I like the innovative way that touch technology is worked into home products. Vierti dimmer switches by Lutron offer an exciting look at lighting controls in home or business settings. The switch plates feature an LED light in white, blue, or green that controls the light intensity. As you touch different areas of the LED light, the lighting effect in the room changes. Another added benefit is the ease of finding the light switches in the dark since they are illuminated. There is a nice demo on the Lutron website that can be found at this location: dimmer demo. Vierti dimmer switches have a price range from $150-$275 depending on needed options and can be found: here.
Accessorizing your home is really where your personality and individual touches become apparent, and proper lamps and lighting are perhaps the most important elements when it comes to interior design and creating a home right for your lifestyle. Here are five areas to pay attention to when considering the right kind of lamps and lighting for your needs and specific environment.
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Furniture Fashion received a submission from sculptor, Roger Borg. The submission covers neon lamps and lighting which is an interesting consideration for home furnishing. Neon is a medium that is most often worked with to create commercial business signs that have words such as "Eat at Joe's" or "Cold Beer". Roger's designs run the spectrum from a fabricated lampshade to cool stackable lighting. One piece features wonderful colors that really stand out as you can see in the picture. Roger Borg's works can be found on his website here.
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Karboxx Srl of Italy has a new series of lights making a big hit here in the states simply called the "Boxx". These aluminum blocks with white or black "rubber soft touch" paintwork features an adjustable screen in methacrylate available in four different colors that open and closes to adjust the amount of light being omitted. Karboxx has a progressive collection of most unique lamps like the "Black Sun" shown here in wavy glass, and the tall slender "Drink" floor lamp that tips to offer directional light. Visit the Karboxx website to see there entire lighting collection designed by Enrico Franzolini, Vicente Garcia Jimenez, and Brian Rasmussen, well known in the Italian furniture industry, as well as in the architect building sector.
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Lights are a necessity in every environment but ordinary lighting is not. Eurofase Lighting specializes in cutting edge lamps and lighting that is any thing but ordinary, and a few of their designs have even set industry standards with the company's flair for contemporary design continually promoting emerging lamp technologies. Eurofase Lighting is credited with introducing several new design and technology trends such as the "hockey-puck" miniature fixture - introduced in the early 1990's with the original design is still being sold today. Here are 10 modern pendant lamps from the Euofase Lighting collection that I really like and I hope you do too. See the entire collection here.
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