Align is a pendant light from Nordlux's Design For The People series, designed by the Danish designer Maria Berntsen. The dome-shaped shade has a matte, satin-soft black finish and is made of two parts: the inner one is fixed and the outer one can be moved. A brass detail sits on the side of the shade, and the inside is light-coloured.
A movable shade that changes the light
The outer part of the shade tilts by 36°. Moving it changes how wide the shade opens and where the light falls – at one setting the lamp shines narrowly downwards, at another it reveals more of the light interior and lights a wider part of the room. You can change it by hand at any time, with no tools and without disconnecting the lamp.
Size and installation
The shade is 31 cm in diameter – the figure to compare with the width of the table or worktop the lamp will hang over. The black textile-covered cable is up to 300 cm long, so the shade can hang low even in a tall room; over a dining table the usual gap from tabletop to the lower edge of the shade is 70–80 cm. The cable cannot be replaced.
The lamp weighs 1.84 kg. Mounting screws are not included, so choose them to suit your ceiling. It is a Class II fitting, meaning double insulation, and needs no connection to the earth wire.
Which light source
The lamp has one E27 socket, and the manufacturer allows a bulb of no more than 15 W in it. In practice that means an LED bulb – 15 W of LED gives as much light as a traditional bulb of many times that wattage used to. You choose the colour and brightness of the light yourself by picking the bulb.
Which rooms it suits
Align suits living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms, as well as hotels and restaurants. It is a modern form with Scandinavian roots: a plain dome with no ornament, an even matte black and a single brass accent. The lamp is intended for dry rooms.
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