Lamps & Lighting Portfolio: Modern Alternatives
Angela Heck -- Home Accents Today, 11/1/2005
These lamps offer cosmopolitan brilliance with sleek looks and experimental edge. Splashes of color and funky patterns often pair with crystalline Lucite to create the look of a Metro flat, while non-traditional shapes and materials boldly challenge the design status quo.
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Cindy Ciskowski's Geo 12 silk pendant in violet and brown makes chic sophistication look easy with its crystal drop accent and scrunched silk cord cover ($429). eLink 575
This glass Treviso lamp by Design Guild brings new life to a classic design by adding an interior bubble of blue and red, covered by horizontal blue lines ($300). eLink 576
The frosted glass globe, square brass base and chintz tapered-cylinder shade of the Galileo floor lamp by Holtkoetter would have made the geometric scientist proud ($1,100). eLink 577
This modernized traditional lamp by CBK offers simple lines and warm brown tones with its bullet-shaped glass and acrylic base and complementing barrel shade ($120). eLink 574
The clean-lined Cube Lamp by Hesmo stands above the rest, like the New York high rises it resembles, with a sophisticated chrome and crystal combination ($399). eLink 572
Lite Brite sets the night on fire with its far from conventional neon chandelier ($2,200). eLink 537
Alternating colored disks stack up to a water jet cut fabric shade in this Sunrise Disk lamp with Dimensions shade by Liora Manné ($505). eLink 571
The funky wallpaper patterns on Zia-Priven's lamps achieve an upbeat contemporary look with pared-down mounting and stand-out shades ($240-255). eLink 573
