TTK 72 in Chandelier | Blackjack Lighting

TTK is light falling like rain. Seventy-five Tall Frosted pendants, each a slender 7-inch cylinder an inch across, hang from a long 72-by-24-inch canopy, and every one stops at a different height. The canopy holds them on a precise grid; below it, the cylinders scatter into a dense, shimmering curtain that seems to be caught mid-fall.

The design lives in the tension between that strict grid and the random cascade beneath it. Each cylinder carries its own LED behind a frosted diffuser, so the whole field glows softly and evenly, while the varying heights give it depth from every angle: from below, a constellation; from the side, a downpour of light. At this scale it becomes the defining element of a room, over a long dining or boardroom table, in a hotel lobby or down the height of a stairwell. Matte Black gives the canopy and caps a bold, graphic contrast; White lets the structure vanish so only the glowing rain remains; Polished Chrome adds a sparkle of reflections throughout.

Design notes

• A curtain of rain: 75 pendants hung at random heights from one rectangular canopy.
• Slender sources: each Tall Frosted pendant is 7 in (17.8 cm) long and 1 in (2.5 cm) across, set 4.8 in (12.2 cm) on center.
• A calm plane above: a 71.7 in x 23.9 in (182.1 cm x 60.7 cm) canopy only 2.5 in (6.4 cm) deep.
• Quality of light: 6,375 lumens in total at 3000K and 90 CRI, enough to light a large room on its own.
• Adjustable without cutting: field adjustable to a maximum overall height of 106 in.

Specifications

Downloads

• TTK specification sheet (PDF)
• TTK installation instructions (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!" TTK is that idea at full scale: 75 slim rods of LED light composed into a single falling curtain.

Questions

What is the design idea behind TTK?

It turns many small lights into one image: rain. Seventy-five slim frosted pendants fall to random heights from a precise rectangular canopy, so the fixture reads as a curtain of light rather than a single object.

Which Blackjack collection is it from?

TTK is part of the Signature Series and is built from the maker's Tall Frosted pendant on a 72 in rectangular canopy.

Which finish should I choose?

Matte Black gives a strong dark canopy and caps that frame the glowing cylinders; White makes the structure disappear into a pale ceiling; Polished Chrome scatters reflections through the cascade.

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

Soft, diffused light from 75 frosted sources, 6,375 lumens in total at 3000K and 90 CRI. The driver in the canopy runs on 120-277VAC and dims with TRIAC, ELV or 0-10V controls.

What warranty does it carry?

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