Hi,We have made several infographics and now we are planning to make one about the most important lamps ever (i.e. design classics).We have already made a list of lamps like the Angelpoise, the Artichoke, etc., but I'm afraid we have overlooked some important lamps.So please tell me which lamps you would include, if you are were making an infographic with the 50 most important lamps ever.Thanks,MadsPS: Two of our previous infographics: http://www.axentric.com/en/what-people-eat/http://www.cykelvalg.dk/kabinecykler/
If you are only interested in 20th century modern design lamps/light fixtures, for the past ten years now (like others) I go to architonic.com...design collector...lighting...there are about 18 pages of lamps to look at.
I agree those simple mostly anonymous white glass globe light fixtures are the best. They do what they are supposed to do and they do not compete with the other lamps (all white different materials, periods and styles...forgot dirt cheap) I have in the house.
What popped into my head as I read the thread title was the paper lanterns of the Japanese and (especially) of Isamu Noguchi and (in plastic) of George Nelson.
But Heath's comment reminded me that, in the early days of electric light, progressive architects like Wright and Corbu installed plain unshaded bulbs (lamps) in certain iconic houses. Then, Wright (at least) incorporated the milk-class sphere into fixtures he designed for, among others, the Robie house in Chicago, in 1910.
The infographics linked are great. (I'm particularly fond of the velo-coupe class of vehicles.) But any selection of "the most important lamps ever" is going to be a subjective compilation, isn't it ? Or maybe that's part of the subject . . .
My plan was to mix chronology with drawings of the different lamps (same style as the velomobile drawings in http://www.cykelvalg.dk/kabinecykler/ )
But if you all think it's a bit too boring, it better find a different angle for the infographic. After all, we don't want to spend a lot of time and energy on something that nobody really care about.
Your work deserves wider exposure. Keep it up !
As a kid I coveted the 8" white globe that was the upstairs-hall fixture in our '30s residence -- without knowing how readily those glass globes could be obtained. I finally broke down and took it, replacing it with something else, and incorporated it into a three-legged table lamp, whose shade was a conical rush-work wastebasket I had been given. It remained at my father's bedside until he died, I believe . . .
The project kept me busy as I nervously awaited freshman year at design school.
SDR
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