Brooklyn design bookstore Head Hi has showcased lamps made by 54 different designers for its annual group show during NYCxDesign.
The fifth annual Head Hi Lamp Show happened in a long Soho loft with white-painted walls and wood flooring, having moved from its previous Brooklyn location. At the entrance was a bar area with two lamps in the shape of martini glasses by Brooklyn fashion designer Jesse Lee.
The Head Hi show included lamps by (left to right): Sheerly Touch-Ya, Shisanwu (hanging); Matthew Neporent; Studio Armando Aguirre; Andrew Laska; Brandon Plumert, Object Fixation; Gabriella and Thomas Feuillet; Jake Coan Design; Jesse Lee (behind)
Designs featured ranged from high-tech to extremely playful. Computer scientist Connor Rowland's Daisy lamp had a pyramid of thin spaced slabs of metal with light emanating from below, while a figurative lamp named Glowster by the multidisciplinary team of Usman Jamil, Adnan Aga, and Pujarini Ghosh is in the shape of a toaster with an illuminated piece of toast. Other pieces walked the line between the two, such as Brooklyn design duo Gregory Beson and Liza Curtiss's Bug Lamp, a low-lying circular lamp with thin metal "legs" and slightly worn metal parts.
It featured lamps by 54 designers in a New York loft space
The range of designs was as diverse as the designers, who must submit applications to take part in the show. Many of them live in Brooklyn, but other American cities and international designers were also represent...