The Los Angeles-based design house Artecnica has introduced a new light fixture that looks almost like a child’s toy. Yorky, designed by New York-based Icelandic designer Hlynur Atlason, has a whimsical shape, but it will sit, stand on a surface or hang from its “leash” on the wall to provide soft ambient light. “When conceiving […]Read Post ›
A couple of months ago, I had never heard of Sonneman. But an editor friend of mine passed along a press release he had received, and the company now has my attention. Boy did I feel silly once I saw the company’s wicked-cool modern pieces, from bath fixtures that will not embarrass you to pendants that […]Read Post ›
One thing you’ll notice about us here at HomeIQ is that we love lighting. Can’t get enough of the stuff. Heck, we even dedicated an entire week of posts on lighting in March (starting with this one). Well, we just uncovered another find from the British outfit Vitamin. Based in London,Vitamin produces designs that are […]Read Post ›
There’s definitely something in the water over there in Brooklyn, N.Y. It would take me about a day to list all the cool architects, furniture designers, architectural manufacturing outfits, fashion designers, and all-around creative class cropping up in the borough. Here is another, dform, a company started in 2001 by designer James Dieter. I first ran […]Read Post ›
A few years ago I was at a design show when I spotted this light fixture and did a double take. It’s not that I didn’t recognize the product—heck, everyone has seen the light at some point, albeit on a smaller scale. Normally, the Anglepoise Original 1227 is an aluminum table lamp with a telescoping […]Read Post ›
We don’t typically go for floor lamps—unless it’s the Arco by Achille Castiglioni or the Tolomeo Mega Floor by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina—but this one by Andrea Summerton, founder of Brooklyn, N.Y.-based ALS Designs, caught our eye. Measuring 57¼ inches tall, the elegant piece is made from urea formaldehyde-free bamboo (with a natural Tung oil) and features a Kraft […]Read Post ›
Rich Brilliant Willing is what you’d expect from a New York City-based product design studio and manufacturer: brash but talented. I mean, the name says it all for goodness sake (though it’s actually a play on the partners’ names–Theo Richardson, Charles Brill, and Alexander Williams). “America’s premier contemporary lighting and furniture design manufacturer,” its website says audaciously. […]Read Post ›
Lighting, if you think about it, is a lot like jewelry: It really finishes off a house the way a woman’s necklace completes an outfit. But unlike, say, a pair of earrings—which are totally useless except for aesthetics—lighting has an important, if not obvious, job to do. Visit a well-designed house and you’ll likely see an interior integrated […]Read Post ›
Not too long ago, I had a conversation with a designer who told me about the coolest-looking bulb she had just seen in a London design shop. It would soon be here, she said. So I waited, and waited, and… Well, the wait is over. Recently available in the U.S., the Plumen 001 is the […]Read Post ›
One of the most under-use items in your house is the bath fan—the noisy little box in your ceiling with the light (or lights) attached. That is if you even have one. This important product is there to eliminate odor and remove moisture that can lead to mold growth. Now Air King has made it a little […]Read Post ›
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