3DCP: Fixtures & Fittings/Lamp Shade Desginer Research

Lampshades serve as a work of art on their own with numerous designs, shapes, colours and lighting abilities.
With all the lamp shade designers today it is impossible to not find the perfect finishing piece to match your interior.

LULL: A lamp shade which automatically opens and closes depending on the time, similar to a flower. The light intensity gradually increases during early hours. It is an award winning light made for 'GiForm 2007'(a design competition in Norway).
Charles Trevelyan: Inspired by the 'Titanic' movie and the concept of sinking below the surface.  The leaning lamp creates an illusion and throws a wash of light in any interior.
 Thyra Hilden & Pio Diaz: A chandler that takes you into the forest. The shadows engulf the room and transform the walls into unruly shadows of branches, bushes and gnarled trees.








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