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Idiosyncratic Artistry – Ceramic Lamps by Sarah Nedovic Gaunt

A table lamp is a useful object that can bring beauty to a room. Both the base and shade can feature unique colour and design elements that add…

Boundaries of Light – The Sainte Lighting Collection by Lambert & Fils

Design Posted by Marissa Bergen

Chandeliers are an elegant way to illuminate a room. Over the years, designers have updated chandelier motifs to feature styles that are elaborate, modern, minimalist, geometric, vintage and…

Frozen in Time – Static Gestures & Figures by Kassandra Thatcher

Sculpture Posted by Marissa Bergen

Ah, the concept of movement frozen in time. One can equate it to dancers who suddenly freeze when moving or gymnasts flying through the air. This sort of…

Tempo & Ballet – Lighting Design by the Arturo Alvarez Studio

Design Posted by Mark Robinson

The Arturo Alvarez studio have been designing and manufacturing beautiful lighting for over 20 years at their workshop near Santiago de Compostela, in the northwest portion of Spain.

Handcrafted In Wood – Tick Lamps by Andrea Costa for ILIDE

Woodwork Posted by Mark Robinson

Italian light designers ILIDE have teamed up with skilled craftsmen to collaborate on this wooden carved light, titled TICK the light is an oval shade that’s been carved using a chisel.

WOOD-TONE – Unique Constructivist Lamps from Wood and Brass

Woodwork Posted by Mark Robinson

A series of five unique lamps by Portuguese designer Carlos Borges, with his inspiration being the artistic and architectural philosophy of Constructivism.

Plexi Glass Lamps by Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt

Sculpture Posted by Mark Robinson

Danish designer Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt has created these experimental and playful geometric lights, constructed out of plexiglass and assembled using brass elements.

Lamps and Lighting by Foscarini

Design Posted by Mark Robinson

One aspect of my office that’s severely lacking is in the lighting department, I’m pretty fussy, as you can imagine, and I’ve had a problem finding good quality lights that don’t take up too much room. A Serge Mouille piece for example is beautiful, but they’re very large and the price is pretty off-putting, there has to be different options out there that I haven’t already seen before. Plus, it’s not that often that you get a space big enough in a house …

Serge Mouille, Lighting Designer

Design Posted by Mark Robinson

As I was perusing through the usual subjects of mid-century design I stumbled across the ever so fantastic Serge Mouille, who seems to have had a recent web design update. Although not totally finished at the moment it looks like the studio will be releasing a publication of photography featuring Serge himself and exclusive imagery from inside the studio. As you know I’m pretty much a sucker for snaps of craftsman at work, so when I saw …

The Artek Open Archives

Architecture, Design, Furniture Posted by Mark Robinson

My loved ones over Christmas were kind enough to buy me several books that I’ve been yearning for over the past year, firstly ‘Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible’ which I’ve yet to dig into, and also ‘Alvar Aalto, Through the Eyes of Shigeru Ban’ which is one I’m currently reading. Even though it’s extremely long, a few paragraphs into the book and it got me thinking about his career and what influenced it, a company …