'Nelson Pear Bubble Pendant' pendant light, medium

American designer George Nelson's 'Bubble Pendant' signaled a revolution in the Modernist lighting industry when it was first produced in 1952. Conceived as an affordable alternative to a set of silk-covered Swedish pendant lamps that had caught the designer's eye, the series of lights are defined by an assortment of organic sizes and shapes, and combine lightweight, rounded-steel frames with webbing polymer. The result is a family of soft, glowing light sources, each with a character of their own.