LDF round-up: Lights!

So many events to see, so little time... When I came to writing up this post from the brilliant-as-usual London Design festival, I realized that most of the things I took pictures of were lighting. Having just curated the mydeco installation of over 70 lamps at The Dock, it may well be that I have lighting on the brain...or perhaps I'm just naturally drawn to lights at this time of year with the weather being Autumnal and the days getting shorter. Or maybe they were just the best things at the festival. Either way, there was lots of lovely lighting on show.

First up are Scott Rich + Victoria at Tramshed; the Unita24 collection of shades (above) are laser cut from 2 sets of alternating parts, the folding element and the curve. The shades fold flat. I am slightly in love with the floor lamp (below). A much more interesting take than the now-everywhere Pixar-style giant anglepoise.


The 'Filament' lights (below) look amazing in the flesh. Unfortunately, Scott told us they would probably only be available to trade and commercial, because replacing the filaments means replacing the entire light more or less, and they can't find a way to do this for retail customers. Boo! Go on Scott, I'm sure you can do it if you try hard enough... I'd buy one!


Also at Tramshed, these beautiful hand-blown glass bubble chandeliers from Bocci. Available singly or in hexagonal clusters (3, 9, 19? I forget), each bubble is unique, and they do look stunning together.

Finally, Lee Broom's new showroom and exhibition space 'One Light Only' didn't disappoint. His new cuboid lights (part of his new collection for Heal's) are Tom Dixon-esque with gold interiors. They look lovely together, but both the small and the large size looked like they would work well alone.

I've seen many 'quirky' lighting ranges recently (jelly molds, wine glasses...) but Lee's decanter lights are beautiful, and still manage to look novel. Personally I love the cut glass range, but if you're into bling, the gold version would look pretty special lined up above a kitchen counter or bar.

I couldn't mention Lee Broom without mentioning the neon strip... I suspect he might be bored of the theme by now, but stand-outs were the classic french bar chair (below) and the awesome Louis style desk, pimped to within an inch of it's life with some serious neon and a DJ no less. Party perfect.