Glass chandeliers: A Touch of Style and Sparkle
They add such a brilliance of gleaming color in your bedrooms, living rooms, foyers, or even over your grand piano, that are actually unsurpassed by any kind of painting or abstract pictures. Until a few years back, the word “chandelier” invoked the lavish images of large crystal and glass objects hanging in the ballroom of some 18th century manor. Generally, people had an impression that these chandeliers are too fancy and bold and of course too expensive for them to buy. This is partially right about some of the higher end chandelier designs. However, considering its demand, some of the architectural lighting design manufacturers have introduced a number of contemporary chandeliers. Moreover, they provide an ideal source of overhead lighting and use much smaller halogen based bulbs that give enough light from within smaller shades.
Why choose a glass chandelier?
One of the main reasons that attract you towards a contemporary chandelier is that it provides an additional focal point to your modern interior without even being over-the-top. Though a crystal chandelier is definitely a gorgeous piece in a spacious living room, most of us live in more slipshod and casual settings where they will hardly fit. Thereby, these glass chandeliers are more appropriate and provide an amazing symmetry of colors in order to give life to any room. However, the contemporary glass chandeliers are a bit more expensive than their metal counterparts. They offer a large number of designs, shapes and functions. In fact, most of them come in various color schemes and patterns and add a distinct warm glow to your every room. They offer unique patterns of holders, shades as well as of the lights. Most of them use offer porcelain lighting that offers a more subtle ambience than candles. Furthermore, they feature as many lights as you desire depending upon your personal taste of style.
Tips for buying glass chandeliers:
Make sure that you spend some time for your glass chandeliers as they need a lot of maintenance.
Clean them regularly and thoroughly as glass tends to gather dust very quickly.
By: Lalit Manjrekar
Archive for September, 2009
Contemporary Glass Chandeliers
September 27th, 2009Louis Vuittion New Book, Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture
September 26th, 2009The top fashion house, Louis Vuitton always walked the line between fashion and art, and collaborations have punctuated in its long history. In 1980s Louis Vuitton started working with painters like César, Sol LeWitt and Olivier Debré. From that on these richly textured collaborations became a tradition and reached a new level when Marc Jacobs joined the House in 1997. During his career as the creative director, Vuitton has worked in conjunction with Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami and most recently American artists Richard Prince and Kanye West.
Based on such situation, Louis Vuitton is going to release a book, Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture, to give you a detailed look into the various collaborative projects that the brand has been involved in. This book is dedicated to present us the unique creations forged between Louis Vuitton and a growing number of designers from the worlds of art, architecture, design, photography and fashion. The content includes the 400 pages critical essays related to Louis Vuitton contemporary creation as well as illustration with 400 color documents. This book will be published on September 1st in three languages, French, English and Italian.
While the Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, Yves Carcelle, was interviewed, he answered three questions related to these books.
Why publish today a retrospective book on the major collaborations of Louis Vuitton?
At Louis Vuitton, the influence of art has been an obvious inspiration for new products, store architecture, artistic collaborations, and for the Maison’s advertising campaigns. Our will to build and grow our relationship with the contemporary art world has led us to work with numerous artists of our times such as photographers, architects and fashion designers. It was essential for Louis Vuitton to trace, through an enthralling anthology, its most significant artistic collaborations. In this book, the focus remains on artists that have impacted the history of Louis Vuitton.
What is Louis Vuitton’s role in the world of the contemporary creation?
Of all modern luxury brands, Louis Vuitton can claim to maintain the richest and most varied associations with the world of art – indeed, it is a tradition that dates back almost to the origins of the House. This desire to continuously create and reinvent, whilst maintaining and transmitting the history and identity of the brand, has been transformed into multiples collaborations, most of time quite unexpected. Constantly renewed under the influence of Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton’s commitment to the arts has recently been underscored by the establishment of the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, announced in October 2006 by Bernard Arnault, Chairman & CEO of LVMH/Moët Hennessy.Louis Vuitton. The future Fondation will be an exciting new space and concept intended to stimulate dialogue with a wide audience and offer artists and intellectuals a platform for discussion, inspiration and reflection. If the brand inspires artists, designers and architects, they, in return, inspire Louis Vuitton. This mutual inspiration is very challenging and productive, not only for the luxury world, but also for the contemporary art world.
How do you explain the success of Louis Vuitton’s collaborations?
Fashion, luxury, art and architecture unite to propose a new vision of the world and take us away from the ordinary. Contemporary art gives us an alternative point of view. Modern architecture, inseparable from the luxury world, plays a key role in setting Louis Vuitton’s name in present time. The fashion industry and its designers give a fresh energy and a unique creativity to the House’s ready-to-wear collections. A contemporary artist, whether he is an architect, a photographer or a fashion designer, often produces unexpected creations. It is a bold challenge for Louis Vuitton and I believe that only a handful of brands have been able to surpass the boundaries to this point between luxury and contemporary creation.
Here are some pictures from the book for your appreciation.
By: Tommy Martin
Dubai’s High Rising and Architecturally Brilliant Developments
September 25th, 2009Dubai has become an international hotspot for property and the reason behind this is the high rising and architecturally brilliant developments like the ones listed below.
Westside @ Lincoln Park:
Brilliant low-rise architectures with the great blue sky as backdrop, best describes Lincoln Park. Offering true value for money, Lincoln Park is a mixed-use development of 7 buildings with dedicated commercial and residential buildings. Inspired by Chicago style architecture, the buildings have a well articulated and ornamented front entrance, flat roofs with parapet walls and beautifully designed roof terraces.
Burjside Boulevard:
Burjside Boulevard is a 36-storey spectacle, with 3 levels of podium and 1 level dedicated to leisure, all offering uninterrupted views of the bustling Business Bay and Burj Dubai. A life of fine choice customized for the connoisseurs of contemporary living, the tower offers contemporarily opulent three, two and one bedroom apartments with a fully equipped kitchen. Burjside Boulevard offers a lifestyle investment personalized to your high standards. Select from three flexible 5-star homeowner investments.
Palmsprings:
Enviably located in a prime location on the Palm Jebel Ali’s Crescent, Palm Springs is the apex of inspirational living. Having commissioned award-winning architects, we have created an architectural tour de force. Palm Springs offer uninterrupted sea and water views.
Situated elegantly between the Two world class hotels, our building, which is managed by a prestigious international hotel chain, boasts a wealth of superlative amenities. A unique and exclusive residential property on Jebel Ali, Palm Springs is the Zenith of desire.
Park Towers:
Park Towers is a two tower residential project in the heart of DIFC with freehold facility for UAE nationals and expatriates. Each tower is 30 storeys high, and offer approximately 432 exquisitely designed one, two and three bedroom apartments.
Park Towers at DIFC offer panoramic views of the financial hub and provide the ultimate in exclusivity and comfort. The Residences at DIFC are bound to appeal to your discerning tastes. Poised to be the most sought after address in the world’s newest financial centre, the two towers are designed to provide you with a luxurious yet comfortable apartment – a masterpiece of contemporary architecture and distinct styling.
The intelligent design of the towers ensures that every apartment has a wide balcony offering you the freedom to relax and enjoy the stunning views of the financial district, with its parks, cafés and entertainment facilities.
Damac Properties are the largest private master developers in the Middle East offering the most luxurious and exclusive residential and commercial Dubai Real Estate, Dubai Freehold Property and Dubai Investment Property for sale.
By: JumpHigher
