It could be argued that it doesn’t matter what, or who, is in any room if the lighting isn’t right. The following pieces—seen among the other wares at Design Miami/Basel—emit, warp or interact with light in exotic ways. Each piece embeds functionality…
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The head of this lamp by London designer Klemens Schillinger can rotate freely without the interruption of wires.
Schillinger‘s Lamp 11811 is lit by LEDs inside a disc, which can spin on an axis in a full circle thanks to a series of elements that pass electricity through the metal structure.
A conventional power cable runs up the long thin stem from the base, branching into positive and negative through bows on either side of the disc.
The electricity is then transmitted to the LEDs via slip rings made from small copper tubes, which have permanent contact with aluminium holes in the bows.
Bespoke 3D-printed nylon parts sit between the metal parts to secure them in place. Other components are laser-cut from standard tubes.
The anodised aluminium light is designed as table and floor versions. Photos are by Leonhard Hilzensauer.
Recent lamps on Dezeen include a swivelling wall-mounted bedside light and a glass lightbulb with a tiny chandelier inside.
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New York 2013: this compact wall-mounted bedside lamp launched at ICFF can be swivelled to angle light where it’s needed.
Rich Brilliant Willing‘s anodised aluminium LED light can be rotated 350 degrees on the wall and pivoted 180 degrees on a cradle to point in the required direction.
Either a flat circular cap for direct illumination or a frosted bubble that creates a diffused glow can be fitted over the bulb.
The design debuted at ICFF in New York last month, alongside a lightbulb with a tiny chandelier inside.
We filmed a couple of movies while in New York for our Dezeen and MINI World Tour – watch Stephen Burks explain how architecture and design are changing the city and see him give a tour of the High Line elevated park.
Recent lamps we’ve featured include chalice-shaped designs with orange glass shades above concrete bases and a set based on glass vats found in a milking parlour.
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These pendant lamps designed by London studio Faudet-Harrison for design brand SCP comprise two concentric cylinders.
Faudet-Harrison combined circles of aluminium in different shapes and sizes to form the lamps, which are manufactured and sold by SCP.
Each boundary light is composed of two spun aluminium circles, connected by small stainless steel fixings and hung from a white braided cable.
The inner circles are powder-coated in pebble grey with ends that curve gently inwards, while the outer circles are powder-coated in white.
The lamps are available in three variations – the 120 is a spotlight, the 300 is an ambient light and the 320 is both a spot and ambient light.
Boundary lights were on show at Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. Other lights on show at the event included a pendant lamp made from twenty-six cable ties and lamps based on glass vats found in a milking parlour.
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New York 2013: designers Young & Battaglia debuted a glass pendant lamp with a tiny chandelier inside for design brand Mineheart at ICCF last month.
A miniature brass chandelier sits within a hand-blown glass shade that is shaped like a light bulb but with an open bottom. Minute candles set on two tiers each give off a small glow.
Designed with chrome fittings, the lamp hangs from the ceiling on a two-metre-long braided cable. A longer cable can be supplied on request. The King Edison lamp is named after Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, and references regal chandeliers.
Young & Battaglia have also designed wallpaper to turn any room into an Italian palazzo for Mineheart. Dezeen’s most recent stories about lamps include a chalice-shaped set with concrete bases and terracotta table lights with conical shades.
Other products launched in New York included a tap by Philippe Starck that uses half the water of a regular faucet and an elongated chair with a faceted back. We travelled to New York design week for our Dezeen and MINI World Tour. Watch Stephen Burks give a tour of the city’s High Line park here and see all our coverage of the event here.
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: orange glass shades sit on concrete bases to form these chalice-shaped lamps by London designer Magnus Pettersen.
The Leimu lamps have tapered concrete bottoms that continue upward as glass. A bulb is placed at the top of this stem so light emanates thought the bowl above.
Finnish glass company Iittala will release two sizes of Pettersen‘s lights in September this year. The lamps were on show during Clerkenwell Design Week, where lights made of cable ties and felt cocoons were also exhibited.
Last year Pettersen contributed a side table from his Locker furniture range to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen, and has also designed a set of concrete stationery.
Other lamps we’ve recently featured include terracotta pots with conical shades and lights based on glass vats found in a milking parlour.
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Iittala is proud to debut Leimu, a new lighting piece by young Norwegian-born designer, Magnus Pettersen. As its flame-evoking name suggests, the copper-brown Leimu creates a relaxed atmosphere for enjoyable moments in good company. With its strong concrete base, the impressive glass lamp portion, inspired by traditional lampshades, makes Leimu a brand-new lighting fixture where sensitivity encounters strength.
Concrete is a captivating material for Pettersen: “It has a raw and cold feel to it. The union of glass and concrete is well known in architecture, but it isn’t necessarily always beautiful. I wanted to smoothly combine opposites in a lamp and show that fierce and sensitive, cold and warm can work well together.”
Contrast fascinates Pettersen, whose studio is based in London. His style is referred to as “industrial luxury” because opposites are a recurring feature in his work. He looks at how well different materials or colours merge in an interesting and functional way without prejudice.
From a technical standpoint, harmonising the stem and glass portion was not easy. “Glass is a great material, but it is also very challenging because it is alive and it makes accurate dimensioning very difficult. However, through the know-how of and good communication with Iittala’s glass factory, we were able to combine concrete and glass into an elegant whole.”
Magnus Pettersen Studio is a design studio creating furniture, lighting and home acces-sories. Norwegian Magnus has studied design at Kingston University and Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design.
He has worked as a product designer for various studios and clients in London. Mag-nus Pettersen Studio was set up in 2010, launching its first product, the Concrete Desk Set in April 2011. Since then the studio has developed a range of pieces of which some are being launched under the umbrella of internationally acclaimed brands and others being developed in-house.
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Red clay normally used for flower pots and roof tiles has been made into lamps by Slovakian designer Tomas Kral.
“The idea is to turn the exterior use of this material and create objects for domestic use,” explains Kral.
The Terracotta lamps have a matt exterior and are finished with a glossy white glaze inside.
Light shines from an open cone that rests on a base shaped like a milk bottle, with options for one or three shades.
Black cord connects the shade and base tops then runs out the bottom to the power supply.
First released in 2011, the lights are produced for Spanish design brand PCM Design.
Tomas Kral has also designed a set of small silicon pots and a stationary case that clamps pencils between its jaws.
Our most recent stories about domestic lighting includes a series influenced by glass vats found in a milking parlour and pendant lights made from 26 cable ties.
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Irish designer Donna Bates’ rural upbringing influenced these lamps based on glass vats found in a milking parlour.
Having grown up on a dairy farm in County Derry, Bates referenced the collection jars when creating her Parlour Lighting series, which is now in production.
The capsule-shaped glass lights are clear at the top and translucent at the bottom to seem half-full of milk, plus each has measurement indicators in kilos and litres.
The pieces are handblown by the same manufacturers that used to create the jars for the dairy industry. “The craftpeople who make the glass jars are willing to make small runs of the glass with the ammendments that I need to make them into lights,” Bates told Dezeen.
The lights come in six shapes and sizes – as pendant lights with a blue, green or black frame and table lamps with either an oak or walnut hand-turned base.
The lighting was on show in a Victorian prison named the House of Detention at Clerkenwell Design Week.
We’ve also featured a pendant lamp made of cable ties and a shimmering installation of metal pixels from the event.
More dairy-inspired design on Dezeen includes a constellation of illuminated Chinese ceramic yoghurt pots in former bicycle factory and a building that resembles a block of Swiss cheese.
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A road less travelled – from milking parlour to design studio
Irish lighting and furniture designer Donna Bates, is launching her first lighting collection, Parlour Lighting at the Clerkenwell Design Week from May 21st – May 23rd. This new collection has been inspired by Donna’s childhood of growing up on the family dairy farm near the shores of Loch Neagh and makes special reference to the milking parlour receiving jars, which were used to collect the cow’s milk.
Each limited edition piece has been handmade to exacting standards in collaboration with the finest local craftspeople using the highest quality materials. “There is a definite movement towards design led craft and I am excited to be part of that trend. I feel passionately about design but equally so about supporting local highly skilled makers” explains Donna.
The Parlour Lighting range comprises three table lamps and three pendant lamps available in small, medium and large sizes. “The size of the Parlour Lighting range pieces have been largely dictated by the size of the milking receiving jars themselves, says Donna. “They are so beautiful in their own right that I have kept the milking scale on the side of each jar which was used to measure the quantity of milk produced and I have gently sandblasted the bottom half of the jar to symbolise the milk collected.”
A limited edition number has been hand etched on each individual piece for authenticity and individuality. “I would like people to approach the Parlour Lighting as they would a piece of art or sculpture as not only are they beautiful and functional but they also tell a story of bygone days and that has resonance with a lot of people”.
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Product news: twenty-six cable ties make up this pendant lamp that London studio Vitamin is exhibiting at Clerkenwell Design Week.
The black and orange industrial ties are locked into place by a turned wood and spun metal component at the top and a steel cog at the bottom. The different diameters of these elements cause the ties to curve outward towards the base.
The lamp is currently on show at Clerkenwell Design Week, which concludes tomorrow, and will be available to purchase in two sizes later this year.
Dezeen Watch Store has a pop-up shop in the Farmiloe Building at the event, where we are presenting a selection of our latest and best-selling watches – more details here.
Other lamp designs on Dezeen include aluminium shades with softly angled edges and a table lamp made of seaweed.
Vitamin has also designed mix-and-match vessels built up from assorted materials and ceramic urban gnomes that we’ve featured.
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