While at Shoppe Object in New York earlier this week, I came across Felipa Home, a company from Paraguay that makes collapsible lantern-style pendants and other home décor by hand from plant fiber. Indigenous communities of artisans employ traditional weaving techniques to create these lanterns from caraguata leaves. Each one is unique and comes in a variety of colors and sizes. Felipa Home currently exports its products to Taiwan, France, Chile and the United Staes.
Ridezign also showcased lighting at Shoppe Object. Its small rechargeable lamps, shown above, feature a pattern of dots or grids inspired by the New York City skyline and are 3D printed from either bio or recycled plastics, depending on the colorway. They are made in Brooklyn.
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Lutron, which makes intelligent lighting and control systems, has partnered with Vancouver-based lighting design brand Matthew McCormick Studio, incorporating Lutron’s lighting technology directly into MMS’s decorative fixtures. Now, designers can specify MMS’ handcrafted Line Light collection of solid wood luminaries with linear Ketra fixtures. The partnership is part of Lutron’s Native by Design collaboration program.
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Lighting manufacturer Crystorama is participating in Dallas Design Week at the Dallas Market Center in mid-September. Together with Sherwin-Williams, it is hosting a panel discussion called “Change Your Light, Change Your Life: The Designer’s Guide to Color, Mood, and the Spaces That Shape Us” in its showroom (TM 3503) on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 11 a.m.
The conversation digs into neuroaesthetics and how color psychology, lighting temperature and biophilic design shape mood, focus and well-being in residential, hospitality and commercial spaces. It’s moderated by Antonio DeLoatch (Antonio DeLoatch Designs) with panelists Ginger Curtis (Urbanology Designs), Ashley Hughes (Muse Noire Interiors), Nina Lichtenstein (Custom Home Design) and Ashlynn Bourque (Sherwin-Williams).
Immediately following, attendees can continue into Sherwin-Williams’ Anthology ColorMix 2027 Dine & Design presentation one floor up in the Samsung Experience Center (TM 4604).
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BIOS Lighting recently won a Best of NeoCon innovation award for its BIOS SkyView Tile, which mimics the healthy light of a blue-sky day indoors. Its ceiling tile-based lighting replicates natural daylight with ultra-high light quality (CRI > 90, R9> 80), according to the company’s website. Lighting engineer Robert Soler spent years studying the wellness implications of blue-sky light by working with astronauts on the Space Station before developing SkyView. “No other company is tackling the biological light deficit problem like we are,” Soler said in a LinkedIn post celebrating the company’s Innovation Award win.
