Black stripes are always right
I get hundreds of press releases and product bulletins every week, it comes with the territory. That's now not a criticism. Not in any respect. I welcome those things and I find they're the very best way for me to keep up with what is occurring in my discipline.
I acquired one the day prior to this from Flambeau Lighting and the discharge featured this photograph.
I adore it. I love the pendants, I love the room. I love how the stripes from the colour hold up the rods to the ceiling. Here's a close up of the pendant itself.
It's the stripes, the back stripes, that get me every time. Flambeau has all kind of other great lighting designs, and I encourage you to check out their catalog .
I've always loved black and white color schemes because they remind me of Tim Burton's work. In 1985 I saw a short film by an unknown filmmaker. The film was called Frankenweenie and it was Tim Burton's first movie. It was a Disney production, as hard as that is to believe. You can find it on YouTube these days. Anyhow, I was struck by the visual style of that movie, I'd never seen anything like it. Burton ended up getting fired from Disney over the film and the world owes Disney a debt of gratitude for their wise decision. Though I'm sure it was traumatic for Burton at the time, that firing unleashed a breathtaking talent on the world.
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| Photo courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art |
Burton did a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art last year and it was cool to see how his style had evolved over the years and it was even more cool to see how much he'd held onto. Here's the ad MoMA put together while Burton's retrospective was running at the museum.
The pendant lights I started with have a Burton-esque experience to them and I like them all the extra for it.
As the offerings in Flambeau Lighting's catalog show , black stripes are always right. They've certainly served Tim Burton well.