Entries in LED (2)
Thursday
May242012
May 24, 2012
Irwin Weiner ASID - I love to window shop, and whenever I'm in Soho, I take a quick spin around the lighting district stores. One of my favorites is Munich-based Ingo Maurer on 89 Grand Street. Their modern artistic sensibilities take my breath away; so chic and yet ultimately playful. If you could squeeze interior designers and distill their essence ... well, mine would be "equal parts artistic, playful, and whimsical" and Ingo Maurer's lighting would fit that Irwin Juice to a tee. Here are some of my favorites from their line - click here to see more styles and product information.
Click here to watch the video on French Architect Nathalie Wolberg's Modern Light-Filled House.
Monday
Mar262012
Positively Brilliant - Lighting Designs by Bec Brittain
March 26, 2012
Irwin Weiner ASID - I've just been shot up with truth serum, and I cannot lie: many of the exhibits at the latest Architectural Digest Home Design Show were boring and same-old-same-old. So imagine my delight when I discovered Bec Brittain, the talented industrial design and architecture trained product designer (from lighting to jewelry). Everything she does has a sculptural edge to it, a love of beautiful materials, a familiarity borne of combining elements from our collective past, and a love of modern LED technology. Her Maxhedron two-way mirror pendant light (top photo) is a revelation ... a floating optical spaceship that looks like a piece of contemporary designer jewelry.
Brittain's SHY Light (photo above) features skinny LED tubes in brass fittings that can be configured into infinite custom shapes. I loved how she's reworked the designs of Gerit Rietveld's 1920 Hanging Lamp - with its sculptural use of fluorescent tubes - yet given homage to his influence. Her beautiful A Shades line (photo below) features sensuous copper pendant shades suspended by leather rope.
Visit the Bec Brittain website for more information. Designers like Bec are the future of the interior design industry, and I hope to see many more push-the-envelope designs from her.
New: Charles P. Rogers Beds
Collectibles: Oddities
Favorites: NYIGF Alert!
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Aloe - Sherwin Williams Color of the Year 2013
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Emerald - Pantone Color of the Year 2013
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Lemon Sorbet - Benjamin Moore Color of the Year 2013
Art: Ceramicists in Action
Inspiration: Designer Showhouses
Decorating: Do's & Don'ts
What's New: LEDs by Ingo Maurer
Design: Art Elysees 2012
Feng Shui: New Year's Goals
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