No matter how well designed, a lamp is only as beautiful as the light it casts. In other words, that fluorescent rod leaning against the wall in your apartment may be very « Dan Flavin, » but the blinding glare creates all the ambiance of a cheap Chinese restaurant. After designing light for the likes of Dior Homme, Ann Demeulemeester, and Helmut Lang, Thierry Dreyfus has created a series of lamps (or as he calls them « elements of light ») all his own. In two of the models, light is diffused through salt crystals to create a subtle, soothing-and, we might add, incredibly flattering-pink or lavender glow. Turn it on and order in.

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