the humble Candlestick Reinvented 25 alternative ways

apart from being an efficient temper setter, candles are beautiful superfluous in the modern technology. As objects to behold, though, candlesticks current an opportunity for designers to flex their ingenious muscle.

For an exhibition introduced all the way through NYCxDesign final month, the American Design club and lighting fixtures firm Roll and Hill invited designers to dream up fantastical visions for candlesticks.

Curse the Darkness—a riff on an Eleanor Roosevelt quote saying that “it is higher to gentle a candle than to curse the darkness”—featured dozens of spectacular designs. Some contributors within the workforce convey opted to head the sensible route by way of incorporating storage for suits throughout the designs, others bought experimental with supplies, and a few made issues that had been simply downright beautiful. The pieces are all one-offs, sadly, and not on the market.

See a selection of the candlesticks within the slide convey above or head to American Design membership to look the full collection.