Two honest materials doing what they are good at. A cast concrete column carries the weight, cool and speckled and slightly raw, and a fine perforated steel mesh forms the shade below it. This concrete pendant light is industrial without pretending to be salvaged.

A Bulb Held Inside a Metallic Haze

Unlit, the mesh reads as a solid dark shade. Lit, it dissolves: the light passes through thousands of small perforations and the bulb appears to hover inside a soft metallic haze rather than sitting in a shade. That is the effect worth buying it for, and it works best with a warm filament style lamp where the source itself is worth seeing. Four silhouettes make up the range, from a slim 10 cm column that suits a bedside drop or a tight cluster above a bar, to a wider 25 cm drum that holds its own over a dining table or an island. Hung together at mixed heights, the different diameters read as a deliberate composition rather than a matched set.

Key Features

• Cast concrete body, speckled and cool, with the texture left visible.
• Fine perforated steel mesh shade that dissolves into a haze when lit.
• Four diameters from a slim 10 cm to a wide 25 cm drum.
• Designed to be hung in mixed height clusters as well as singly.
• Single E27 lamp holder, suits a warm filament style lamp.
• Adjustable cord drop.

Where to Use It

Use the narrow models beside a bed or clustered above a bar, and the wider drums over a dining table or a kitchen island. A cluster of three at different heights suits a stairwell.