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Concrete Lighting & Decor Ideas
When you think of concrete, your mind jumps to architecture, construction or the cracked pavement we walk on every day, right? Since modern design has discovered the untapped beauty in concrete’s raw, edgy nature, long gone are the days when we considered it a mundane building material. This unexpected material is becoming a key ingredient for industrial-style lighting and accessories for all kinds of interiors. Here are 10 of our favorite products that fit this trend.
JWDA Concrete Table Lamp by Menu
The JWDA Concrete Table Lamp offers a subtle approach to the more domineering side of concrete. The base is rather small in comparison to its glass shade, but nabs all attention with a dressy brass knob to dim the light just right.
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Aplomb Mini Pendant by Foscarini
Staying true to its name, the Aplomb pendant is a confident piece, thanks to its hardy material and sleek shape. It’s robust, straightforward and unapologetic in its sleek form—providing the perfect balance to the gritty finish.
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Karam Pendant by Tech Lighting
Although hollowed out on the inside, the Karam Pendant by Tech Lighting is a hefty concrete light indeed. We love how the concentric carvings on the outside give it a unique texture, and the overall chunkiness makes a statement in a space.
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Concrete Orb Lamp by Regina Andrew
The Concrete Orb Lamp by Regina Andrew revels in the imperfections this industrial material has to offer for lighting design. The round stone of cement not only acts as the anchor to the contrasting white shade, but stands out as a material with desirable artistic variation.
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Base Pendant by NUD Collection
The NUD collection is known for their minimal single bulb pendants, and this iteration turns the volume up to 11. A dose of concrete up top incorporates the look in a small, subtle way.
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Cyrus Cemento Floor Lamp by In-Es Art Design
Designer Ocilunam doesn’t subscribe to the heaviness of concrete…he just recreates it with paint and resin for the In-Es Art Design Cemento Collection. Take the Cyrus Floor Lamp: this handy little spotlight creates splashes of color with a shell that mimics concrete. It’s industrial, artisanal and functional all at the same time.
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Circular Bowl by Menu
Sure, the Circular Bowl by Menu is self-explanatory about its shape, but it is pretty opaque when it comes to the awesomeness of its material…literally, it’s opaque. The solid concrete disk resembles a flattened mortar (minus the pestle), making this the perfect vessel and display for objects, food, or just standing alone as a sculptural accent.
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Willmann Vase by Menu
Glass and concrete may seem like polar opposites—one hardy, one delicate—but the juxtaposition of the two give floral arrangements a bit of edginess. If you’re a purist, lose the glass base altogether and just use the concrete topper as the vase.
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Faro Set of 3 Concrete Tealight Holders by Blomus
The Faro Concrete Tealights set a mood without going totally soft—the raw concrete base adds a decorative element even when unlit.
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Heavy Pendant by Decode
Add some density to functional lighting with the Heavy Pendant by Decode. This hefty dome pendant has all the characteristics of stark modernism with just the right ratio of warmly diffused downlight.
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