Lino 24 in Vanity Light | Blackjack Lighting

Lino is a vanity light built from two simple elements: a slender tube of frosted glass, just 1 inch in diameter and 24 inches long, and a small square backplate of stamped steel in Satin Nickel that holds it at the center. Nothing else is visible. Mounted above a mirror it reads as a single horizontal line of light, crossed by one quiet metal square.

The frosted glass is what gives Lino its softness. The LED inside is spread along the full length of the tube, so the glow is even from end to end with no visible points, a calm, diffuse light that flatters faces and surfaces alike. The 3.1-inch projection keeps it close to the wall, and the Satin Nickel plate sits comfortably with chrome or brushed fittings, giving a bathroom a clean, contemporary focal line rather than a bulky fixture.

Design notes

• Diffused, even glow: frosted glass spreads the integrated LED along the whole tube with no hot spots.
• Linear proportion: 24 in (61 cm) long and 4.8 in (12.2 cm) high with a 1 in (2.5 cm) tube, a line rather than a box.
• Glass and steel: a tubular frosted glass diffuser on a stamped steel backplate.
• Two backplates: the 0.5 in shallow plate with the driver in the junction box, or a 1.3 in deep plate that houses the driver.
• Satin Nickel finish: a soft metallic sheen that complements most bathroom hardware.

Specifications

Downloads

• Lino 24 in specification sheet (PDF)
• Lino 24 in installation instructions (PDF)
• Lino 24 in LM-79 test report (PDF)
• Lino 24 in IES file (ZIP)

Stephen Blackman and Blackjack Lighting

Blackjack Lighting is the studio of industrial designer Stephen Blackman, its President and Chief Design Officer. Trained in industrial design at Syracuse University, Blackman began his lighting career in 1984 at Sonneman Design Group, then founded Blackman Design Associates in 1988, designing decorative and architectural lighting for manufacturers including Kichler. He launched Blackjack in 2013 in suburban Chicago, now based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, to build fixtures conceived for LED from the first sketch.

His argument is that the LED should change the shape of a light, not just its efficiency. Rather than hiding a new source inside old bulb-and-shade forms, Blackjack designs around the small, flat, cool-running LED: thin discs, slim rods, glowing rings and lenses that let the light itself become the object. In his own words, "Decorative lighting by its nature is not primarily about optimizing lamp efficiency, it is primarily about decoration!" Lino brings that idea to the bathroom wall: a single slim rod of light where a row of bulbs used to be.

Questions

What is the design idea behind Lino?

To reduce a vanity light to a single line. A 1 in frosted glass tube carries the light, and one small steel plate holds it to the wall.

Who is behind Blackjack Lighting?

Industrial designer Stephen Blackman, President and Chief Design Officer, who has designed lighting since 1984 and founded Blackjack in 2013 to make LED-native fixtures.

Shallow or deep backplate?

The shallow plate keeps the fixture slimmest, projecting 3.1 in, with the driver in the junction box. The deep plate houses the driver itself and is required for 120-277V universal dimming; it projects 3.9 in.

What is the light like, and how is it dimmed?

1288 delivered lumens at 3000K with a 90 CRI, evenly diffused by the frosted glass. The 120VAC version dims on TRIAC controls; the 120-277V version adds ELV and 0-10V.

What warranty does it carry?

Three years on the integrated LED source and LED power supply, and one year on materials and workmanship, for the original buyer in the US and Canada.