Homeowners are becoming adept at giving their homes expert-looking redesign fixes, something simple like rearranging furniture and adding a modern chandelier to accent certain objects or locations. What makes the job easier is having access to striking lighting designs that look good on their own, such as Italian designs from FLOS, Prandina, Artemide and Foscarini. Certainly, you’ll have to channel your inner Herman Miller or George Kovacs to light up a room like magic.
The ideal modern luminaire creates dimensional and dramatic effects in homes and offices. Installing a wall light with dimmers can change your dining room or bathroom experience. Outdoor wall lights, sconces, and recessed ceiling lights from top manufacturers like Alt Lucialternative, WAC, FontanaArte, or Catellani & Smith can evoke classic mid-century elegance or ultra-high-tech appeal.
The use of space-age materials, from Kevlar to aluminized polycarbonate screens, is not uncommon for leading brands such as Tobias Grau, Bruck, Taller Uno and Anthologie Quartett. In a choice of two standards, low voltage 10V, 12V, 24V or line voltage 100V, 120V, 240V, the designers at Vibia or Marchetti work tirelessly to fuse purpose and style in lighting. monorail rail, table lamps and floor lamps.
Not all chandeliers or pendants are created equal and you need to decide if your new modern chandelier is going to have accent, spot, flood or task lighting. Big name brands from Louise Poulsen to Linea Light, Anta and deMajo will have finishes like satin or polished nickel, brushed steel or chrome, antique brass or bronze, hurricane or flute glass.