Frank Lloyd Wright lamps
Maybe some of you are surprised to find this words association: Frank Lloyd Wright and lamps. Well, this famous architect was also a master of the interior design and nowadays are manufactured a lot of interior decorations based on his design. Lamps are only a few examples. For instance, you can imagine a pagoda roof, but not for a house; for a lamp! It suggests shelter, protection. The pagoda shape was more times used in Wright’s work. This roof can be mixed with cherry wood, in order to offer a most beautiful image. At the beginning the artist designed them for his own home, but because they were extremely successful, customers started to order them too. Another feature of his decorative structures was geometry. He designed lamps based on 90 degrees structures. Let’s see now what Frank Lloyd Wright told about lamps. He told that lamps should not attract the attention, but they must highlight the environment to which they belong. He suggested that first of all natural light should be exploited. We all know that mirrors amplify light that is why they are necessary in an area where they contribute to amplify natural light. Therefore, a mirror next to the window and a lamp on the wall or the ceiling would be ideal. Decorations made of glass and metal will bring more natural light into your room. This was Wright’s idea related to discretion and functionality. But he also designed collections of unique lamps, made of cherry wood, bronze, steel, glass and aluminum, having different and original shapes.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s lamps in a house are like bright flowers in a garden or like stars in the sky: you can see them or you can only feel their protective light. They may fit a rustic interior and a modern interior as well. Lamps designed by Wright are elegant and simple in the same time, but you shouldn’t forget design details related to color and light if you want to have a harmonious interior. For example you can associate a cherry wood support to cherry wood flooring and to furniture made of cherry wood. One of his symbolic lamps is called Taliesin 3 Lamp. It is made of blocks of cherry wood, in a stack, like a stairway to heaven. Glow, shades and colors, all these bear the mark of this great artist. Actually, in Wright’s opinion, the shape preferred by different people reflects their personality. For example those who prefer square like shapes and right lines are practical natures, in general businessmen. Artists prefer round shapes and bright colors. People who prefer strange shapes are mysterious and mystical. And he designed lamps for all these kinds of people. But irrespective of the shape one prefers, you have to know that nowadays there are virtual shops online which offer you all kinds of lamps, quickly and easily, at affordable prices, in the memory of a great architect, interior designer and man. You can use them for your interior and for your yard or garden as well.
For regions in which the climate permits, it is a pleasure in the evening to have dinner in the light of a Wright lamp. There are models of lamps for the bed side table, or with a support on the floor, models to apply on the ceiling or hanging from it, models to apply on the walls, inside or outside the house. Frank Lloyd Wright proved that a great architect may be polyvalent, that he can not only design buildings, but he can also focus on a smaller universe, that of lamps, with the same skill, intelligence and care for the detail and the utility. |
