We shine a light on nine of our favourite drop pendants for the kitchen.Â
An atmosphere-enhancing pendant transcends shape & materiality. We’ve hand-picked nine of our favourite drop pendants for the kitchen – an art piece in their own right.Â
This feature originally appeared in est Magazine issue #40.Â
The e15 ch04 Houdini Dining Chair and Herman Miller Ball Bubble Pendant in Budge Over Dover by Studio YSG | Photography by Prue RuscoeÂ
The Herman Miller Saucer Pendant in Budge Over Dover by Studio YSG | Photography by Prue RuscoeÂ
The Shape Up Cone Pendant from Ladies & Gentlemen Studio is connected with gravity-defying hubs and cords, lifting inspiration from engineering systems such as gears and pulleys.Â
Belgian design house Valerie Objects designed the playful Ceiling Lamp N3 to be a flat cone suspended from the ceiling with a curving steel rod.Â
Designed in 2014 by London-based lighting designer Michael Anastassiades, The String Light Cone from Flos calls on a geometric simplicity, with a unique dimmable technology controlled by Bluetooth or soft touch.Â
Designed by Isamu Noguchi for Vitra, the 75A Akari Pendant is a modernist design icon. The bamboo-boned pendant, designed in the early 1950s, reflects a modern approach to the traditional, handcrafted Japanese paper lantern.
The RBW Mori Pendant has an unmatched warmth. A simple cross-wire frame is fully cocooned in woven threads, creating a lantern-like, ambient light.
Designed for TwentyTwentyone by leading British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, the Hotaru Buoy Pendant Light draws on the ethereal beauty of Japanese lanterns. The light, inspired by a maritime marker, comes from the Hotaru collection, aptly named after the Japanese word for ‘firefly.’
The High Stool by Mater and the Indi Extra Large pendant by Articolo in Hill House by Luigi Rosselli Architects and Decus Interiors | Photography by  Anson Smart
The Articolo Indi Double Extra-Large Pendant consists of two curved lights connected with a singular bar. The structure features clear glass wrapped with black, sand or natural weaving, adding a historical texture to its design.Â
The Sul Sole Va Pendant from Viabizzuno is made from satin brass, leather and hand-blown glass. The intricate lighting feature was designed by Neri&hu in 2015, and comes in three iterations.
Designer Gabriel Hendifar, founder of New York-based Apparatus Studio articulates soft, glowing light with the Apparatus Twig 2 Pendant.Â
The Ligne Roset Togo Settee, Featherston Scape Dining Chair and Vitra Akari Pendant by Isamu Noguchi in Kagan by Kennedy Nolan | Photography courtesy of Kennedy Nolan
