Floating ‘Cloud’ Lampshades Bring Skies Into Your Home With ‘Lightning’ and ‘Thunder’

Floating ‘Cloud’ Lampshades Bring Skies Into Your Home With ‘Lightning’ and ‘Thunder’
L&R: Photo courtesy of Richard Clarkson Studio, Inset: Illustration - Shutterstock
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For people living in the forest of skyscrapers like Manhattan, seeing the open sky is often not always part of their everyday scenery. With his “Cloud” lampshades, Brooklyn-based artist Richard Clarkson brings a piece of that celestial glory indoors for anyone to enjoy.

Describing himself as an artist “whose pieces are inspired by the celestial,” his designs, ranging from furniture to lighting, are full of references to the skies and space with names such as “Constellation,” “Rain,” and “Globe.”