In 2010 New York Magazine’s Grub Street column asked a question that already weighed heavily in the minds of designers and restauranteurs: “Lights out on the Edison Bulb?“ The conversation began with a New York Times article written in June of the same year exploring the history...
10 LED ENERGY EFFICIENCY QUICK FACTS: With the future of lighting lying in these tiny diodes, we thought we’d share a few things we know about them. ONE LEDs are 100% recyclable. – Unlike their fluorescent counterparts LEDs contain no toxic materials, hazardous mercury, or halogen gases....
Spanish lighting company LZF hosted a magically lit outdoor picnic at their present headquarters – a converted winery on the outskirts of the village of Chiva in the province of Valencia, Spain. The guests were invited to enjoy the evening outdoors with LZF lamps illuminating the expansive...
The Flos Kelvin LED task lamp was first presented to the public in 2009 and was awarded the Red Dot Design Award in 2011, recognizing it for its innovative and elegant integration of energy efficient technology. Designed by the esteemed Antonio Citterio with Toan Nguyen, this lamp is a New Classic in...
Only a few months ago we wrote about our impressions of Nemo-Cassina‘s new products when we went to visit them in Milan at Salone Internazionale Del Mobile and now they’ve sent us their new 2011 product brochure to formally introduce the many new and beautiful additions to the Nemo “Classici”...
We get asked about these a lot, and for good reason. The arcing floor lamp has been a fixture of contemporary spaces since Achille Castiglioni unveiled his Arco Lamp, produced by Flos in 1962. Frustrated by the task of illuminating dining tables in which ceiling electrical outputs were nowhere close...
We all, no doubt, routinely visit the many great lifestyle and culture blogs out there that continue to expound the culture of home decor. They inspire us to experiment with as many old things as new. Of late, serious retailers and home owners alike have been looking to the ephemera of industry to illuminate...
Inspired by a sketch by Pio Manzù and designed in tandem with Achille Castiglioni in 1970, the Parentesi seems like the complete culmination of the modernist manifesto: form as necessary function, the expulsion of ornament and the symphonic composure of a product that draws its beauty from its simplicity.