Bask In Roman And Williams Guild’s Latest Lighting Collection

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch of Roman and Williams Guild—the much-fêted set designers of Practical Magic and the creatives behind such zeitgeisty interiors as the original Ace Hotel and the Boom Boom Room, to name a select few—launch a collection that showcases lighting as art and science. Among the 12 fixtures are the Porto sconce, which features thick, denser-than-usual glass that offers greater flexibility for bulb selection; the Lentium sconce and table lamp, with brutalist cast-bronze armatures hand-sculpted by Alesch; and Seed, a pendant of tinted rippled glass. Six of the designs exploit the skin-softening glow of lit-from-within alabaster, such as the fluted Petra egg pendant. And for the first time, Roman and Williams Guild, which is located in New York, staged an off-site exhibition, “A Certain Slant of Light,” featuring 100 of its original lighting designs, including the new dozen, at the former New York Mercantile Exchange in TriBeCa from November 19 through December 1.