Top 100 Products of 2005-2006
| As editors, we are consistently thrilled and sometimes astonished to discover which luminaires appear in our annual “Top 100,” a list of the products featured on the pages of this magazine over a 12-month period that inspired the most reader requests for more information. This year, our reaction was no different. While a few of the top-rated trends were more predictable—wild, whimsical finds from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and European markets, forest-inspired, organic portables and lacy laser cutouts—surprisingly, it was LEDs that piqued the most interest among you, our audience, between October 2005 and September 2006. Though relatively new to residential applications and slow to attract mass-market appeal, LEDs are gradually asserting their energy-efficient presence as novelty accent lights and candle substitutes. And judging by your response to our LED features, the future-friendly lights are here to stay. Between an attraction to alternative sources of illumination and an infatuation with the avant-garde, you are seemingly looking beyond the usual suspects for newer and fresher design that treats your mind as much as your eyes. If you missed these gems the first time around, or if you’re just as curious as we were to find out what made the cut, here’s a second (and in some cases a third) look at the products that you loved from last year. Scroll down for the list, presented in alphabetical order. |
| The Top Four Bright, colorful and cool to the touch, LEDs are making quite a splash in the residential market as of late, thanks to novelties that are light on the environment but heavy on style. Signifying a trend in widespread curiosity about the new technology, LED products swept the top four spots on our Top 100 list, and, in fact, all eight of the solid-state stunners in our October 2005 feature “Get the LEDs Out” made the lineup. |
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| ACCENT Clair de Lune Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
AF LIGHTING Cluny High Point Market Preview April 2006 |
ALT LUCIALTERNATIVE Shandy Euro Flash: Viva Valencia December 2005 |
AMERICAN-DE ROSA Perma-Glow antique-style bulbs Bright Ideas August 2006 |
| AMERICAN LIGHTING LED accent and task lighting Bright Ideas August 2006 |
ANDROMEDA INTL. Fra Crystal’s New Cool October 2005 |
AQUA CREATIONS Maestro The Top 100 February 2006 |
ARTCRAFT Cosmopolitan Paint It Black...Or White June 2006 |
| ARTECNICA Icarus Wild Things April 2006 |
ARTISTIC LIGHTING & DESIGNS Scroll Collection New Products October 2005 |
ARUMS PARIS Girandole Euro Flash: Parisian Panache December 2005 |
| B SWEDEN Kumulus Euro Flash: Viva Valencia December 2005 |
BAKER Arbor floor lamp, Bill Sofield Collection Brand News January 2006 |
BAKERYGROUP Cloud The Top 100 February 2006 |
BALD & BANG Turbo 36 The Top 100 February 2006 |
| BARDEL INTL. Lamberts Light New Products April 2006 |
BASIC SOURCE Twist FAQs October 2005 |
BERNARD PECASO Pecaso Cubix Crystal’s New Cool October 2005 |
BERNARDO SENNA Luminária Baiana Euro Flash: Parisian Panache December 2005 |
| BIRCH & WILLOW Dusk Natural Instincts April 2006 |
BLACK+BLUM Reading Light Cover July 2006 |
BLEU NATURE Rivage Made in the Shade April 2006 |
BOCCI Bocci Wow Factory July 2006 |
| BODO SPERLEIN Teardrop pendant Euro Flash: Parisian Panache December 2005 |
| CAÃÂ LIGHT Stocking Style We Like December 2005 |
CEDRI/MARTINI Mercurio The Top 100 February 2006 |
CHARLOT & CO. La Fleure est Toilée Euro Flash: Parisian Panache December 2005 |
CHERRY TREE DESIGN Yellowstone Family Ties January 2006 |
| DAY GLOW EDITIONS Peony, Limelight series Cut It Out October 2005 |
DFORM 3 Saucer pendant Wow Factory July 2006 |
DORIAN WEBB Rose The Top 100 February 2006 |
| ELK LIGHTING Stalavidri Art of Glass April 2006 |
EMISSARY Mandarin Collection City Lights January 2006 |
ERICH GINDER STUDIO Mansion Cut It Out October 2005 |
EVALUZ Elena Euro Flash: Viva Valencia December 2005 |
| FEINEDINGE Moonstruck Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
FINE ART LAMPS Cabaret Family Ties January 2006 |
FREDRICK RAMOND Calypso Wild Things April 2006 |
| GLASS NUVO Baltic Spice Up Your Light October 2005 |
GREY DESIGN STUDIO Chandelier The Top 100 February 2006 |
| IN-FUSIONS Urbanite Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
ISAMU TOKIZONO Ageha Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
| J.D. CHAMBERLAIN Contemporary mood lighting Style We Like May 2006 |
JAMIE YOUNG CO. Birch Natural Instincts April 2006 |
JEFFAN INTL. Modern Stand City Lights January 2006 |
JOKOLUX Akki 20 Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
| JOSH URSO DESIGN Puff Wow Factory July 2006 |
JULISKA Florence pendant Style We Like March 2006 |
JÃœRGEN REICHERT Octopuslucidus Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
| KICHLER Maria Christina Family Ties January 2006 |
KOZIOL Fusion lamp Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
| LABORATORIO TRACCE Cactus Style We Like February 2006 |
LBL LIGHTING Hover Material Issue January 2006 |
LE KLINT Joonas Ebony & Ivory October 2005 |
LEDTRONICS LED candle Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
| LENE BJERRE Elipse lamps Style We Like January 2006 |
LEONARDO PeakLED Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
LIGHTSPANN ILLUMINATION DESIGN Nightshade Cut It Out October 2005 |
LIGHTWAVE 12.9001 table lamp Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
| LITE SOURCE Benito Guide to the Dallas Market June 2006 |
LUMEN CENTER ITALIA Mistral The Top 100 February 2006 |
LUZIFER Mikado Wow Factory July 2006 |
| MAI ؘRSTED Ice Flower chandelier Wow Factory July 2006 |
MATERIALISE.MGX Flame Fabriqué en France April 2006 |
MATHIEU LUSTRERIE Vague Niagara Euro Flash: Parisian Panache December 2005 |
| MATHMOS Solar Eclipse Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
MICA LAMP Iron Abbey Spotlight November 2005 |
MIXKO Mille Feuilles Wow Factory July 2006 |
| NEXT Liquid Light: Drop 2 The Top 100 February 2006 |
NICHE MODERN Pharos Wow Factory July 2006 |
NUEVO Le Grande City Lights January 2006 |
NULCO LIGHTING Prisma Crystal’s New Cool October 2005 |
| OLY Jenny City Lights January 2006 |
ONO AGA Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
OPTO TECHNOLOGY Endura Light New Products December 2005 |
| P&V LIGHTING Pius 15 Cover February 2006 |
PACIFIC COAST LIGHTING Antler table lamp, Dick Idol Collection Natural Instincts April 2006 |
PRAGUE KOLEKTIV Czech chandelier Design Forum January 2006 |
| PRANDINA Equilibre Euro Flash: Viva Valencia December 2005 |
PRECIOSA Noire New Facets February 2006 |
PROGRESS LIGHTING Crescent Heights Family Ties January 2006 |
| QUOIZEL Fruit Basket Family Ties January 2006 |
R. STRONG GLASS Sonoma Breeze Spice Up Your Light October 2005 |
ROOST Clear glass lamps City Lights January 2006 |
| SARAH MCKENNA CERAMICS Peppered Globe Lighting Irish May 2006 |
SCHONBEK Matrix, Geometrix Collection Material Issue January 2006 |
SERIEN LIGHTING Propeller New Products July 2006 |
SHADYSHADE Paper pendant Euro Flash: Fresh From Frankfurt December 2005 |
| SHINE LAMPS Pendant lighting Art of Glass April 2006 |
SKANDINAVISK LAMP DESIGN Trumpet Euro Flash: Viva Valencia December 2005 |
SLIDE DESIGN Cosmopolitan Euro Flash: Parisian Panache December 2005 |
SPRING+CROSBY Outlet Wow Factory July 2006 |
| STONEGATE DESIGNS Krasny Art of Glass April 2006 |
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| THOMAS LIGHTING Del Sol Family Ties January 2006 |
UNION STREET GLASS Aptos Pebble pendant City Lights January 2006 |
VESSEL Candela Get the LEDs Out |
VISTA LED landscape fixture New Products April 2006 |
| Z LIVING Starburst Get the LEDs Out October 2005 |
ZIA•PRIVEN Contemporary Wallpaper Collection Style We Like October 2005 |
ZLAMP Flakeswire Euro Flash: Viva Valencia December 2005 |
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