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...
The Resolute Studio Last weekend we took a trip to Seattle, Washington to pay a visit to the good people at Resolute. After nearly 23 years in the business, they understand that providing lighting solutions for architects and designers includes creating a product that encompasses efficiency, durability,...
Designed by Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola, the interior of the Mandarin Oriental in Barcelona is a shining homage to Barcelona’s own rich artistic and architectural legacy. Antoni Gaudi’s modernist monuments that give so much character to the surrounding cityscape are obvious reference...
VISIT the SECTO DESIGN AT BOOTH A12:10 Secto Design Booth at Stockholm Design Week 2012, Photo courtesy of Architonic Secto Design started off their new year exhibiting at some of the best furniture, lighting and product design tradeshows in Europe, amoung them, IMM Cologne and this week, in Stockholm...
Congratulations Vibia! Your partnership with Jordi Vilardell has earned you yet another award for your truly inspiring efforts to rethink the very framework of lighting. When we wrote previously on Vibia’s outdoor line we admitted we were a little awestruck. Apparently, we weren’t the only...
Fontana Arte is a renowned Italian design company which was founded in 1932 by architect Gio Ponti (1891-1979). He is one of the most prominent and prolific designers of the last century. An architect, poet, a painter, an industrial designer, and founding editor of the quintessential Domus magazine....
“A slit of light in a monolithic mass: Ara is the contrast between the material and the immaterial that is the basis of every lighting project.” Ilaria Marelli’s description of the Ara as a “slit of light in a monolithic mass” is a great window into the inspiration employed by...
PAUL MASSIE OF Paul and Christopher Massie began their careers designing together as Massieoffice in 2003. They were approached by Design Within Reach to sell their massively successful Flying Vee Shelves and quickly made a name for themselves as a progressive design duo to watch. Fast forward to 2009...
illuminated nitescape perfection RUF Project (Rural Urban Fantasy Project) recently completed this swoon-worthy home on Saltspring Island, BC. Inspired by West Coast mid-century modernists – especially Arthur Erickson – the house is a contemporary take on the longhouse that pushes the concept of...
Vancouver-based Creative Design Works, recently completed the design of this cool, calm and collected New Westminster residence. We went to check out the finished product. Ares Outdoor Luminaires Pallucco Italia’s Gilda Extendible Floor Lamp Fabbian Bijou pendants illuminate the Kitchen Island...
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...
DIESEL X FOSCARINI SHOWCASE: RELICS FROM THE NEXT FUTURE The success of the creative partnership between fashion label Diesel and renowned Italian lighting company Foscarini has since proved any skeptics of this union wrong. With a growing collection of lighting that pushes conceptual and material boundaries,...
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...
An Interview with designer Christophe Mathieu and the methodology behind the magic of the Discocó. THE DISCOCO IN ACTION All photos courtesy of Marset
Lightform is proud to announce our recent partnership with Rich Brillant Willing. With a fast growing reputation they have, since 2007, produced lighting and furniture designed with a sense of spontaneity that has garnered them both attention and success. Their incredible Excel Lamp series was...
Imagine our delight when, upon opening the doors to what will soon be our new warehouse and showroom space in Toronto, we were greeted with over 20,000 sq. ft. of lighting fixtures left over from the heydays of Canadian manufacturer Engelite Lighting.
Spanish Architect firm Anna Noguera recently presented the images of this remodel of a 16th Century home in Girona, Spain. The Foscarini Twiggy above the dining table reminds us how effortlessly it can fit into a versatile range of environments.
We’re excited to announce that we’ve recently partnered with New York-based Roll & Hill, a lighting manufacturer that brings a uniquely American perspective to the international contemporary lighting market. This new partnership means that Canadians can now enjoy local access...