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Go for a big style statement in your living or dining room with these extra large lamps by LM Studio. LM Studio is known for its contemporary oversized lamps, and this unusual wall and floor lighting with large lamp shades does not disappoint. Modern in design, these massive suspension and floor lamps are the latest trend in modern decor. As you might expect from a French manufacturer, these large lamps are both luxurious and chic, yet avoid being over the top.

Ideal for the modern home they combine style with substance, the sturdy frames adding to the almost industrial look of the structures. Outstretched, they echo the look of street lighting; fitted to a wall, they could be mistaken for wall art. Lamp shades are minimal, with simple, clean lines and bold colors, emphasizing the unfussy and understated look of the collection. Because these extra large lamps are available in many different versions, they are ideal for using together to develop a personalized lighting scheme; further customization is possible as they are made to measure and to order, and can be specified to suit the individual.

Designed by Matthieu Ongena for LM Studio, the lamps are tailor-made to order and can be specified in any size required. They are available in glass or Plexiglas, with stainless steel or chrome finish frames.

LM Studio specializes on creating contemporary lighting of XXL-size. The structures are made of chrome steel and stainless steel. The envelopes of light sources are in the form of lampshades, glass or Plexiglas. The lampshades can be made in different colors and material. The models are exclusively made to become the center of interior composition.

Cape Town designer Piers Mansfield-Scaddan of Fly-Pitcher presented these lamps based on the faceted shape of a stove-top coffee pot at Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town last month.

Called The Espresso Lamp, the folded and riveted metal design comes in three sizes – single, double and mini.

Piers Mansfield-Scaddan is launching a new range of furniture and table lamps at Design Indaba 2011 inspired by industrial fabrication techniques and craftsmanship. Showcasing several industrial processes, the range reflects Piers’ obsession with all things technological.

“I use industrial technology but not with a focus on mass production but rather to batch and limited editions. I labor over every detail, and this brings a sense of the handmade back into my work”.

The Espresso Lamp and is available in a wide range of colors and in 3 sizes, referred to as single, double and mini espressos!

For Design Indaba Piers will be releasing a limited edition series of 100 mini espresso lamps – individually numbered and available on the stand.

Recently relocating their London design studio to Cape Town, Fly-Pitcher, aka Piers Mansfield-Scaddan’s works take the form of limited editions and one off design pieces to installations of his work. Experimentation with 3D printing to produce the first usable stool in Nylon 2003; high end production techniques collaborating with Dupont Corian and the use of carbon composites usually seen on stealth fighter planes; to produce concept pieces bought by collectors in New York and Europe and Japan.

The wooden things have many advantages. One of the main is cozy atmosphere which they help to create. However looking at the astonishing lighting by Elisa Strozyk you cannot immediately guess what it is made of. This lamp combines the simplicity of materials with striking complexity of construction and can become the uncommon supplement of interior.

Wood in the decoration of the house is most often associated with coziness and traditional nature. That can be refinement coffee table or something more massive.

German designer Elisa Strozyk decided that all these forms are too boring and it is time to complicate the wooden constructions in interior. Her new work – “crumpling” hanging lighting made on the textile base and its revetment is numerous small triangular plates cut of veneer sheet with laser. Fixing them to the base Elisa got unbelievably beautiful geometrical form which for the first glance has something in common with constructors and old computer games.

Really, like the children meccano the form of lamp changes; maple triangles are fixed one with other with flexible fixation.

The light of this lamp is not too bright; such lighting will give the cozy atmosphere in the evening and during the day will be the wonderful decoration of interior. Wood in this element of décor does not look bulky and on the contrary creates the feeling of lightness.

According to Elisa Strozyk we will, in the future, have to deal with more waste and less resources. Therefore it is fundamental to be aware about lifecycles of objects.

Masters of company Mammalampa offer everybody to purchase their lightings. Collection which is offered to the consumers is quite uncommon and oriented first of all to that kind of people who intend to reunite with nature. The matter of fact is that ceiling chandeliers and floor standard lamps from wise lamp collection look very much alike the parts of tree trunks.

As the material for creating such lightings wood is not used and this way the ecological balance of our planet did not suffer. The masters used brass and painted metal which accent the spontaneous character of a felled tree. Each log has been selected for its individuality, thus preserving the individual character of each tree.

As a result of all actions the lighting appeared which will be liked by many people but will not be suitable for any interiors. Ceiling and floor lightings radiate pleasant soft light and make the inner space of apartments to be more alive. Any lighting can also be called original because the unique wooden pattern is painted on any lamp what means that interior also becomes unique and original. The wise lamp generates an aura of visceral energy and vitality around her. It will organically blend into a rural environment, as well as providing the essence of nature within city apartments.

Mammalampa is a Latvian brand that creates lighting apparently to declare gentle war on “making lamps differently without adapting, killing or violently beautifying materials. 

Those who are tired of classic chandeliers, the lovers of modern design and fans of uncommon elements of interior should obligatory pay attention on the new collection of original lightings by famous Spanish company Estiluz which got the name “Mitzy”. The project was worked out by Italian design-studio King & Miranda Design. Uncommon lampshades by designer company Estiluz can seem to be strange however they are not deprived of attractive charm. The Spanish company Estiluz is famous for its original artworks. The collection of standard, table and hanging lightings on the nickel frame with changeable lampshades is sustained in the traditions of pop-art. The amusing lampshades are offered in the wide color gamut.

The distinctive feature of the presented models became the lampshade made of polycarbonate and decorated with original drawing. Their base is made of metal with nickel covering. Elastic environmentally-friendly material of the lampshade and its unique design make these lamps to be welcome visitors in any interior. Bright colors of lampshades add eccentricity and light shades smooth over the extremity. Therefore even in the classic interior Mitzy lamps will find their place.

Estiluz was founded in 1969 in Sant Joan de les Abadesses (Girona, Spain) just outside of Barcelona. Due to its unique fixture design, always focused on functionality, high quality and user-friendliness of its products Estiluz has become one of the leading decorative lighting manufacturers in the world. Estiluz is devoted to design, development and manufacturing of high-end decorative lighting.