Solene Wall Lamp | Postmodern Metal Wall Light For Hallways, Living Rooms and Open Stairwells

Postmodern lighting deliberately breaks the rules modernism set. Where a modernist fitting hides its fixings and reduces to essentials, a postmodern one exaggerates a proportion, offsets a shape, or leaves a join visible on purpose. The result is a light that is doing something rather than disappearing.

That makes it a choice for a wall that needs an event. In a long hallway, on a large blank living room wall, or beside a plain doorway, a fitting with a deliberate off balance form gives the eye somewhere to go. Against a busy wall it would be too much, which is worth knowing before you buy. Leave clear wall around it rather than hanging art close by, since an off balance form needs empty space either side to read as deliberate. Mount it at eye level, because the shape is the reason to buy it and it is lost above sightline.

Metal construction keeps the exaggerated form rigid, since the shapes postmodern design uses tend to cantilever in ways that a lighter material could not hold. It suits hallways, living rooms, stairwells, and studies. Electrical installation should be carried out by a qualified electrician in line with local wiring regulations. Buy it now.

• Deliberately breaks modernist reduction
• Exaggerated proportion rather than hidden fixings
• Gives a plain wall an event to look at
• Metal keeps cantilevered forms rigid
• Best on plain walls rather than busy ones
• Installation by a qualified electrician