Logan Mcfadden
Create a dramatic installation with a gorgeous pendant light to invite radiance and intrigue into your dining room. A suspension lamp with an organic form provokes a unified look that ties together an intimate space while arranging a balanced spectrum of illumination.
Functional and decorative, pendant lights inject a unique style into the room and channel an enchanting illumination.
Unlike a kitchen which is more functional and private, a dining room is a multi-purpose space that serves a host of activities beyond enjoying everyday meals with family members.
When the dining room serves as a work zone for bookkeeping, homework and crafts, a visually appealing environment inspires creativity and heightens the desire to maximize productivity. And a pendant light is a perfect piece to compliment your decor and create an organic radiance for a feeling of intimacy.
Whether you prefer sophisticated neutrals with a subdued color palette or wish to add pops of playful color for an exciting dining scheme, a rich portfolio of pendant lights with a wide variety of individual personalities and tastes makes it simple to set the tone of the space. What differentiates it from technical or architectural lighting is creative shapes, interesting designs, refined details, unusual colors, captivating lines, and attractive elements that counterpoints a specific furnishing or feature. In most applications it has a utilitarian role and needs to create layered task and/or ambient illumination while introducing a stylish balance into the room. A traditional home thrives on pendant fixtures featuring a design abundant in luxurious details, ornate crafting, symmetrical setups and classic elegance.
Therefore contemporary pendant light fixtures usually exude stylistic fluidity and tries to strike a balance of form and function. When it comes to decorative lighting trends, Scandinavian style which is based on Nordic culture's nature-loving simplicity has never been so influential.
The creativity in lighting design is embodied utterly in pendant light fixtures which are available in an extensive selection of shapes, e.g., globe, bowl, cube, cage, dome, drum, cone, cylinder, cluster, bell, disc, bucket, beaded, lanterns, sputnik, starburst, and teardrop. The colors and finishes of the shade and fixture housing also have a major impact on how the decorative piece works in a space.
The infinite array of colors and finishes make it easy to pick up styles that echo the decor theme.
Designers also resort to the color of the light source to create the perfect atmosphere for a moment and positive impact on people. In household and hospitality settings, warm white light (approximately 3000K or less) is mostly used to create an inviting and intimate environment. Some light fixtures are designed to radiate with a neutral tone (3000K – 3500K) to keep people alert yet relaxed or improve the feel of brightness in a space.
A large number of pendant light fixtures use Edison screw or candelabra base LED bulbs. What most fixture designers and consumers don't know is that lighting manufacturers more often than not use the cheapest, lowest quality LEDs in this type of products to increase market share. They take it for granted that general consumers only care about price points, energy efficiency and product lifespan. The creative shapes of integrated LED fixtures bring geometric wonder to interiors and seamlessly blend with the architecture of a room.
Designed by Luciano Balestrini and Paola Longhi, Trama yields the ultimate in minimalist form. The shape and silk-screening of the polycarbonate diffuser enhance the quality of the light, which spreads uniformly in space.
The challenge at the heart of this project was to obtain slim thicknesses, light-weight shapes and a textured surface, still pleasant to touch. It was all achieved thanks to the painstaking care and profound knowledge of the raw material, which allowed the creation of special mix, particularly fluid when poured into the cast. Aplomb is available in three colors - white, grey and brown - made with pigments added directly to the material blend, in order to answer different setting requirements.
The Lohja Tornio pendant light explores simplicity with geometry creating a striking, balanced sculptural form in a horizontally aligned configuration. Sento sospeso due is the perfect luminaire for dining tables and offers the highest levels of operating comfort in home and commercial settings. It can be operated intuitively by using the touchless control, manual switching on the luminaire head or through the Occhio Air app.
Designed by Federico Churba, Blanca is an integrated LED pendant light fabricated from turned aluminum with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) thermoformed diffuser fixed without screw. Blending minimalism, contemporary styling and latest LED technology, Ponyo Adds modern sophistication and drama to a kitchen or dining room. Vetra was created by designer Joan Gaspar who uses a completely closed glass diffuser as a reflector, and creatively places the light source outside -instead of inside- the shade.
Pendant lamp with blown glass diffuser with shiny coating and metal structure with chrome or iron grey finish.
The tri-wing pendant combines forward thinking design with advanced technology to create a fixture that carries a fine fusion of style and performance, while affording higher levels of system reliability and energy efficiency. This impressive light was created by the Pamio Design studio who digs deep down to find the most important natural element of all, water, and then studies it in its most fascinating form: ice.
For all variants the main structure is available in polished chrome, or with a copper finish for the wall and ceiling lamps with an articulated diffuser. This design sprung from the idea of creating lighting that looks like soft glass which has retained its shape after being inflated.
The Deluxe pendant, designed by Archirivolto, is a versatile and bold lighting collection featuring a geometrically-patterned, cloud-shaped handblown glass diffuser.
Its handblown satin white or matte black diffuser is made of multiple layers of glass to create a rich look. Taking inspiration from ancient Japanese teapots Yoko combines eastern and western influences to modern pendant light with a friendly and unique character. Righello illuminates public or residential ambiances with geometric rigor, while the soft, thermoformed fabric ensures acoustic comfort in the environment.
