• ROLL & HILL: NEW LIGHTS OF 2011

    Roll & Hill had an impressive showing at ICFF in New York this last Spring when they presented the newest editions to their growing collection. Founder and designer Jason Miller, along with designers Jonas Damon, Lindsey Adams Adelman, Paul Loebach and Jonah Takagi, have applied a fresh perspective...

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  • LESSONS ON LIFE: HOW TO WORK BETTER

    We thought you could use some Tuesday afternoon wisdom. Swiss artists, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, use a wall in Zurich to remind us of what it really takes to make the best our time.

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS: PRICES RISE FOR FLUORESCENT LAMPS

    This month, many lamping manufacturers will raise their prices up to 25% for all fluorescent lamps due to the growing scarcity of rare earth oxides, coupled with increase in global demand and its subsequent hyperinflation. Rare earth oxides such as phosphor are used in the production of fluorescent lamps...

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    JOB WELL DONE: CREATIVE DESIGN WORKS

    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...

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  • NEMO – CASSINA: NEW LIGHTS OF 2011

    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”...

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  • THE BEST OF: ARCING FLOOR LAMPS

    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...

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  • NEWS: PHILIPS IS FIRST TO WIN L-PRIZE!

    TRANSFORMING THE LIGHTING LANDSCAPE  Winner of the L-Prize: Philips 60-Watt Equivalent LED Lamp   ““A $10 price is when these lamps will take off. That is absolutely achievable in five to six years.” Just yesterday, Philips was awarded the first ever L-Prize (formally titled the Bright...

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  • NEW: SUCCESSFUL LIVING FROM DIESEL WITH FOSCARINI

    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,...

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