By now, you must know Modenus loves a good light. And if it happens to be LED? Even better. For a few examples, we recently came across some LED options from Corbett Lighting, Troy Lighting and CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting), and you’ll be pleased to know that the next generation of LEDs are whiter, brighter and cheaper, with more lumens per watt, more effective heat sinking and more flexibility (we’re talking dimmable). “Since LEDs are so compact, we are no longer limited to the same old forms for decorative fixtures,” saidSteve Nadell, President of Troy-CSL in a recent conversation. “We can now design and fabricate fixtures in new shapes, sizes and configurations that we couldn’t do before with incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs.” So, contrary to conventional thinking, LED technology and decorative lighting DO go hand in hand and we’re about to show you a few luminous examples.
Stiletto by Corbett Lighting
With a champagne silver leaf finish and faceted crystal that picks up the LED light, this wall sconce is all drama. It’s also dimmable – a necessity for most inspired design schemes.
Raleigh by Troy Lighting
Oh, steampunk style will you never die? Somehow, the industrial era keeps inspiring product designers; the lighting category is no exception. Raleigh by Troy Lighting is a perfect example of old meets new: the hand-forged ironwork, rustic silver finish and back plate root it in the past, but the dimmable LEDs bring it right back into the present.
Tango by Corbett Lighting
Tango by Corbett Lighting turned a lot of heads last year – even Tree Hugger’s. Using laser-cut metal formed into a seamless sphere, Tango brilliantly incorporates an LED light source concealed behind a textured bronze exterior and silver leaf finish interior.
Orb by CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting)
The Orb, part of CSL’s Architectural line, may not look like much – but the 2800K, 180LM LED bulb and round aluminum body with an opal glass diffuser that rotates 120 degrees off center, allowing users to adjust the direction of light – may sweeten its minimal appeal. Another plus for hospitality designers? It’s ADA compliant.
The incandescent light bulb may have won a nine-month reprieve from Congress earlier this month, but energy-efficient decorative lighting—specifically LED lighting—is clearly not going away. Where do you think LED lighting is headed this year?
Posted by Chris Robin on January 14th, 2012 at 12:37 pm.
LOVE THIS – there you go, blog post done. Well actually, I saw Eva Menz’ Free as a Bird chandelier and knew it had to be in my wish list line up simply because it’s fabulous. Only later did I notice the intricate detail about this piece. It’s an origami design made up of 1000 tyvek cranes, yes cranes and yes 1000 of them, see detail below. So yes, can I have one please? Have a look at the other images as well for more color options and the effect created when the piece is lit.
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Posted by admin on December 16th, 2011 at 2:35 am.
Just found this little gem on Twitter this morning. Atelier Areti from London create a fab little line of lighting and accessories that just make you smile. I’m completely in love with the Cone Wall Lamp above but for more stylish and whimsical lighting have a look below. Continue Reading…
Posted by admin on December 8th, 2011 at 11:13 am.
Some designers and architects have a love-hate relationship with light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems. While they are innovative with great potential for energy-efficiency, they represent a major paradigm shift for the design community, and their true reliability and lifetime is not generally known. However, most designers and architects are moving out of incandescent toward LEDs. And the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) ban on 100-watt incandescent light bulbs, scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2012, will only serve to push more people towards the LED category in the coming months and years. Continue Reading…
Posted by Chris Robin on November 19th, 2011 at 12:01 pm.
Baby it’s cold outside….but who cares, when you have this masterful Master Bath complete with candle alcoves, Japanese soaking tub by Diamond Spas, enormous rubber ducky and as piece de resistance the amazing H2O chandelier from long time Modenus favorites and personal friends Zia Priven. In fact, while we adore the entire space we thought we’d focus in on just the H2O…. Continue Reading…
Posted by admin on November 4th, 2011 at 7:07 pm.
Scabetti keeps appearing in the most glamorous places. As part of their ‘National Treasure’ campaign Liberty of London asked British sea food chef and TV personality Rick Stein to make a contribution. A lovingly prepared Mackerel wasn’t going to fit the bill. As Rick says himself , “I was a bit stumped. A recipe, a piece of kitchen equipment or a picture of the Padstow Estuary, none of them filled me with enthusiasm.” But he remembered the Staffordshire based lighting artists who made the chandeliers for his much admired Cornish Seafood restaurant. The Rick Stein Shoal, as it is known, is a scaled down version of the restaurant chandelier with 288 fine bone china fish, including two John Dory, a fish some of you foodies may know as St. Pierre, by sculptor John Bromley. It is strictly a ‘one-off’ and is being auctioned as part of Liberty’s ‘National Treasure’ campaign with bids invited between October 21 and 30, 2011. Picture by Mark Wood Continue Reading…
Posted by admin on October 27th, 2011 at 8:32 am.
Alison Berger’s medium of choice is light and her material is glass. She uses age-old glass blowing techniques to create glass forms which feel simultaneously old world and modern. She says “Glass captures the process of remembering and, as the light fades, forgetting.”
Born in Dallas, Texas, Alison Berger trained and worked as an architect. But after apprenticing with glass artist Dale Chihuly, Berger began to devote herself to glass design and it is a pleasure to be able to show some of her work. This is a detail from her Crystal Sphere Chandelier, a piece that combines an essential simplicity of form with a sophisticated use of hand blown and crafted glass.
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Posted by admin on August 23rd, 2011 at 10:13 am.
We love when designers and design enthusiasts in our communities on Twitter, Faceboook, LinkedIn and other platforms can take some inspiration away from Modenus. Great design is about great resources and about finding new ideas with which to inspire clients and ourselves for that matter. What we love even more than sharing great designs with you, is when you share them with us. Shelley, researcher extraordinaire at The Daily Basics was nice enough to introduce me to Michael McHale Design on Twitter this morning and I didn’t want to waste a minute before re-sharing this little treasure with our readers. Thanks Shelley. Continue Reading…
Posted by admin on August 15th, 2011 at 1:58 pm.
One of the more interesting ways to display plants, has to be this fun number by Miriam August, one of the designers in the German company Wird-Etwas. The effect of soft lighting playing on water, roots and leaves creates an ever changing living sculpture, cool eh? Continue Reading…
Posted by admin on July 5th, 2011 at 10:27 am.
We’ve started to think about all the lovely people and the wonderful work we will see at London Design Festival in September. OK, its a while away and there is lots to do before then but, and there is no point in pretending, London is our favourite City and London Design Festival has to be one of our favourite weeks. Without wanting to go all Julie Andrews, we started thinking about more of our favourite things and jewelry and beautiful lighting came to mind. And, with great synchronicity, our thoughts turned to Penelope Batley, who, in case you have missed her work, combines the two and, what’s more, she will be showing her work at 100% Design during the London Design Festival this year. This is her Big Bling, which she has made in various shades, in various sizes, for various locations. And if you are thinking that it needs a good pair of earrings, how’s this? Continue Reading…
Posted by admin on July 5th, 2011 at 6:15 am.
