Tech & Design
Classic Midcentury Design Gets an Update
Light up your home with these dazzling new lamps and their vintage prequels.
August 2011 Issue
CONTEMPORARY OFFSHOOT
Diesel's lighting for Foscarini
may evoke the same industrial edge as its clothing, but pinholes cut
into the steel shade of its Perf task lamp emit a warm glow when the
bulb is turned on.
$609; olighting.com
MID-CENTURY ICON
Created in 1960 to double as an
ashtray holder for Copenhagen's SAS Royal Hotel, Arne Jacobsen's AJ
table lamp, with its sloped steel shade, has since secured its place in
homes everywhere.
$812; dwr.com
Prop styling by Lisa Esdalv at ba-reps.com. Bitra lamp: Courtesy of Vitra. All other original lamps: Courtesy of Design Within Reach.
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