Steal This Look: Black Lights by Julie

Issue 30 · Color in the Kitchen · July 21, 2008

Steal This Look: Black Lights by Julie

Issue 30 · Color in the Kitchen · July 21, 2008

Claesson Koivisto Rune's house for Ingegerd Råman features a restrained palette of black, white, and red. We especially like the way the designers used black light fixtures throughout the house. For more ideas, see 10 Easy Pieces: Black Pendant Lights, Outdoors: Stockholm Fixture, and Lighting: Leucos Pendant.

Below: Outdoor Droppen Light by noted Swedish architect Thomas Sandell for Swedish lighting company Zero, die-cast aluminum with lampshade in clear or matte opal glass; $234.40 at Scandinavian Design Center.

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Below: Arne Jacobsen Floor Lamp, designed in 1957 for the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Available in black, white, or graphite gray; $848 at Y Lighting.

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Below: UK designer Tom Dixon's Beat Shade Wide made of hand-beaten brass with a black patinated exterior; $420 at Nova 68.

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Below: Designed by Robert Dudley Best in 1930, the Bestlite bl3 floor lamp is $829 at Unica Home.

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