first glance, emandes’ Swing Safe Chandelier might appear to be conducive to certain gymnastics moves we all become familiar with every four years. But however tempting it might be to loop your fingers around the polished cut-glass and foam-covered contours of this intriguing lamp, however much their tactility might beckon, Read more…
Named after the infamous diamond, Hope intends to dazzle as much as the gem, “recreating a pleasant, glittery and party-like atmosphere, sprinkled with thousands of shards of light.” Hope accomplishes much of the sparkling Read more…
I love it when a product requires a bit of research, for it lets me see the world beyond the Internet and beyond the confines of my office (sure, maybe I’m seeing it “virtually,” but you take what you can get…). If it weren’t for the occasional arcane reference or laden symbolism of certain designers, Read more…
Italian lighting manufacturer Fabbian apparently has no compunctions about giving the world the hard sell—their “corporate presentation” sums up their achievements in the industry thusly: “46 years of research, 90 technicians, 6000 square meters plant, 120 agents, 1800 customers, 220,000 fixtures sold yearly, 450 fixtures to design the light and the space.” Read more…
There is something in the air in the Netherlands, and it’s not what you think. It’s a feeling of extravagance and playfulness, a bringing together of seemingly disparate elements. Read more…
Though I’ve yet to visit the African Savannah, and thus yet to see them in their natural element, I’ve always thought there was something sublime about elephants, especially in regards to the way they manipulate their fifth appendage. Along with their unrivalled bodily bulk, an elephant’s trunk distinguishes it from the other herbivorous grassland inhabitants. Read more…