ON THE FIRST DAY..

"The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light 'day', and the darkness he called 'night'. And there was evening, and there was morning, the first day."

Or so says Genesis 1:2-5.

Polko says bullshit. But lights there are. And plenty of them! Here are a few of my current favourites:

This is called Once (In The Blue) and made by Flos of Italy. It has two bulbs inside a 1m x 2m resin and aluminium asymmetric ball. One is a white halogen for traditional lighting, the other a black light that gives a fantastic effect at night. Big and beautiful.

This is Ari Grande by Axo Light. In a single line as here, or clustered together in a block or circle. Mmmmmm.

Blò IC, designed by Roberto Pamio for Oty Light, a smallish single halogen plasterboard fixed clear glass unit. With rough beaten steel backsplash panels behind work surfaces I think these are among the best kitchen designs ever.. unfortunately, we have nine halogen points in our kitchen and so the total cost would add to over 1,300 euros..

And then, my big favourite.. Campari Light by Ingo Maurer, one of the finest and quirkiest lighting designers of the moment.. Real Campari in bottles, suspended by an adjustable Campari bottle crown. Too much to buy at 240 euros but I reckon I can do something similar for a room I'm currently finishing at home!.. though I do like Campari so may have to resort to coloured water?!