Holiday Gifting from Inform: Staff Picks

Holiday Gifting from Inform: Staff Picks

Matthew's Picks

For my gift list this year LIGHT is the operative word- we all need a little more light in our life whether in the form of light and airy glassware, light for reading or the light of a candle’s glow. 

Tom Dixon scent gift set, $120. Also available and sold individually in larger sizes, these unique candles are reminiscent of worldly scents, and come wonderfully packaged in nickel, copper and brass vessels.

Tom Dixon Gift set of 3 candles, $120

From Flos, the D'E' Light, $395. This LED table lamp also has an integrated phone charger and discrete on-off touch button. Light and practical for a coworker or friend's desktop.

Flos D'E'Light, $395

From Iittala, the Ultima Thule collection of barware and tabletop items has always been a favorite, and this fantastic centerpiece ($140) in molded glass is quite dramatic. Beautifully faceted, it looks like it is made of ice.

Ultima Thule centerpiece, $140

From the Vitra miniatures collection, this light Knotted chair ($310) made of carbon fibre dipped and cast in resin is perfect for the small apartment and the friend who has everything!

Vitra Miniatures Knotted Chair, $310

Another great lamp at a great price, the M lamp from Juniper Designs in New York is an LED design based on the classic miner's lamp. Battery operated and rechargeable. $220.

Juniper Designs, M Lamp $220

Just arrived n the showroom! M Lamp by Juniper Design

They just arrived and look great! 
Come by Inform and pick up your  M Lamp — Powered by an integrated lithium battery, these simple tools for life and work are cordless and can be transported anywhere within the home, office and in between.  
It is a light for modern living. 






Environmental sustainability is central to the M Lamp design. Its LED consumes an average 1.2W of power and lasts 50K hours. Its integrated battery does not contain cobalt making it greener and safer, and it can recharge 2,000 times with no degradation, vastly extending the product's life. The M Lamp’s compact aluminum frame minimizes the consumption of raw material, and it can be disassembled for easy recycling.  Come pick yours up  $220.  

New in the Showroom: Yumi Floor Lamp by Shigeru Ban for Fontana Arte

The new Yumi floor lamp from Fontana Arte synthesizes 2014 Pritzker prize-winner Shigeru Ban's approach to form within his architecture into a stunningly lit and visually poetic arc lamp. This is a lamp, perfect over a desk, dining table or seating area, which almost disappears in both the room it inhabits and your electric bill, due to its' LED lighting and thin carbon fiber frame. 

Ban's architecture has been described as "balletic", and this lamp, which reaches 9'4" out and 91.7" high, is clearly an extension of the same principles and aesthetics he applies to the rest of his work. Ban has not produced many pieces of furniture over his 30 practicing years an architect, so this collaboration with lighting powerhouse Fontana Arte is a chance to live with a rare and expressive piece of his creative oeuvre.

New at Inform: Dennis Parren

“This lamp [is] designed not to be understood but to show that light is the only rightful owner of color.” – Dennis Parren.

Three different-coloured LEDs project light upward from a circular platform at the base of the CMYK lamp, past thin white metal bars that split the light to cast cyan, magenta and yellow shadows onto surrounding surfaces. Red, green and blue shadows are created where the different colors overlap. Parren explains how the properties of LED bulbs enabled him "to show how the primary colors of light - red, green and blue - on the one hand, and the pigment colours - cyan, magenta and yellow - on the other, interact. The effect it produces may be called the aesthetics of LED light."

Dennis Parren Studio is based out of the Netherlands.

CMYK Pendant

CMYK Corner

CMYK Table

CMYK Corner

CMYK Corner

Lee Broom at Inform Interiors!

Exclusively at Inform Interiors: Lee Broom’s Crystal Bulb. Made from cut

crystal, it can be purchased as a bulb, with socket, or as a clustered chandelier. 
Inside, it houses an LED bulb. Lee Broom is one of the UK’s leading product 
and interior designers. In his career, he has launched numerous furniture and 
lighting collections, designed over 40 retail, restaurant and bar interiors and 
has won more than 20 awards including the ELLE Decoration British Design 
Award for Crystal Bulb in October 2012 and ‘Designer of the Year 2011/ 2012
at the British Design Awards in November 2011. The importance of the 
manufacturing process is integral to Broom’s philosophy. A supporter of 
British manufacturing techniques, Broom works closely with specialist 
traditional craftsman from the initial concept to final production runs.

Kelvin LED Green

Now Kelvin LED becomes Green: saving even more energy thanks to his automatic compensation of the ambience light. Rising his light output to 325 lumen and decreasing his consumption to 7.5 W. With two modes available, you can light your desktop for all kinds of tasks and situations. Personal Mode: Dimm the light intensity you like. Green Mode: Let Kelvin LED Green compensate your ambience light.

My New Flame

Allison went to the opening for My New Flame by Moritz Waldemeyer at the Ingo Maurer showroom  in New York last night. While there, she spotted Rosanna Orlandi and joined in gazing at the flickering LED of Ingo Maurer's newest release. 

My New Flame is a distinctive 'candle' that never burns down. The stunning combination of high-tech and poetic expression is an idea of Moritz Waldemeyer. At the upper end of a sleek black circuit board, a candle flame seems to flicker in the wind. Up close, you perceive a double-sided rectangular display made of 128 tiny LEDs per side, which renders the image of a burning flame.

Available at Inform early December, $500.

My New Flame | Designed by Moritz Waldemeyer for Ingo Maurer, 2012

Otto Watt, New from Luceplan

 

Otto Watt is the perfect desk companion. A dimmable LED source enables the user to adjust the color temperature from warm to cold white light by rotating the diffuser. Otto Watt supplies the ideal lighting conditions for all circumstances, for relaxation or precision work.

The head swivels 360 degrees, the reflector is equipped with a glare-free filter: Otto Watt is a product that fully embodies the Luceplan expertise in task lamps.

 Luceplan Otto Watt | Designed by Alberto Meda and Paolo Rizzatto, 2011

Flos D'E-Light by Philippe Starck

One of our favorite task lamps now comes in matte black!

The D-E'light designed by Philippe Starck for Flos, is designed as an energy efficient LED task lamp that doubles as a charging station for your ipod, iphone or ipad. We have the original polished chrome version in the showroom and can't say enough good things about the sleek design or practical uses. The light elevates your ipad to a perfect eye height, it eliminates an extraneous charging cord, it separates your phone from your desktop clutter. What's not to love?

 FLOS D'E-light | Designed by Philippe Starck, 2011/2012

Arco LED: Celebrating a Timeless Masterpiece

FLOS Arco LED | Designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, 1962 / 2012

The legendary masterpiece by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, which was first released in 1962, has, over the years, become a genuine design icon, identifying FLOS all over the world.

To mark the fiftieth birthday of the Arco, which also coincides with the the company′s fiftieth anniversary, FLOS pays tribute to its best-known lamp by launching a new version, the Arco LED, enhanced with the most advanced and high performance lighting technology.

While keeping the original design intact the new Arco has incorporated LED technology: 2700K of amazingly uniform and high quality lighting, and a step dimmer to regulate the intensity.

New at Inform! Flos Kelvin LED table lamp

New from Flos - the Kelvin table lamp in LED. Designed for Flos by Antonio Citterio and Toan Nguyen. Available now at Inform in white, grey and black. The lighting controls are elegant - just a double touch to control the on/off. $396 - get yours today for home or office.