New lighting from Post Company recalls window shutters and louvers
Post Company, a design studio based in Brooklyn and Jackson, Wyo., has partnered with American lighting manufacturer Roll & Hill on the Fente Collection.
Following the success of the Bell Collection in 2021 and the Delta Collection in 2023, Fente marks the latest chapter in the firms’ ongoing collaboration. The collection officially launched late last month at Roll & Hill’s New York showroom.
Named for the French word for “slot,” the Fente Collection takes its inspiration from the architectural language of shutters, louvers, and narrow window openings, exploring how light can be shaped as much by what conceals it as by what allows it to pass through. Each fixture is defined by a solid metal cylinder with a ring of vertical perforations at its base, through which light emerges in narrow, even bands. A second layer of hand-blown glass within the cylinder further diffuses the illumination, creating a soft, ambient glow.
The design draws from a long tradition of pierced metal lighting, in which perforations served not simply as ornament, but as a means of tempering direct illumination, Post Company said. Rather than forming a decorative pattern, Fente’s evenly spaced openings recall the narrow slots of a shutter or louver, framing and controlling the passage of light.
The collection includes six fixtures: a single sconce, double sconce, flush mount, single pendant, double pendant and a quad pendant. Each is available in two finishes: bronze anodized aluminum for indoor applications and black outdoor powder-coat paint.
