Brightbound Lighting

I am so excited to have found a new lighting company that is creating some truly gorgeous light fixtures. Brightbound, headquartered here in Northern California, is showing some simple yet luxe styles. Mouth blown glass pieces of various colors, sizes, and opacity are custom-made in Brooklyn, and then sent here to be assembled using hand-knotted cord available in many different hues. The results are stunning. I can't wait to show these to a client! As you can see, they look good at a kitchen island, over a dining table, in a living room, in a bathroom, or even in a bedroom!

If you would like to use a Brightbound fixture in a bathroom, dining room, living room, or kitchen project, just give me a call!

Happy designing!

The Snaps Collection from Hubbardton Forge

I am always searching for unique lighting options for clients, and Hubbardton Forge has just released a new collection that fits the bill. Called Snaps, the configurable design features differing lengths of leather strapping (in brown, black, or white!) punctuated by round LED lights housed in alabaster, all held together with riveted snaps! As you can see below, it looks great in many settings and provides a great sculptural focal point.

I am excited to use the Snaps Collection in a project! Contact me if you want to include Snaps in your remodeled space.

Happy designing!

Fiorito Interior Design Presents The November Noir Sales Event!

I find endless inspiration in the diverse furniture lines available to me as a trade source. And my clients appreciate the opportunity to acquire unique, customizable pieces from esteemed manufacturers!

To help you explore the diverse furniture lines I offer, I will be highlighting a different brand each month for the remainder of the year.

In November, I’m excited to showcase the highly distinctive products from Noir/CFC. With over twenty years in the industry, they create exceptional casegoods, upholstery, lighting, and accessories that draw inspiration from architecture, the Secessionists (previously here), Brutalism, and post-war Italian design.

For the rest of this month, you can enjoy an additional 10% off the already discounted designer pricing available through FID* on all furniture, lighting, and accessories from Noir/CFC.

Place your order by November 30th, 2024 to take advantage of this offer. Noir does not sell direct to the public so reach out to me soon to gain access to amazing, small-scale productions from skilled craftspeople!

*This 10% savings applies to the cost of the piece and does not apply to sales tax, freight, or delivery.

Happy designing!

History of Furniture: The Arco Lamp

In my History of Furniture series, I usually write about time periods, movements, and eras in regard to interior design with an occasional foray into exterior architecture. But there have been exceptions when I examine a single piece of furniture, and delightfully, this is one of those times.

A classic and very important piece of furniture was designed in 1962 by Italian brothers designed by brothers Pier Giacomo and Achille Castiglioni for lighting manufacturer Flos. It is called the Arco lamp and has been a staple of interiors through Mid-Century Modern, the 70s and 80s, and even now. Remarkably, it has been in constant production by Flos since its birth in 1962.

The Achille Castiglioni Foundation website describes this spectacularly elegant fixture:

Floor lamp with direct light, it fulfills the need for direct lighting on a table without having the constraint of a fixed light point on the ceiling. The base of the lamp is made up of a parallelepiped of white marble weighing approximately 65 kg, the corners are rounded, equipped with a hole made in the center of gravity, useful both for fixing the vertical stem that supports the actual arch and for easy movement of the lamp (for example by inserting a simple broom handle).

The arched stem is made up of three sectors in stainless steel profile with a U-section capable of allowing, by sliding one inside the other, telescopic advancement and the hidden passage of the wires. This gives the arch more widths, with the reflector being positioned at three different heights.

The dome is made up of two pieces: a fixed one in the shape of a perforated cap to facilitate the cooling of the lamp holder (100 watt bulb in opaline glass), the other a mobile aluminum ring, resting on the first, so that it can be rectified in position, depending on the height of the third sector of the arch.

This technical description is a good exmaple of something being more than the sum of its parts. There is a reason this fixture has sold millions. There is a timeless beauty and simplicity in this light that cannot be denied.

The Arco light can be bought from Flos and through Design Within Reach.

Happy designing!

The Future of Lighting Is Now

I am beyond excited with the possibilities of the amazing fixtures Chicago-based PureEdge Lighting are creating. Their Tru Line series shouldn't even be called "fixtures" because they are installed into walls and ceilings, becoming part of the structure of the building itself. Lines of embedded LED lights can run across a ceiling and down a wall...

...or wrap around a corner. They can be used in places where traditional fixtures cannot.

Tru Line can offer illumination in crucial areas like stairways.

My imagination is already running, thinking of ways this product can be incorporated into a design. The possibilities seem nearly endless.

Happy designing!

Stickbulb

We started this month looking at the history of white plaster lighting fixtures, and in contrast to the artisan-made tactility of those fixtures, let's look at a company integrating LED into extremely minimalist designs using slim rectangles of wood.

Stickbulb was formed in 2012 by Russell Greenberg and Christopher Beardsley. Inspired by a pile of long linear wooden cut-offs in their workshop, the designers challenged themselves to develop a truly sustainable lighting system. As a starting point, they only considered designs that could be manufactured locally and affordably within a five mile radius of their New York City office. They chose to use reclaimed and sustainably sourced woods as a primary building material, and sourced energy efficient LED technologies and components. The collection was designed with the least number of parts possible and with connections that make the pieces easy to separate for maintenance, recycling, or reuse. The result is a light-up erector set of interchangeable components that allows for unlimited customization and creativity.

They make a wonderful collection of pendants, chandeliers, sconces, and floor lamps. Take a look at the strong line of the pieces below.

Happy designing!