Lighting Stores
A list of the coolest lighting shops around.
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Hive
Pearl District - Portland, OR United StatesIf calling something "modernist" has become a backhanded compliment in the design world, than no one told Hive. The store celebrates modernism in all its glory. Here, modern design is as its best, with piece after piece that show what can happen when basic items in our home are...
Koo de Kir
Beacon Hill - Boston, MA United StatesLet's face it, not everyone has good taste. Luckily, we live in a society where what you don't have you can buy. Above all, Koo de Kir is a purveyor of good taste. Whether buying for yourself or others, choose among their...
Matter
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesIn it's Manhattan incarnation (the original shopping being Brooklyn bred), Matter has grown up without forgetting where it came from. Exemplary design is the tie that binds the stores offerings. On one side sits a row of display cases holding...
Matter
Park Slope - Brooklyn, NY United StatesMatter is high design objects without high design attitudes. Look for interesting lighting and bent-ply furnishings. Seek out unique vases, pillows, tableware, jewelry and other accessories. Don't miss the brainy books on art and design.
Moss
Melrose Heights - Los Angeles, CA United StatesMore museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. Among the items are toasters, toothbrush holders, colanders and ashtrays and larger items such as coffee tables and chairs. The prices will sometimes make you...
Moss
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesMore museum of industrial design than design store, Moss displays its collection of exquisite modernist home accessories like artwork. The long, bright, sanitary space has several rows of products for customers to snake through, each accompanied...
Schoolhouse Electric
Tribeca - New York, NY United StatesIf you were to ask the average person what kind of lighting they like, 1900-1950 American schoolhouse-style lighting would probably not enter into the conversation. With a few more years of Schoolhouse Electric spreading its message, who knows?...
Schoolhouse Electric
Buckman - Portland, OR United StatesIf you were to ask the average person what kind of lighting they like, 1900-1950 American schoolhouse-style lighting would probably not enter into the conversation. With a few more years of Schoolhouse Electric spreading its message, who knows? Begun when the owner discovered molds for classic...
Unica Home
South Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV United StatesYou want to visit Egypt, Paris, New York, ancient Rome, Venice, the stratosphere, the circus and Celine Dion in one trip. You know where to go. You want to see every desk, bed, rug, lamp, chair and bookcase currently manufactured by a modern design company. You know where to go. Unica Home...
Zinc Details
Pacific Heights - San Francisco, CA United StatesIf you know anything about San Francisco, it's that a design store where everyone wears black turtlenecks will be a miserable failure. The owners of Zinc Details appreciate the wear flowers in you hair attitude of San Francisco. All you have...