Live in color. The Philips LivingColors LED lamp and mini-lamp are indispensable lighting pieces for any modern home. If you’re looking for a flexible, ultra-sleek, versatile and modern lamp, there really is no other. With over 16 million color choices suited to your mood, activity, time of day and so many other factors, you can use this lamp for everything from entertaining guests to reading before bed. And the best part – its compact, rounded shape allows it to go wherever you need it, and the cute modular remote means you can adjust the color on the fly, from anywhere in the room.
We here at Padstyle got to try a full sized LivingColors lamp out, and it is now a permanent fixture in our office. We use the color wheel on the remote control to adjust the lamp to our needs: a deep yellow tone when we want to get down to business, a rich magenta for lunch, and a soothing blue when it’s time to pack up and go home. You can customize this lamp to flood the walls with bright, neon green, or bring down the tone to a more mellow tea green with just a hint of yellow. The possibilities are as endless as the color spectrum.
You can set this lamp up on the floor in the corner of your room to fill it with subtle color, or you can set it on a mantle or table facing the wall for a more direct beam. A date night might require a dazzling crimson to evoke passion and excitement, while a lazy Sunday spent catching up on your reading could be spend awash in a pale goldenrod. However you live, you can create your own ambiance.
The regular size LivingColors lamp allows for the full 16 million color choices, and its body is made of transparent clear plastic. The mini-lamp comes in your choice of glossy white or black, and can emit 256 colors. Both are great for setting the mood, and you can even set up several regular sized lamps to run on the same remote if you really want to flood your home with color.
If you only buy one lamp this year, this is the lamp to get.
Every good conversation piece deserves an interesting story. The Toto Cube Lamp is not only a minimalist piece of modern art, but it is a uniquely created lamp with origins in the oddest of places. It is manufactured by a wine crate maker in its off-season, in the mold of the many crates that are made to carry bottles of wine. It offers three levels of functionality in addition to its statement as a piece of art: it can be used as a coffee table, a seat or a lamp (or all three). Perfect for a loft, modern dining room, living room or commercial setting, your guests will love to hear about the unique creation process of your Toto Cube Lamp over a nice glass of wine. The Toto Cube Lamp is available at DWR.com for $275.00.
Your guests will be howling at the moon when you incorporate this O-Moon Lamp into your next gathering. Whether you’re having a quiet night of cocktails and finger-foods or a care-free party on the patio, you’ll find that this lamp gives off a flattering glow that illuminates just enough – but not too much. It is designed to look like the Australian moon, and its natural inspiration can be seen in its simplicity and its versatile outdoor/indoor placement options. The sturdy stainless steel base allows this lamp to be picked up and moved wherever the party roams, so you and your guests don’t have to be without a little luminescence. You’ll find the O-Moon Lamp at DWR.com for $880.00.
Dazzle guests with mystical light. Whether you own a commercial establishment or just want to add some sophistication to your home, the Luxor Chandelier will shine. Offering a fairy-like glow that appears to emanate from dozens of tiny lights, this is a great central piece to highlight posh decor. Its pyramid form and square base are geometrically intriguing, and the hushed glow will induce a relaxing atmosphere in you bar, dining room or hallway. This would look stunning when matched with graceful modern decor that plays with form, figure and texture. The Luxor Chandelier can be found at TheFurnitureLoft.com for $799.00.
Light up your room from below. Try experimenting with conventional notions of what is a lamp and what is a seat by incorporating this Pablo Light Bench into your home. It rests on the floor and can be used as some light seating, but it also illuminates from the ground-up with an ambient light that fills its form and spills outward. You will be able to enjoy the soft glow of this light whether you use it as a bench, as an accent light, as a coffee table, or whether you purchase several and line them up as runway lights. You can add the Pablo Light Bench to your home for $760.00 by visiting GoContempo.com.
Artful lighting. Two shapes come together to make this sconce a subtle piece of art that will light up your living room, hallway, kitchen or bathroom. The rounded rectangular sconce itself if balanced by the two circles that rest comfortably underneath. This sconce is available in polished nickel or rubbed bronze. By using contrasting straight and rounded lines, this sconce gives off a bold statement that is tempered by a smooth, sophisticated style. Any modern home will enjoy the subtle style that this light exudes through its unique adornments and its use of contrasting forms. You will find the Dianelli ADA Sconce at ModernFurnitureClassics.com for $495.00.
Your room will be crawling with style. Lighting is important in any room, and adds a special something to a modern home. The Antfarm creative lighting system allows your to design a web of light that is fully customizable based on your design instincts. You can choose from one to seven pods, which are connected via pathways of interconnected rope, and which use LED, long-lasting light fixtures. Great as mood lighting, the flexibility and versatility of this lighting system means that you can run it across the ceiling, around corners or along a wall. The Antfarm wall lighting system is available now at PlushPod.com for $440.00 – $2420.00.
Bring the flavor of the islands to your living room. The Maui Table Lamp is just brimming with tropical style. It uses modern, straight lines to produce an overall appearance that is relaxed, and uses neutral bamboo sticks for the shade and rice paper lining to give off a subtle glow. It has an antique bronze base that brings out the darker tones in the lamp. If your room needs a little hint of summer sun and beach air, you can’t go wrong with this lamp, either placed prominently on a mantle or coffee table, or discreetly on a side table or shelf. The Maui Table Lamp from InMod.com is available for $75.00.
Don’t shy away from patterns, even in your lighting. It is a temptation with modern design to choose chunky, blocky and solid pieces, rather than patterned or more busy designs. The Flame.mgx Pendant Lamp proves that patterns don’t always have to be excluded for your home to be truly modern. The striped patterns that it will display on your walls creates an intimate and unique atmosphere, and its twisted, fanned form will catch your guests’ eyes, every time. The design process that created this lamp uses a special software and production process that brings technology to decor without being overly industrial. You can buy the Flame.mgx Pendant Lamp from PlushPod.com for $1,110.00.
Straight simplicity with a twist. The tall, austere and stylish form of the Linear Floor Lamp is simple, but the true beauty lies in the details. You can order this lamp in your choice of butter, cream or pebble – calm and zen-like colors that will match nearly any color scheme. The shade is made of shatung silk that is stretched over the black, powder-coated steel frame to produce a design that is both light and sturdy. And the four sources of light that will spill from this lamp will illuminate your room with a romantic and ambient light that is unmatched by any other lamp without the care and attention to detail that this one exhibits. The Linear Floor Lamp can be found at InMod.com for $324.99.
Find your perfect balance. Lighting is an important part of every room, and the lighting you choose will reflect something about yourself. This Modern Fan-Shaped Lamp appears to spring from its base, giving a sense of joy, freedom and bliss. The fan-shaped lampshade is ribbed with bamboo and rests gracefully between two satin steel-finished poles. These poles are attached close together at the maple base, and bend outward to hold the circular lampshade. This form is all about fluidity and existing without restraint – and whichever room you place it in will feel lighter, beyond just being lit with the bulb. You’ll find the Modern fan-shaped lamp at LA-Decor.com for $67.00 (table lamp) or $168.00 (floor lamp).
Don’t just divide your room, illuminate it. This room divider is made for the truly modern home or commercial setting – one that is bold, daring and on the cutting-edge of contemporary fashion. It features a master screen that can connect with up to five side screens, to produce a long wall of ambient light. It is ideal for dividing a large space in order to gain privacy and increased functionality. Each screen includes the complimentary lightbulbs to fully take advantage of the mood lighting that this piece has to offer. The Modular Light Screen is available from InMod.com for $1,999.99/master screen and $1440/side screen.
