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Lighting
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Products
Two Pendant Lighting Collections Celebrate Their Materials
Introductions from LightArt and Reflections Copenhagen use recycled plastic and jewel-toned crystal to vibrant effect.
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RBW Puts Down Roots in Kingston, New York
The lighting brand doubles down on its B Corp values with a 100,000-square-foot facility that champions collaboration, innovation, and sustainability.
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Six Lighting Fixtures Illuminate a New Application for Craft
With a dedication to the handmade, these contemporary lighting designs uphold tradition, while flirting with the future.
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Two New Lighting Products Offer Endless Options
Offerings from Estiluz and Lodes feature wide customization options and heritage design.
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Sculptural Lighting Is Having a Moment
Taking advantage of the latest technologies, unconventional lighting design is captivating collectors in search of personal expression. Here's a sampling of fixtures on view in New York and London.
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9 Table Lamps Shine a Light on Great Style
For a design accent, task lighting, or simply to create ambiance, nothing beats a table lamp.
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Profiles
Hervé Descottes On Why Light Is Needed Now More Than Ever
The cofounder of New York-based lighting design firm L’Observatoire International speaks on his latest projects and how the pandemic has prompted new possibilities for architectural lighting.
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Products
A Breakthrough in Biophilic Lighting Design
Lightglass offers the first practical solution to bring daylight to spaces with no exterior walls.
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Projects
Rosie Li’s Brooklyn Lighting Studio Gains a Playful Exhibition Space
Designed in collaboration with Office of Tangible Space, the flexible showroom displays the lighting designer’s fixtures, which she develops and produces in-house.
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Projects
Two Studios Explore Light Fixtures that Deliver a Primal Glow
Designers at Hennepin Made and Ladies & Gentlemen have launched lighting products inspired by early and earthy forays in the art of illumination.
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Profiles
Ladies & Gentlemen on the Mystery and Magic of Light and Materiality
The Brooklyn-based studio's design philosophy and process are informed by empathy and intuition.
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Products
Six New Lighting Options for Every Project
New products from Vibia show that lighting continues to evolve, putting design first.
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Products
The Organic Origins of Marset’s Dipping Light
How a designer’s experiments with paint, and a manufacturer’s curiosity created a smash-hit.
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Products
A Student Project Sheds Light on Local Materials
Working with materials indigenous to Mexico's many biomes, students at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, devised a set of solar lamps.
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Viewpoints
LEDs Have Given Rise to More Exciting Lighting Designs than Ever, But Is There a Carbon Cost?
The April issue of Metropolis looks at the past, present, and future of lighting, while digging into the sustainability of LED technology.
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Projects
To Illuminate Raleigh’s Museum Park, Less is More
At the North Carolina Museum of Art's popular park, careful changes in color temperature follow the progression of outdoor spaces.
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At Toronto’s Bentway, Lighting Is a Base Layer for Artistic Intervention
PUBLIC WORK and Tillett Lighting Design Associates conceived the strategy with hyper-flexibility in mind.
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Lighting For Fun: This Public Park in Dallas Makes the Most of the Night
SWA Group and Oldner Lighting designed Pacific Park Plaza so that the lighting scheme responded to all-day conditions.
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Products
Lean In: This Lamp Brings an Indoor Staple Outside
As part of Landscape Forms' Motive collection, designer Justin Champaign has created an al-fresco version of the floor lamp.
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Projects
9 Interiors From Around the World That Stand Out Because of Lighting
From Wuhan, China, to Los Angeles, Metropolis highlights three lighting strategies that bring work, retail, and hospitality spaces to life.