Pendant Lights

Pendant lights for kitchens, dining rooms, stairwells and entryways. Considered Scandinavian and Japandi forms — single drops, clusters and over-island groupings.

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• Japandi Pendant Lights — paper, rice-paper and minimal forms with Japanese references

How to size a pendant

Over a dining table: the bottom of the pendant should sit 75–90cm above the table top. The pendant itself should be roughly half to two-thirds the width of the table. For a 1.6m table, a 60–80cm pendant or a cluster of 3 small ones at varying heights.

Over a kitchen island: 70–85cm above the worktop. For a long island, two or three matching pendants spaced evenly look more considered than one large one.

In a stairwell: the bottom of the pendant should sit at first-floor eye level (roughly the height of the upper landing rail).

Materials and finishes

Linen drum pendants give the softest, most diffuse light — best for dining and bedrooms. Paper or rice-paper pendants reference Japanese design and add a sculptural moment for very little money. Stoneware and ceramic pendants are heavier, more permanent — best when wired to a fixed point.

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