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A couple of weeks ago, we made a run by Chamber on West 23rd Street to check out their newest collection of functional, limited edition artworks and home goods. As usual, more than a few items piqued our interest. We especially like this lamp by London-based blown glass artist and designer, Jochen Holz.
Continue reading Eye On Design: Neon Desk Light (Blue) By Jochen Holz
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Dubbed the Prince of Plastic by the New York Times, Neal Small (b. 1937) lead a craze in the late 1960s for sculptural lighting and furniture made from plastic and acrylic. “I like to think of it as all part of the new permissiveness,” he commented. ‘I Know that I am being more permissive with myself and the designs I allow myself to make — making fuller, more sensuous things.
Continue reading Eye on Design: Area Lamp (Model 1112) By Neal Small
Superloon, 2015, Black Finish Option, By Jasper Morrison (This Image Courtesy of FLOS. All Other Photos By Gail Except Where Noted)
This week in Eye on Design, we get a bit more in-depth to take you inside an exclusive industry party, held at the FLOS lighting showroom in Soho, for the launch of the Superloon floor lamp, designed Jasper Morrison.
Superloon is a minimally designed, flat disc lamp mounted on a gyroscopic axis atop a three-legged stand. The moon-inspired light surface for which the lamp is named is the result of a revolutionary Edge Lighting technology, which combines maximum performance, efficiency and visual comfort. Superloon includes the Dim-to-Warm function: as the intensity decreases, the light goes from a colder blue tone to a warmer spectrum, as seen with popular filament lamps.
Continue reading Eye On Design: Superloon Floor Lamp By Jasper Morrison
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I wish I could even remember where I took this photo, which I just found, dated August 2014, on the camera roll in my iPad. It is pretty sweet, right? The Alien Abduction Cow Lamp was once available for purchase, but now, alas, it is sold out.
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This attractive, illuminated Moose Head was photographed by me in the booth for Norway-based Modular Furniture Design firm Ope, at the Javits Center in NYC, during the ICFF show, in May, 2016. No Moose was killed to make this awesome lamp.
