As new illumination technologies adapt to the familiar Edison-base screw-shell format, the ability to intelligently adapt a single fixture to diverse lighting applications increases significantly.

The Edison base screw-shell format is now available in four illumination technologies:

Standard Incandescent

Incandescent lamps provide rich light quality, excellent “comfort” (warm) color rendering and controllability.  Incandescent offers what is generally considered the most aesthetically pleasing light but it is the least energy efficient. Because of the energy penalty, the incandescent lamp is slated to be phased out. Other options follow.

Screw-shell CFL

The screw-shell CFL lamp with integrated ballast offers a relatively long operating life and is energy efficient.  Self-ballasted lamps do not perform to the level that dedicated “four-pin” CFL lamps do, but late generation types like the Sylvania Mini-Twist produce pleasant light efficiently at a good value. There are few dimming options for screw-shell CFL lamps however. Fluorescent lamps contain small amounts of mercury, creating disposal issues.

Halogen

Halogen is a form of incandescent technology; halogen lamps are 30% more efficient than traditional incandescent lamps. A halogen gas replaces the inert gas in a standard incandescent and the lamp is run at a higher filament temperature. At this high heat, the tungsten burning off the filament combines with the halogen gas and is re-deposited on the filament in a repeating cycle — dramatically extending the life of the filament. This allows for a smaller filament, further improving performance especially in aimed applications. Special quartz glass is used for the “bulb” to withstand the higher heat. Dimming control is straightforward and effective. Lamp life is longer than traditional incandescent but shorter than fluorescent.

LED

New LED technology offers the longest life span and best energy efficiency. LED is mercury free and provides better color rendition than CFL. While more expensive than CFL, it is less prone to flickering.  Achieving good all-around light from LED sources has been challenging. While the technology offers the best balance overall, it has performed poorly in decorative applications. Latest generation screw-shell LED, like the Sylvania Ultra LED A19 Omnidirectional, promises substantial improvement in this area. LED generally offers excellent dimming control, screw-in versions presently dim adequately. LED has the highest up-front cost but long life and energy efficiency offset that over time.

We thought a visual comparison of incandescent, CFL and LED technologies would be interesting.  We photographed three of our fixtures, Box, Markee and Otto, using a standard A-lamp incandescent, a Sylvania Mini Twist and a Sylvania Ultra LED A19 Omnidirectional.  Other conditions remained constant.

Top to bottom: Box – Imago shade, Markee – aramid shade, Otto – opal white glass.
Left to right: Incandescent, CFL, LED.

PROSPERITY PENDANTS for AMAZON HEADQUARTERS

Designers at IA / Interior Architects selected PROSPERITY rigid stem pendants for the Amazon Headquarters expansion in Seattle.  Shades are Ø 30” x 12” high and feature a wide array of plain and patterned Xorel fabrics from Carnegie.

The PROSPERITY family also includes floor and table fixtures.

All PROSPERITY fixtures offer the options of electronic fluorescent technology and Lutron 3-wire, digital, addressable ballasts for incorporation into smart-building energy/lighting management system.

This custom cluster of glass fixtures began with a concept proposed to RESOLUTE by Ann Taylor’s Director of Store Planning & Design with the intent to replace a collection of acrylic globes with something more elegant in new rollout store locations.  RESOLUTE worked with Ann Taylor to develop and execute the concept – refining the proposed cluster of three larger forms into five slightly smaller fixtures, creating a compatible collection of unique shapes.  The largest of the alabaster-colored glass shades is 14” long and 10” in diameter, the smallest is a 9” diameter sphere.

Glass shop director Alex Maughan produces RESOLUTE’s custom glass projects locally –drawing on a network of artisans as necessary and using the outstanding public glass facilities available in Seattle.

Uncompromisingly resilient, SMITH 24 and 36 feature double-layer shade construction: XOREL, an extremely hard-wearing woven polyethylene fabric from Carnegie Fabrics, is backed by a sheet of high-impact co-polymer.  The fixtures are fully enclosed on all sides; the shade fabric is inherently anti-bacterial and easily cleaned; the shade design is optimized for fluorescent illumination.

RESOLUTE now offers ten in-stock XOREL fabric options. COM selections from the full range of nearly 400 XOREL colors and patterns are easily accommodated.

SMITH 24 and 36 are available in dimming and non-dimming versions. Both versions meet ADA design guidelines; fixtures can be mounted horizontally or vertically.

The SMITH family includes pendant, rigid drop, ceiling, wall, table, and floor assemblies — as system of configurations and components conceived to meet the lighting needs of almost any setting.

We are pleased to introduce four exciting new CARNEGIE XOREL fabrics to our stock collection of  SOLUTIONS FABRIC shade options for our PROSPERITY, SMITH and SAVOYE fixture families, for a total of ten colorways.  Meteor 6427-708, -720 and -721 are new offerings from CARNEGIE that coincide nicely with customer requests; Dash 6603-9 takes our neutral palette in a new direction.

Dash 6603-9 is a more translucent, airy, natural linen-like fabric that expands on our neutral range with a nuanced green tea effect when lit.

Meteor 6427-708 introduces an elegant, sophisticated, flattering warm birch tone.

Meteor 6427-720 is already proving to be a very popular yellow tan with mid-range translucency.

Meteor 6427-721 rounds out the new selections with a rich wood veneer feel, useful where an intense color statement is important.

All four new fabric options offer the same outstanding performance properties as our original XOREL selections:  the durability, colorfastness and ease of cleaning inherent in a woven polyethylene textile; low energy requirement to manufacture, no chlorine, heavy metals or plasticizers are added; anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-staph and resistant to bacterial strikethrough; MBDC Cradle-to-Cradle certified Silver.

These four new fabrics are available immediately.

A corridor installation of PROSPERITY wall sconces shows to advantage its gently rounded contours.  Wall box and trims are stainless steel, the shade is covered in XOREL from Carnegie Fabrics.  The fixture is fully enclosed with soft frosted acrylic top and bottom.

PROSPERITY sconces are available as D1 rectangle, D2 square, and D3 keystone; D1 and D2 are ADA compliant. D1 and D2 fixtures are available with smart-dimming capabilities.

The PROSPERITY family also includes floor, table, and ceiling hung fixtures.  All PROSPERITY fixtures offer the options of electronic fluorescent technology and Lutron 3-wire, digital, addressable ballasts for incorporation into smart-building energy/lighting management system.

All information on these models has been updated.

with a lamp shade on your head…

but, isn’t it nice to know you could?

RESOLUTE Prosperity N22 and N16 floor lamp shades and 1926 Panhard Levassor “Record” CycleKart upholstery in Carnegie XOREL Dash 6603-F161.

RESOLUTE has paired XOREL from Carnegie Fabrics

with its Prosperity, Smith and Savoye families. XOREL is a highly durable woven polyethelene textile ideal for use in hospitals, medical offices, hotels, and other demanding public areas. It is inherently anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-staph; it is water repellant and stain resistant. Technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable, XOREL requires low energy to manufacture and contains no chlorine, plasticizers or heavy metals.

XOREL is MBDC Cradle-to-Cradle certified Silver.

Clockwise from left: Prosperity N16 Pendant, Dash 6603-16. N22M/G Pendant, Compass Embroider 6726-106. N20M/G Table light, Meteor 6427-720. D1 ADA sconce, Nexus 6425-400.

Design: EHS Design

SAVOYE pendants in custom XOREL. 60″ diameter x 18″ high in Meteor 6647-750. The purple is the school color.  36″ diameter x 18″ high in Quarry 6619-92. Both sizes 4x 42W CFL.

The scheme incorporates double layer side diffusion and offers 100% bottom closure. Top closure is optional. The design has been optimized for effective, flattering fluorescent illumination. Dimming is fully supported.

The SAVOYE system has been designed to offer complete flexibility in drums and cylinders ranging from 32″ to 60″ diameter. Size and proportion are the designer’s choice. Shade ht. is only limited by materials constraints so anywhere from 9″ to 94″ high.

Shade material choices include a vast selection of resin panels from Knoll, 3form and Lumicor or high impact co-polymer covered with any of Carnegie’s extensive XOREL fabric collection. Savoye offers flexible finish options on the metal structure.

The resulting product is supremely durable.

Savoye is UL Listed.

Link to product page: SAVOYE in Carnegie XOREL
Link to product page: SAVOYE in various materials