When I heard of a Brooklyn design studio making contemporary
light pendants inspired by the energy forces of the cosmos and tension/compression
structures (like that of the Brooklyn Bridge), I was intrigued. The concept seemed
a little “airy-fairy”, but interesting nonetheless.
The fixtures I’m describing are those by industrial designer
Patrick Townsend. His design studio in
Long Island City - a stone’s throw away from The UN headquarters over the East
River - by coincidence was once a light bulb factory. Today, Townsend specializes in furniture and
specialty lighting.
His Superstring Series
of fixtures are fantastic. They do the
trick (light up a space) and yet they are light and airy, delicate and
whimsical. Perhaps not appropriate for every interior, good golly miss molly
they’d add some freshness to many a modern space.
image credit: Elisabet Davids for Townsend Designs,
Brooklyn, New York
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Thank you for stopping by and reading my feature today. I
love what I do as an interior designer and art advisor, and it’s my hope that
through these blog posts I’m enriching and heightening your aesthetic
sensibility towards art, design and fabulous interiors in some way ~ Richard
Rabel (a.k.a. the modern sybarite)
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