Nordic Macaron Cylinder Pendant Light | Modern Wood And Metal Design In Five Gentle Colours

A cylinder throws light straight down, which is the single most useful thing a pendant can do over a worktop or a table. This Marlow Vane fitting takes that shape, adds a wood detail to warm it, and finishes the metal in a soft macaron colour so the pendant reads as a considered object rather than as a plain tube on a wire.

Integrated LED means there is no bulb to buy, no lamp holder on show and nothing to replace when a bulb blows, which matters more on a small pendant where a visible bulb ruins the line. Five colours are offered. White and black are the neutrals, green and yellow are the soft options, and pink is the one that makes the fitting a decision.

Buy it now and hang them in a run rather than singly, since a small cylinder does its best work as one of three evenly spaced over an island. Over a dining table, leave roughly seventy centimetres of clearance. This is a hardwired fixture and should be installed by a qualified electrician to local electrical code, with the circuit isolated at the breaker before any work begins, and the shade left to cool before it is wiped.

• Form: cylinder shade in metal with a wood detail
• Light source: integrated LED, no bulb to buy or replace
• Colours: white, green, black, pink and yellow
• Suits: kitchen islands, breakfast bars, dining tables and bedsides
• Tip: hang small pendants in runs of two or three rather than singly
• Installation: hardwired, fit by a qualified electrician, isolate at the breaker