New Talent: Alex Brokamp Breathes New Life Into Forgotten Objects
Designer Alex Brokamp, who is being honored at Maison et Objet this week for his furniture and lighting designs, has a knack for turning the familiar on its head.
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High Mineral Content: Geology-Inflected Designs Take Over
From furniture to accessories, surfaces to lighting, Metropolis digs up the latest designs that rock.
Design Cities 2019: Valencia, Spain
A Valencia studio’s products draw upon the region’s cross-disciplinary creative networks.
8 of Our Favorite Designs from Euroluce
At the Milanese fair, the marriage of technological advancement and design innovation was on full display with literal major wattage.
Focus Lighting Deftly Uses Illumination to Build Narratives Atop Buildings and Architecture
Since its founding 32 years ago, the studio has projected its designs onto projects of all types and scales, from the Times Square Ball to the space shuttle Enterprise.
To Realize Her Art's Vibrant Hues, Janet Echelman Often Collaborates with Lighting Engineers at Arup
The partnership between the artist and the firm goes back more than a decade. Together, they aim to predict the behavior of light in relation to materials, weather, humidity, existing daylighting, and other factors.
The Lighting Research Center Is Making Exciting Connections Between Light, Color, and Well-Being
The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is doubling down on efforts to educate designers and manufacturers about the potential impact light has on human health.
New Releases to Look For at Euroluce
The 30th edition of the biennial Euroluce lighting exhibition promises a refined, contemporary feel.
Combining Steel and Clay, the Pyramid Lamp Is an Updated Take on Craft
Created by Brooklyn design studio In Common With, the fixture plays up contrast, juxtaposing the slickness of a machined base with the hand-hewn rawness of the shade.
New Lights By Panasonic Are Designed to Make You Less of a Jerk
Unveiled as part of the 2018 London Design Biennale, these futuristic lights turn on when "treasured and handled with care."
9 New Residential Lighting Designs We Love
We've gathered recent releases from the likes of Cerno Group, AlexAllen Studio, Earnest Studio, ANDlight, Vibia, CTO Lighting, Original BTC, and more!
This New Acoustical Lighting Product Spruces Up the Workplace with Space Age Flair
Silent Field 2.0, a new item from Artemide North America designed by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Laura Pessoni, aims to remedy the shortcomings of the open-office plan.
This New Lighting Fixture Flexes in Any Direction Thanks to 3D Knitted Fabric and Ultra-Thin LEDs
Brooklyn lighting designers Rich Brilliant Willing has teamed up with manufacturer OLEDworks to develop a futuristic, bendable lighting panel.
Can Designers Combat Light Pollution by Embracing Darkness?
In our over-lit cities, lighting designers are fighting back on behalf of darkness and night—not to mention public space and urban vitality.
Designer of Iconic '60s and ’70s Lighting, Robert Sonneman Is Still Producing Striking New Fixtures
After years spent working on other projects—including a stint at Ralph Lauren Home—Sonneman has happily spent the past 15 years back in the lighting industry.
Lighting Designer Suzan Tillotson on the Challenges of LEDs, Urban Lighting, and More
Metropolis sat down with the lighting expert and founder of her eponymous, award-winning New York lighting consultancy to discuss the state of lighting design.
Designer Toan Nguyen Shines a Light on Process and Innovation
With a new customizable lighting system for Vibia, the industrial designer Toan Nguyen finds poetry in mathematics.
FLOS Introduces Reconfigurable Jewelry-Like Light Fixtures
In the new system, called Arrangements, individual elements can be combined and recombined to create one-of-a-kind lighting displays.
OMA's Versatile New XY180 Lighting Collection is Both Minimalist and Punk Rock
The firm's three-piece lighting collection for Delta Light, its first foray into luminaires, will debut in the United States this March.
Circadian Lighting Solutions Are Real and Important—Why Aren't They Being Used?
An ongoing survey of designers reveals the challenges they face and how they can be overcome.
