It was the lackluster mise-en-scène of a Wagner opera that ignited Mariano Fortuny's interest in lighting. The painter, fashion designer, and innovator couldn't understand why in 1893, despite the recent invention of the light bulb, outdated sets were still being lit with gas lamps. In his attic studio in Venice's Palazzo Martinengo, Fortuny tinkered, discovering that when light reflected off a piece of paper, it could illuminate an entire room; use a colored surface and you could bathe the sets in a hue. Voilà: indirect lighting.
"It is not the quantity, but the quality of light that makes things visible," mused Fortuny, who would soon take his findings offstage and into the home.
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SEA CHANGE
Trading Manhattan for Brooklyn, designer Robert Stilin soaks up new scenery indoors and out
HELLA, YES
Thirty years into her career, Dutch design star Hella Jongerius proves the best ideas-and objects are those that grow and transform along with us
GREEN GODDESS
From her perch in Lloyd Wright's 1927 home and studio in West Hollywood, Vicki von Holzhausen is spreading the gospel-and refining the science—of eco-friendly, plant-based materials
BOTH SIDES NOW
Celebrated for his fantastical, genderfluid fashions, designer Harris Reed brings the same rule-flouting approach to a petite London apartment
shades of eden
In her magical LA garden, artist Mimi Lauter contemplates the cycle of life and the rapturous power of color
CHARM SCHOOL
In the hands of Ashe Leandro, a historic New York City house gets a delightful makeover
mother nature
Taking inspiration from her own childhood memories, Jennifer Garner crafts a cozy California home and garden where she and her family can put down roots
Finnish Lines
Resurfaced by Hem, a postmodern Nordic icon is back on the shelves
Changed for Good
Blending architectural styles, the new movie Wicked ventures off the beaten yellow-brick path
Earth Tone
In Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe, a new wellness resort looks to the land
