Lampshades: enveloping light
9.8.2019
Translation: machine translated
When it's bad outside, I light a pretty lamp for the light it gives off and the feeling of well-being it gives.
These days in Zurich, the mercury has been running wild with temperatures in excess of 30 degrees. I love the sunshine, so it's only when the weather's not so good that I can't go out and enjoy the pleasures of swimming, going out and visiting the glaciers. When it rains, I like to recharge my batteries at home, on the sofa, with a magazine, in front of an open window, so I can listen to the rain falling.
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To sublimate this atmosphere, I light a few candles and a lamp whose shade reminds me of an umbrella. As its cone of light points downwards, it emits a softer light than the other lamps. Just right for a pleasant atmosphere. Ambition drives me to find design gems. So I gave it free rein to select lamps for all umbrella-like uses.
For indoors and outdoors
Without annoying cables: battery-powered lampshades have the advantage of being mobile. They look like a modern lantern that can be placed anywhere, under the pergola in the garden, on the balcony or in the living room.
Indoors
Lamps in warm tones look particularly decorative on the desk or shelf. As sources of indirect light, they also highlight the objects around them less blatantly than a spotlight.
To enhance a reading corner, there's nothing better than freestanding luminaires projecting their cone of light at an ideal height, one that allows you to read or write.
Hanging lamps with shades are most reminiscent of umbrellas, as they give the impression of protecting you. They are simple and, in contrast to spotlights, provide a soft light. Use them, for example, above a dining room table or to light a specific area.
Whether to illuminate or to give off an enveloping atmosphere, lamps with shades make me feel at ease.
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Pia Seidel
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Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.
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