Lighted Fantasies

By LAWRENCE TAN

UK designer Lee Broom is perhaps better known for dishing out award-winning bar interiors than furniture, but judging by his first two furniture collections to date, Broom could well become the next Philippe Starck.

His sophomore series, entitled “Rough Diamond”, follows on from his debut “Neo Neon” collection, which involved taking vintage furniture pieces, and giving the furniture a new lease of life by embellishing it with light installations.

For example, the “Bright on Bistro” Chair (pictured above), limited to 50 pieces, is an antique classic bentwood chair rescued from a tea house in Brighton with a silhouette accentuated by turquoise neon. The Club Chair takes a traditional Chesterfield but replaces the 85 buttons with fairground light bulbs.

Broom will launch his third collection at the London Design Festival this September but there wouldn’t be any light bulbs or neon this time. While information is scant at the moment, a spokesperson for Broom says the new collection will “focus on pieces for the living room” with an “emphasis on simple classic shapes but with unique and striking application”.

All images are courtesy of Lee Broom.

Lightable Furniture

Lightable Furniture

Lightable chairs, cocktail tables and other furniture and décor create a dazzling, new look and style for clubs, restaurants, parties, events or even your backyard. This new line of glowing, decorative furnishings and fixtures comprises lighted cubes in five different sizes, lighted cylinders in five different heights, lighted chairs in different colors, lighted, textured faux rocks and round poly ball lighting accessories.

This innovative seating, serving and sitting area concept combines smooth, contemporary design with sharp visual appeal for a stunning effect that customers, party guests, friends and family will remember for years. Or set the furniture unlit for a sleek, futuristic look and style.

All of the glowing lightable furniture is manufactured from durable, scratch and scuff-resistant, 100% polyethylene to withstand constant use in busy hospitality settings and frequent transport for rental shops. Their light weight permits easy movement, setup and handling by one person and they may be placed inside or outside. A molded-in opening in the bottom of each one allows placement of an LED light, light bulb or other battery operated or electrical lighting product. The LED or other light shines upwards and outwards evenly through the modern plastic material to create the mesmerizing glowing effect and may be switched on and off when the natural, unlit look is desired.

Modoluce festive outdoor light furniture

Quote: Modoluce's fun, illuminated furniture is once seen, never forgotten! The illuminated furniture range creates an extraordinary effect grouped together in sets of light up tables, light up stools, and other accessories - whether inside, or out on the patio. The Atollo collection, designed by Paolo Grasselli, consists of generous, low stools and tables. You can choose from the Atollo Outdoor round stools ideal for parties, or the Atollo Panca semi-circular benches for intimate groupings. Atollo Happyhour is a high table which features a hole in the middle, which can be filled with ice to keep your drinks chilled. Atollo Vertical is an upright 'O' that functions as sculptural lighting to complement the illuminated range! The Campanone Outdoor collection is also designed by Paolo Grasselli, and offers a 'pouf' shape that is used both as tables and stools. Modoluce outdoor furniture is a groovy decor solution to both lighting and seating.

Stay cool by the pool with this LED Poolside Furniture from Florastyle.

Lucas Maassen's Family Furniture

Family Furniture Did toys turn into furniture or did furniture turn into toys? And who is in the middle? The pieces of furniture are the main characters in this Tableau Vivant. A small change on the convention of chairs has granted them a life. T

Brad's Bizarre Furniture

Transrock

by campana brothers

additional text: Through design prototypes, limited editions and design-as-art objects, Limited Edition documents a growing phenomenon in contemporary furniture design. It is a book about designers who are making furniture objects outside of, and parallel to, the industrial manufacturing system. Limited Edition is illustrated with a rich selection of works that reflect the very best of this new area as well as new and behind the scenes images from some of its leading protagonists, including: Gaetano Pesce, Marc Newson, Maarten Baas, Tom Dixon, Studio Job, Zaha Hadid and Johanna Grawunder, together with an equally fascinating collection of newcomers and comparative unknowns. It gives us an intriguing insight into their latest work as well as their thoughts about the current state their profession. From over 40 interviews with key designers, manufacturers, gallerists, auctioneers and critics, the author Sophie Lovell has catalogued and compiled a unique and timely overview of one of the most exciting creative fields of our age. Limited Edition is beautifully packaged in a custom-layout and typography specially designed by the Australian graphic design team Rinzen.

Green Furniture

These collection garden furnitures are good selections if you tend to blend the seating with the surrounding. With green and leaves/grass textures, the Green Furnitures is a good way to pimp your garden. By: Uli