Daily Living

Delicate as a Butterfly

I met Shannon Shapiro of Moth Design at the Pacific Design Center recently, and was immediately impressed with her business card...it's a wonderful green square with half of a white moth on it. Striking! Memorable! It got me to visit her website and check out some of her lighting, which is imaginative, inventive and whimsical. Now I'll have to go visit her showroom in Sherman Oaks... If it's anything like her cards, it will be worth the drive. (PS Shapiro's designs are represented by both trade showrooms and retailers across the country and in the UK.)

Made the Shade

Albioncourt is a super cool company based in London which let's you easily create customized lampshades. You pick your size, your shape, and your material. They started with shades, made out of "found" papers, such as the wallpapers pictured above, but they now also do digitally printed shades with cool photographs (check out the black & white lime slices below -- that would make a sublime shade, if you ask me). And you can even submit your own artwork (the website has detailed instructions on doing this). For non-trade folks check out their retail site Lightingworks.