Need a New Lamp? Here Are 7 Bright Ideas
The latest advances in lighting technology for the home are on display in these seven stately specimens. With color temperature sliders and LED lighting guides
The latest advances in lighting technology for the home are on display in these seven stately specimens. With color temperature sliders and LED lighting guides that create a diffuse glow, these lamps are able to set any kind of mood. They’re also designed to multitask; some are safe for use indoors and out, wireless models can be carried from room to room, and others are designed for workday productivity as well as bedtime reading. An added bonus: They’re gentler on the planet, using recycled and renewable materials along with 3D-printing manufacturing techniques that fabricate them on demand. You’ll surely find something here that turns you on. Words by Boone Ashworth, Michael Calore, Julian Chokkattu, and Jeremy White. Photographs by Andria Lo This story is part of The Future of Home, a collaboration between the editors of WIRED and Architectural Digest to help you understand what “home” will look like tomorrow and beyond. The Flos IC Floor Lamp (top) and the Gantri Pier Small Wireless (bottom). PHOTOGRAPH: Andria Lo Flos IC Floor Lamp Flos’ floor lamp has an ethereal quality—a floating orb suspended on a slim metal frame. By all rights, it feels as though the frosted glass sphere should tip out of balance, fall, and shatter into a thousand pieces on the floor, but there it hangs. It feels right at home in any stately study, as its right-angle arm hooks inward to hover over the edge of a chair or sofa or pop out of a corner to brighten the room. To tailor it to your space, choose both the frame’s finish and height (either 53 or 73 inches) at checkout. $1,115 and up at dwr.com Gantri Pier Small Wireless This simple, cordless light is part of a new product line cocurated by 3D-printed lighting company Gantri and design bigwigs Ammunition, the firm behind the Ember mug and Beats by Dre headphones.
The glam lamp’s looks are inspired by the nature and infrastructure of San Francisco, the hometown of both companies, nodding to the support beams of the bayside piers and the architectural curves of Chinatown’s historic buildings. Gantri’s unique manufacturing process—the lamp’s body is 3D-printed from sugarcane-based polymers, then finished by hand and painted in one of 25 vibrant colors—gives each light a smooth, matte texture. It feels just as nice to carry it around as it does to sit and read beside it. A wireless charging base gasses up the 8-inch-tall lamp for 10-plus hours of battery-powered illumination. $348 at gantri.com The Wooj Cordless Camp Lantern (left) and the Snow Peak Rechargeable Mini Hozuki (top and bottom). PHOTOGRAPH: Andria Lo Wooj Cordless Camp Lantern Take your pick of Wooj’s accent lamps and tabletop beacons, or take our lead and go straight for this cordless lamp that works in any setting. The Brooklyn studio designed the lantern to mimic the type of gourds used in West Africa to carry water and in Japan to carry sake. The result is a 7-inch-tall lamp that can be comfortably toted wherever you go. A paracord sling handle makes it easy to hang on a hook in the dining room or carry it outside. Outside? Yes, the cordless lamp is powered by a USB-C-rechargeable battery and can run for up to 80 hours on a single charge. There are three dim-to-warm brightness settings; just know the run time will drop to about 15 hours on the brightest mode. For eco-credentials, the shade is made from recycled thermoplastic, while the base is recycled aluminum. $135 at wooj.com The Wooj Camp Lantern (left) and the Snow Peak Rechargeable Mini Hozuki (right). PHOTOGRAPH: Andria Lo Snow Peak Rechargeable Mini Hozuki Dining by candlelight is always romantic, but maybe not always practical.
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