Super shiny seventies style in an unexpected hue - Copper. A question to ponder for color month...why does copper read as a "color" while chrome and gold feel like neutrals? Somehow this lamp is simultaneously futuristic/retro and cool/warm; its got that meeting of opposites that we always find interesting in a design.
We admire Tom Dixon's work - especially his eye and feel for working with metallics. The process of creating this lamp is complex; it is made from a blown plastic bubble that then coated with a film of pure copper using a "vacuum metalization" process. It is also available in a chrome finish, created using the same procedure.
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I like it and I think copper and brass read more as a color due to their hues. Copper being more of a reddish hue, while brass has more of yellowish cast that is a little more intense than yellow gold typically is. I love how light plays off of especially brass, it really warms up a room, as compared to chrome, which gives a colder feel to lighting IMO.
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Copper is good if it also reads as a metal but you can walk a pretty thin line with it if it is read more like a color.
I like the second photo. There's something brewing there with the crispness coming out of the reflections.
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I don't consider gold neutral
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To me its definitely neutral, but I don't thin kcopper is for everyone.. I like the warm yet modern feel of this light.
On another note, love the black chair in the photo.. does this chair look familiar to anyone? I don't see them available at DWR, and this would work perfectly in my home.
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