Interactive designers rAndom International have created a lighting installation that can map and replicate human movement. Located at the MADE exhibition space in Berlin, the project was presented as part of a dance performance coordinated by choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Max Richter. As two dancers moved around the perimeter of the installation, 3D cameras recorded the shapes made by their bodies and replayed them on a brass grid of over 10,000 LED lights. The image created by the lights always resembles a single figure, no matter how many people approach it at once, but it can combine the movements of more than one body.

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In photographer Lee Eunyeol’s ‘Starry Night’ series the sky and the earth appear to have switched places, and planets and stars appear embedded within cracks in the earth. Lee’s stunning light installations are created by installing LED bulbs in natural settings to create epic illuminated landscapes. Using temporal photographic techniques the artist creates these mysterious sights, which reach off into the distance like magical forests in a fairy tale.

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The newest styles in lighting are now on the Hold It Contemporary Home showroom floor. Design House Stockholm offers fun, creative, modern lighting options and we wanted to share a few of our favorites. For more information or for pricing on any of these lighting options, contact Hold It Contemporary Home!

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The 2012 Light Festival in Belgium is wowing visitors this year. Especially the Luminarie De Cagna used more than 55,000 LEDs to create a spectacular display. Throughout the festival there are also flowers and aquariums made from lights, but this one happens to be our favorite.

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Lighting often gains inspiration from everyday objects, and these lights from Designtree Studio look a lot like pills. The name of these lights, surprisingly enough is “Pil” but these offer more than just a drug reference. The hand-made wooden tops come are available with both fogged glass or clear and would add a great look to a mid-century modern room.

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This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. In memory of the lives lost, the National 9/11 Memorial in New York City will open to the public. This memorial is the perfect example of how architecture and design can capture and preserve the memory of  lives lost.  The design of the memorial is best described by the Memorial’s website.

“The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in the North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. Architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker created the Memorial design selected from a global design competition that included more than 5,200 entries from 63 nations.

The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.”

For more information about the National Memorial visit its website.

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Hold It Contemporary Home is proud to announce the newest addition to our showroom floor or in this case, showroom ceiling. This lighting gallery features the latest modern pendants from Nuevo. These pieces are a perfect addition to dining rooms, entry ways or any place in your home with lighting needs.

Come check it out at Hold It Contemporary Home.

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Breathe life into your window coverings with these new shading systems from Creation Baumann. The Swiss company is adding pops of fun and vibrant color to their shading textiles. The options range from opaque designs for intense privacy or more translucent designs that offer a look outside. The panels offer protection from glare while still adding a modern design to your home.

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In the Fall of 2002, Koncept set out to design and develop innovative products for home and business. Since then, the company has amassed a line of elegant LED desk lamps that are gaining national attention. With their Gen. 3 LED lamps, Koncept brings key improvements in light quality, brightness control, usability, and efficiency. Newest to the fold is the Equo LED Desk Lamp. Read more …

Since their introduction in 1952, the iconic George Nelson Bubble Lamps have been made by hand in rural Michigan.  First produced by Howard Miller, Modernica took over 10 years ago resurrecting production in the US and is the official worldwide distributor.  The original jigs are still used to bend the wires that make up the intricate frame for the lamps. From the forming of the wire frame to the spraying of the vinyl form, one by one, each Bubble Lamp is hand crafted with care to bring light into your homes.  Read more …