The Find: 10 eclectic alternatives to the bare Edison bulb
The Find: 10 eclectic alternatives to the bare Edison bulb
Although people have been complaining about the omnipresence of the bare Edison bulb for more than a year, its industrial-hipster charm means it remains a fixture of cool new restaurants and eclectic apartments—which is a shame, given the range of beautifully designed lighting available in this city. We searched far and wide to find a selection of alternative pendants and chandeliers—and some of them even manage to evoke the industrial look or simplicity of a naked bulb, minus the hipster cliché. Check out these 10 options (which should come in handy as patio dinners give way to evenings spent cozying up at home).
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- Ten individual lamp heads hang from a main base, creating a cumulative glow. $298. <br /><a href="http://morba.myshopify.com/collections/wall-ceiling-lighting/products/tetra">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- The rattan weaving in this shade from IKEA gives off a warm glow, for less than a hundred bucks. $79.99. <br /><a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/70155036/">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- The substantial look and matte black finish of CB2’s teardrop-shaped pendant make a simple but bold statement. $279. <br /><a href="http://www.cb2.com/noir-pendant-lamp/s441603">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- The 10 rings on this pendant by Denmark’s Verner Panton can be rotated like a fan around the bulb, which means you can change the look whenever you like. $895 (US). <br /><a href="http://www.dwr.com/product/moon-pendant-white.do?sortby=ourPicks">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- This chrome chandelier from Morba is called the Medusa, but it reminds us more of cool sets from sci-fi movies (it also evokes a famous chandelier by <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SCgaLoVv3QA/SwyI4GQFb_I/AAAAAAAABCQ/4QlppYDolf0/s1600/Flos+2097+by+Gino+Sarfatti+-++H26.2+x+D35+$1520.jpg">Gino Sarfatti</a>). $689. <br /> <br /><a href="http://morba.myshopify.com/collections/wall-ceiling-lighting/products/medusa">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- This bird’s nest of brass-plated wire by Toronto’s Kelvin Goddard and Lisa Santana is appealingly chaotic. $6,600. <br /><a href="http://avenue-road.com/#/catalogue/products/866">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- This acrylic fixture from the late 1960s has the same retro-futuristic appeal that makes <em>Barbarella</em> and the CN Tower so great. $450. <br /><a href="http://atomicdesign.ca/test-store/#ecwid:category=330579&mode=product&product=9525846">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- We like the pairing of an industrial shape with antiqued mercury glass on this West Elm pendant—and we can imagine a few of them hanging in a cluster. $101.73. <br /><a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/industrial-pendant-mercury-w683/?pkey=cchandeliers-pendant-lighting">Click to buy »</a>
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- Natural wood and a lack of adornment result in a non-traditional take on a classic chandelier shape. $1,045. <br /><a href="http://www.elte.com/product/manning-small-ceiling-light/102033034000/">Click to buy »</a>
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- The Find: suspension lighting
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- The evocatively named stamen pendant by Jeremy Pyles was designed around the shape of a tubular bulb, and is made of hand-blown glass. $1,195 (US). <br /><a href="http://www.dwr.com/product/stamen-pendant.do?sortby=ourPicks">Click to buy »</a>
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