Short Frosted with Brim Pendant Light | Blackjack Lighting

Short Frosted with Brim adds a hat to Blackjack's smallest light guide. A one-inch frosted acrylic guide screws into a slim two-inch socket, and just above it sits a thin metal brim, three inches across and barely a twentieth of an inch thick. The brim catches the glow from the guide below and gives the tiny pendant a clear silhouette, so it reads as a designed object even when it is switched off.

That small disc changes the character of the light. It shades the eye from above, frames the frosted glow and adds a strong horizontal line to an otherwise vertical form. The result has a slightly playful, almost figurative quality, like a little lamp wearing a cap, that works as well over a bar counter as in a cluster above a stair. The socket and brim come in the same finish: Matte Black for a graphic outline, Polished Chrome for a bright reflective edge, or White for a soft, quiet look. The guide is screw-in and the 24V LED source is replaceable.

Design notes

• A brim for the glow: a 3 in (7.6 cm) metal disc frames the frosted guide and gives the pendant a crisp outline.
• Compact proportion: a 1 in (2.5 cm) guide under a 2 in (5.1 cm) socket, about 3.1 in (7.9 cm) overall.
• Frosted cast acrylic: soft, even light from a screw-in guide.
• Quality of light: 133 lumens at 3000K with 90 CRI, dimmable on TRIAC, ELV or 0-10V controls.
• Matched finishes: socket, brim and canopy in Matte Black, Polished Chrome or White.

Specifications

Downloads

• Short Frosted with Brim specification sheet (PDF)
• Light Guide with Brim installation instructions (PDF)
• Short Frosted with Brim LM-79 photometric report (PDF)

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!" Short Frosted with Brim shows how a single thin disc can give a one-inch point of light a whole personality.

Questions

What does the brim add?

A strong outline and a little shade. The thin 3 in disc frames the frosted glow, cuts the light seen from above and makes the pendant read as a shape, not just a point.

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 fixtures conceived for LED.

Short or Tall with Brim?

Short pairs the brim with a 1 in guide for a compact, cap-like profile. Tall Frosted with Brim uses a 5 in guide for a longer column of light under the same brim.

How is the light controlled?

133 lumens at 3000K with 90 CRI. The 5 in canopy holds a universal 120-277V driver that dims on TRIAC, ELV or 0-10V controls.

What warranty does it carry?

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