All About Lighting

[travolta]

that chandelier is gorgeous! i agree, glass work is very reminescient of cells and organisms. to be honest dale chihuly's flamboyent aesthetic was never fully agreeable to me, but as i look at it now, many of his pieces are really jaw dropping. thanks for posting, because the similarities to tord boontje never occurred to me.

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[travolta]

HeartBeat Lamp

We’ve got more interactive lights courtesy of Greg Trefry and Matty Sallin. Their ornamental lamp detects and “echos” your own heartbeat in realtime. Just place your hands on either side of the lamp base and wait 8~15 seconds for it to detect your pulse, then watch as it throbs to match your heartbeat.
The light is hypnotic and according to the designers, you can watch your pulse slow down by concentrating and relaxing.

http://sensoryimpact.com/2005/06/heartbeat-lamp

 

[travolta]

http://mocoloco.com/archives/cat_lighting.php

 

[FunTimePartyTeam]

I still like nike, even if they are evil.

 

[fourboltmain]

That chandelier is bad ***!

 

[travolta]

hdk school of design and crafts, goeteborg

http://www.hdk.gu.se

 

[Hanne]

Blow Up lamp by Alejo Ruocco

Floating globe on floor lamp by ?

above images from : sublimeamericandesign.com

Lamps below by Marianne Foersom - images below from : ezenz.dk

 

[travolta]

love that first lamp, hanne...

 

[iperlchen]

I have an egg shaped floor lamp like that one

 

[i_<3_chanel]

heals have some lovely not so expensive lighting
adore these black chandeliers

*these caught my eye as well

& i particularly liked the basis of this look from their spring 06 lookbook

heals.co.uk

 

[Alejandro]

Some new stuff from Design Within Reach

And my new original starburst lamp. I have to find the pic of my kartel chairs.

 

[coq*]

I just love this the PH5 lamp from Poul Henningsen!

http://www.circa50.com/henningsenlamp.jpg

 

[Hanne]

coq* please credit the picture you posted it's tFS policy

 

[coq*]

the pic was from circa50.com
sry.

 

[_ladybug_]

I have always loved a lamp like this, because I always thought it would be such a fantasy to live in an ice house I love the transparency, yet it's still nicely finished

 

[_ladybug_]

apologies as to the strange size of the image, it wouldn't let me upload the image on its own, (well it said it had uploaded but it didn't show) so I had to put it into paint

 

[softgrey]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Valerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times[/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]Excess is a line of crystal by Hervé Van der Straeten, the Parisian designer, for St.-Louis. The Line Chandelier, 63 inches tall and 39 wide, has arms studded with cut crystals that look like rough rocks ($75,500). Store locations: (800) 441-4488, or hermes.com

nytimes.com

**not sure what the hermes connection is here?

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[ilaughead]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, San Serif][SIZE=-1]cut crystals that look like rough rocks[/SIZE][/FONT]

That sounds like such an interesting concept, but it doesn't look too special in actuality.

 

[adorefaith]

i thought this was really interesting...

cumulus
by steven haulenbeek

designer steven haulenbeek is a recent graduate of the masters program at the school of the art institute of chicago. yesterday he sent over one of his current projects, a scalable lighting series called 'cumulus'. cumulus uses photographer’s translucent shoot-through umbrellas as modular components to create a scalable lighting system. by gathering these umbrellas together steven has created a cloud-like form that can be expanded or reduced according to need. i really enjoyed steven's explanation about the project; he says, " I believe that the elements of design already reside all around us. Why can’t these “design elements” be pre-existing designed objects themselves. They are there for the taking. Sometimes it seems like we already have everything we need and maybe we should stop designing and start realizing what we already have."

credit: designsponge

more info + pics at http://stevenhaulenbeek.com/

 

[adorefaith]

alternate light forms
by steven haulenbeek

These cocoon style lighting fixtures are part of a series that were created for a one-man show in Holland Michigan at the Holland Area Arts Council. This series explores the idea that when contained, light can become sculpture. They are steel wire frames with a flexible, plastic polymer web-coat.

credit: steven haulenbeek