Foscarini‘s newest lighting addition, Anisha, was designed by Spanish studio Lievore Altherr Molina.

The sleek table lamp’s name carries double meaning: According to Foscarini, “anisho” means “ring” in Argentinean Spanish; at the same time, the name “Anisha” is also a tribute to artist Anish Kapoor, “famous for his works with their primordial, rounded shapes and lively, striking colors.”

One of Foscarini’s first lamps to use only an LED bulb, Anisha comes in two sizes and two colors (red and white). For more info, visit foscarini.com.

Here at ArtSlope, we truly love lighting. And each year – especially right around ICFF – there are more and more options to choose from. Some designs are beautiful, others daring, and some are downright playful. We’ve put together a gallery of some of the latest and greatest lighting solutions, from big names like Blu Dot, Normann Copenhagen, and Foscarini, as well as a few head-turning designers you may not have heard of yet.

As you’ll see, the field is diverse this year, offering a variety of lighting solutions – the timelessly simple, the sportively complex, and the truly new.

LUNAR‘s Ember light, for example, designed by Junggi Sung, allows the user to change ambient lighting according to his or her mood. A set of acrylic stems ascend and brighten from their wooden chamber, or descend for a softer glow. And Normann Copenhagen’s unexpected, sculptural BAU lamp – designed by Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt – combines color and geometric shapes for “a hanging lamp with attitude.”

New York-based Jamie Harris‘s custom, glass pendant lighting and chandeliers marry the designer’s sense of color and fluid, organic forms into sophisticated, lyrical pieces. LZF’s lamps are straight-up joyful, their natural wood finishes embracing the material’s flexibility, with lovely lights that calling to mind fanning leaves, paper-maché, and even pixelation.

And then there’s a twist on a classic: Vienna-based WOKA‘s reinterpretation of Adolf Loos’s Goldman chandelier, on the occasion of its 100 year anniversary. While the brass chandelier, designed by Christiane Büssgen, looks modern as ever – frankly, one can imagine its raw simplicity coming right out of a Brooklyn design firm – WOKA’s 100 year jubilee interpretation, called Adolf Loos goes Hula Hoop, celebrates the true basics of lighting, dipping the original version in color.

And that’s just the beginning. Hope you enjoy!

Foscarini, the luxe Italian lighting company, introduces its first iPhone & iTouch app. iFOSCARINI – DO YOU LIGHT? lets you play dress up in your own home, by adding images of the company’s best-selling lighting options to your own home or office photos.

For example, trying to decide between Foscarini’s Twiggy or Havana floor lamp for your living room? No problem. Just open up the free app, snap a picture of your room (or grab a pre-existing photo), then choose your lamp of choice from twenty floor, table, wall and suspension lamps on the menu, and voilà! Interior design for the modern world. Move the lamp around the room, make it larger or smaller,or try out a different model with a few simple swipes. Save the images you like and send them to friends.

Or check out the app’s “Video” section, where you can access a selection of films from Foscarini’s archive on YouTube. These videos showcases the designers and stories behind some of Foscarini’s best-sellers styles.

iFOSCARINI is a clever app from a company known for innovative lighting design: perfect for professional interior designers and the average fancy lighting lover.

The iFOSCARINI app can be downloaded free from the iTunes AppStore. The iPad version is promised to follow shortly.

*Image courtesy of Foscarini.

Architecture and design duo Ludovica and Roberto Palomba‘s new floor-style GREGG lamp for Foscarini is the latest addition to the very popular series of organically-inspired lighting. Complementing the existing table, wall, ceiling and suspension versions, the GREGG floor lamp is made of an incandescent mass of blown glass transformed into an elegant, asymmetric bubble, closer to something we might find in nature than a machine-shaped geometric form. The elegant movement of the stem links the base to the blown glass diffuser, and the egg-like shape morphs depending on the observer’s point of view.

Check out the images and video below to learn more about Ludovica and Roberto Palomba’s inspiration behind the GREGG series.

*Images and video courtesy of Foscarini.

Diesel teams up with cutting-edge furniture brands Moroso and Foscarini to expand beyond the fashion world into furniture and lighting. Their “Successful Living from Diesel” range hit the US market during last weekend’s ICFF. Approaching the home furnishing world with the same energetic style that’s made it such a hit in the fashion world, “Successful Living” was inspired by edgy music, a creative spirit, and a need to express one’s individuality. Now, Successful Living will be available through retailer The Future Perfect of Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Recurring themes in both the collection’s furniture (Moroso) and lighting (Foscarini) pieces include the ideas of “Camp” and “Rock.” The Camp theme implies mobility and a nomadic lifestyle, as evidenced by portable furnishings, often incorporating tent-like, canvas materials. The Rock theme has a double meaning: first, as in Rock and Roll, captured through elements like punky, metallic studs and second, more literally, through the rough-textured material inspiration for items like the hanging Rock lamp.

Check out some highlights below!

*above: Fork table lamp, from Foscarini, recalls “a casual camping lifestyle,” with a canvas shade with visible seams and metal grommets that attach it like those used to tie down tents. Fork “emits a warm homey light, like a tent illuminated in the dark woods.”

*above: Fork floor lamp from Foscarini.

*above: Glas from Foscarini reinterprets the classic work light used in warehouses and factories worldwide. Available in hanging and table versions.

*above: Rock, also from Foscarini, recalls an active volcano with its dark, lava-like exterior, split to reveal sparkling crystals inside, with hundreds of asymmetric golden facets that reflect the beams of light.

*above: Overdyed Table by Moroso. The Overdyed series of wood furniture includes a lounge chair, side chair, rectangular coffee, and round side table. The ragging paint technique used to finish the wood comes in Indigo Blue or Weathered Gray and reveals its natural markings for a more vintage effect. Frames are Raw Black lacquered steel.

*above: Overdyed Lounge Chair from Moroso.

*images courtesy of Diesel