Characterised by strong geometric shapes and materials such every bit goldplated metallic, glass, marble and lacquer, these dramatic, Art Deco-inspired designs hands liven up any space.

"A symbol of luxury and prestige, Fine art Deco-inspired lighting emphasises quality craftsmanship, decadent materials and glamorous style," says Jeremy Tay of Singapore interior design studio Prestige Global Designs. He thinks that these modern lights can work well with minimalist or gimmicky interiors, and are peculiarly effective in creating a luxurious ambience.

Designer Paulo Figueiredo of Portuguese mid-century-inspired designer lighting brand Delightfull explains that Fine art Deco is a strong visual concept, with decorative attributes and ornamentations that make information technology one of the about predominant and powerful interior decorative styles. "This is why it'due south a great source of inspiration for decorative lighting," he says. "Many interior styles fit with Fine art Deco lamps—a archetype wait or even a simple Scandinavian concept works harmoniously with an Fine art Deco piece." So allow your habitation glow with these brilliant finds.

Marble Moon

From Lee Broom, one of the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland's leading interior and lighting designers, the Crescent, Fulcrum and Ring lights all have a potent Art Deco influence. Ane interesting accent piece from the designer is the Acid Marble tabular array lamp. Information technology comprises a layer of white Cararra marble fused with acid yellow-tinted glass set up on a solid blackness Nero Marquina marble base. When the bulb is turned on, the veins of the Cararra marble nowadays a hypnotic, moon-like visage.

Setting the Stage

Launched at this year's Salone del Mobile, young Portugese lighting make Luxxu presents the Scala wall light – a theatrical composition of gold-plated brass and exquisite Swarovski crystals, handcrafted into a lamp that exudes all the romance and grandeur of a dark at the opera. Also from Luxxu is Explosion (above), an attention-grabbing, sputnik-esque suspension lamp with gold-plated brass and crystal glass extending from a central sphere.

Gatsby-era Glamour

Inspired by Bacchus, the god of wine and pleasance, the triangulated raisin motifs of French crystal art and lifestyle brand Lalique's Raisins lamp evokes the opulence of the 1920s flapper era and will inspire many a fun-filled cocktail hr. The base of the Raisins is available in articulate and chrome crystal or polished steel, while the lampshades come in a choice of luxurious ivory or black silk.

Ball of Calorie-free

Designed by architect Francesco Librizzi and launched at this year's Salone del Mobile, Fontana Arte's Setareh family of table and ceiling lamps are made of hand-blown white satin glass spheres, suspended within gold or chrome metal structures. Like a trapeze artist hovering in mid-air or a juggler in action, the light from the sphere illuminates that geometric outline of the metal structures, creating ethereal, poetic gravitational dynamics.

Sensual Accept

Recalling the temper of Prohibition-era speakeasies, Delightfull's mid-century-modern lamps – such as the Madeleine (a French-style cluster of iv interruption lights inspired by a bloom bouquet) and the Ike floor lamp (an elegant brass and aluminium composition with clean lines and a sleek silhouette, pictured right) – capture the sensuality of the period.

Gold Days

Encapsulating Lasvit's expertise in glass blowing and bronze casting, Stairs past Atelier Oi is clearly inspired by the forms and silhouettes prevalent in the 1930s. Multi-layered in structure all the same lite in appearance, the pendant light's glass frame offers flexibility – information technology can exist rendered in diverse colours and finishes, while the position can be moved using the metal base.

Circumvolve of Life

Combining semicircles and mouth-blown opaline sphere lights with horizontal black-patinated brass rods, the Mobile Chandelier serial by London-based designer Michael Anastassiades incorporates curvilinear and geometric forms into distinctively modern lights that look like cursive symbols floating in mid-air.

Gentle Curves

A descendant of Lasvit'south Super Clover, a geometric lighting with a design based on a report of mathematical systems, the more than compact Clover range by Michael Immature presents the conceptual idea in a soft, effortless manner. Crafted from hand-blown drinking glass and ensconced in a gold, sandblasted frame, it echoes the decadence of the Fine art Deco era only in a subtle, mod style.

Mirror, Mirror

Metal surfaces were a popular feature of the Fine art Deco period. An exercise in reductionism, the spherical outlines and hyper-polished surfaces of Tom Dixon's dome-shaped Bong brass tabular array human action like a mirror for its surroundings while brightening the room with a soft-lit concealed diffuser. Equipped with a convenient footswitch and available in brass, copper or platinum, Bell is a radiant accent piece for any space.

Lights, Camera, Activity

A slender tripod-similar stand combines with the solidity and luxury of golden-coated metal and black powder coating to create the sleek, most animated Cliff flooring lamp by Montreal design studio Lambert & Fils. Despite Cliff'due south contemporary appearance, there'south something nostalgic nigh its outline, which recalls the set lights from Hollywood'due south gilded age.

 Source: sg.asiatatler.com

Text by: Michelle Koh Morollo

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