The American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) named Hubbardton Forge’s Dyad series of table and floor lamps the winner of the prestigious 2008 Pinnacle Award for Design Achievement in Lighting.
The accolade was announced during this year’s High Point International Home Furnishings Show in North Carolina. Pinnacle judges stated that they chose the Dyad collection for [...]

With a brand new ( redesigned) website it is so tempting to show off all the fabulous lighting we have to offer by famous designers.
I, for one, just can’t get enough of Ingo Maurer’s fantastic creations and I find immense pleasure in the the powerful classic beauty of the pieces designed by Achille Castiglione.
I could [...]

We don’t want our lamps to come back to visit!
Form + Function is not just a web based business that distributes lighting all over the country. We meet our customers face-to-face every day and talk with them about their needs.
We unfortunately also have people walk through the door with a broken lamp under their [...]

We have now been at our new location for three full months and things are starting to look just the way we envisioned it. This for sure is not your run-of-the-mill lighting showroom!  And that’s just what we intended. We are aiming for a lot more. I’ll explain:
After 24 years in the lighting business a [...]

The low voltage lighting system YaYaHo by Ingo Maurer is sheer poetry.
The 250+ part YaYaHo system is more than just a conventional low voltage cable system. With its small mirrors that bounce the light in all directions, bird-like shades covering sparkling MR-16s, freely adjustable fixtures that hang off the main wires like mini trapezes and [...]

I miss our gigantic Birds, Birds, Birds chandelier that was a focal point in our old showroom. We even had the surrounding walls covered with an oversized pair of wings, painted by a local artist. Now they are painted over, the birds have found a loving home and we have the smaller ceiling version (”Birdie’s [...]

The answer is – yes and no.
Ceiling fans can definitely save money on your air conditioning bill if you use them the way they are intended.
Ceiling fans make you feel comfortable when it’s hot by blowing air over your body and increasing the evaporation, which is how the body cools itself. You feel the reaction [...]

The Kitchen is today’s gathering place for friends and family.
At our house it seems always to be the place where everyone ends up while dinner is being prepared. No matter how many deep, cozy armchairs the living room has to offer, or how inviting the deck is on a warm summer evening, everyone is leaning [...]

A New Product We Like
At Form + Function we are always looking innovative lighting solutions and we are especially excited when we come across products that “just make sense”, like the Dark Sky light bulbs designed by Bulbrite.
These energy-star rated compact fluorescent lamps have a shielded base that aims the light only where it is [...]

Make your bathroom into a sanctuary of relaxation! You can achieve this with the right vanity bathroom lighting.
Bathrooms are no longer just functional rooms with harsh light and cold tile, but warm, stylish, inviting retreats.
The introduction of warmer materials and colors to your bathroom asks for a softer, more sophisticated lighting plan for this very [...]