Sample Sale: 3/10 & 3/11

Posted on February 22, 2023April 10, 2023 by Caitlin Schmitt

Our ‘Northern Lights’ Pop-Up featuring extraordinary Graypants fixtures & decor has finally drawn to a close. Whether you made it in to the studio to experience the show or not, here’s your chance to make the magic last.

We’re hosting a flash “SAMPLE SALE” at the Archetype Lighting studio on March 10th & 11th. ALL of the Graypants creations featured in our Northern Lights exhibit will be up for sale at unbelievably low prices ranging from 40-70% off list. Plus, we’re selling several Lambert & Fils fixtures from a previous pop-up and authentic, never opened/never used Verpan stools.

Though Archetype is normally a “to the trade” business and our studio is typically by appointment only, we’re opening our doors to any and all interested in shopping our inventory at the dates / times shown below:

– Friday, March 10th from 12:30pm – 5:30pm

– Saturday, March 11th from 10am – 3pm

Use this Eventbrite to let us know which date you’re coming by to shop!

A Peek at What’s on Sale

Pieces from the Northern Lights Pop-Up

We’re putting everything from the Graypants pop-up up for sale during our two-day in-studio Sample Sale. Follow us on instagram for glimpses of Northern Lights and the Graypants fixtures featured in the exhibit (here’s a few highlights). Everything you see in the reels below will be on sale.

As a bonus, the Northern Lights exhibit is still installed–this sale is your very last chance to experience it all of its epic glory. And, though we aren’t selling the No. 8 Lighting recessed fixtures currently on display at the studio, you’ll have the chance to see No. 8’s latest releases and biggest hits installed at our studio if you visit during the sale. After the sale, we’re taking them down to make room for our next show.

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Lambert & Fils, too!

Some of the most coveted fixtures displayed during our 2021-2022 Lambert & pop-up show are still available for sale at extraordinarily prices as low as 50% off list. Like the Graypants fixtures currently installed at our studio, the Lambert & Fils pieces in our inventory were all installed once previously but are in excellent condition. Our L&F fixtures are currently packed in their original shipping boxes, but we’ll have the boxes out and open to view during the sample sale.

All three of the Sainte pendants pictured in the instagram post below are available for purchase during our Studio Sample Sale.

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Watch this reel for a glimpse of the other Lambert & Fils fixtures that were featured in our 2021 – 2022 pop-up. Other highlights from the Lambert & Fils show available for purchase during the sample sale include the polished aluminum Mile Atelier and the brass Laurent 09 pendant shown in the reel.

& Authentic Verpan

We also have BRAND NEW/still boxed Verpan stools available for purchase at the Archetype studio during our two-day sale. This is a rare opportunity to pick up as many as 11 authentic Verpan Series 430 bar stools (the bar stool version of the famed Verner Panton-designed Series 430 chair) with luxe upholstery specs that you won’t find readily available through standard retailers. Specs: #192 Harald 3 black velvet Kvadrat/Raf Simons upholstery, black frame. Bar height. Attend the Sample Sale for additional specs and our unbeatable pricing.

Note: The stools available for purchase during the Sample Sale are new in their boxes. The stools shown in the photos are identical, but out of their boxes because we kept a number of them for use in our studio. The 11 stools that we’re selling remain unopened.

Who should attend the Sample Sale?

If you love modern lighting and furniture, you should definitely join us for this sale. The deals are unbeatable.

End users, home owners and project owners are welcome. While much of our inventory is absolute perfection in a modern home setting, this sale may be particularly valuable for someone who owns or is responsible for decorating or staging commercial real estate. Graypants and Lambert & Fils are especially well-suited for commercial applications, and Verpan’s 430 is extremely popular in luxury office or hospitality settings. If you’re looking for focal pieces for a high-end office environment, a restaurant or lounge, retail space, hospitality environment or hotel, or a bar, you can’t miss this sale.

If you’re an architect, interior designer, lighting design or other trade professional who missed your chance to tour the Northern Lights pop-up or our No. 8 exhibit, attending the sample sale is an absolute must! After the sale, these two exhibits are coming down to make way for our next big show. The fixtures on display still represent the newest and greatest that Graypants and No. 8 have to offer, and you absolutely should come see them before we take them down. Just be sure to RSVP to the sale date you plan to attend–this way our sales representatives will know we’re expecting you, and will be sure to give you a full studio tour, complete with a demo of No. 8’s tunable white.

Just how low are your Sample Sale prices?

Our prices are so low, we can’t even advertise them online. This is a one-time studio showroom close-out sale for those who come to the studio to see us in person. Final prices will be posted. The % off list varies from fixture to fixture, but we can confidently say that you will not find lower prices for these fixtures anywhere else.

Additional information about our pricing and the sale can be found in the Eventbrite that we’re using to collect RSVP’s to the sale.

The Venue: Our Studio

Our studio’s 1,800 square feet of open gallery space was designed to be the perfect canvas for pop-up viewing opportunities. Clouds mounted to high ceilings in our lobby area are spaced to allow an uncluttered, 360° view of suspended luminaires, showing off both the fixture and the affixing hardware. Our corridor area is lined on one side with spaces that allow specifiers to view pendants and wall-mounted luminaires up close; the opposite side is designed to showcase recessed fixtures at a range close enough to appreciate the hardware, but roomy enough to allow meaningful observation of light.

Our studio decked out for the recent pop-up exhibit that featured Lambert & Fils.

We’re conveniently located in the Vermont Center in San Francisco’s Design District. Parking is easy, abundant and free to visitors, and our studio is near major freeway exits.

Though we’re normally “to the trade” and open for studio tours on an appointment basis, from time-to-time, we invite the greater community of design-loving locals to join us for special events like this two-day sale. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the magic! All who are interested in experiencing the magic or who want to shop incomparable deals on Graypants, Verpan and Lambert & Fils are welcome and invited, but please be sure to use our Eventbrite to let us know which date you’ll be joining us to shop.

Wait, why are you taking down the Graypants & No. 8 exhibits?

We’re clearing our gallery for a brand new exhibit that will launch on March 30th. This one features Boyd Lighting & ONE A. You can learn more about the launch party and how to RSVP here.

About Archetype

Archetype Lighting is a San Francisco-based manufacturers representative that connects Northern California and Hawaii’s professional trade communities with extraordinary lighting brands from around the globe. See our line card for a list of our world-class brands.

Take the Tour

Posted on January 3, 2023March 9, 2023 by Caitlin Schmitt

Discover Northern Lights: A Graypants Experience in SF. Experience extraordinary, sustainable luminaires from the Northern Pacific Coast. Northern California trade professionals are invited to visit Archetype’s studio for a private tour of this exclusive pop-up exhibit featuring the latest and greatest innovations from the creative minds at Graypants. March 2023 Update: This pop-up’s residency has drawn to a close, but you have one last chance to see it you missed out. We’re hosting a Studio Sample Sale on March 10th & 11th. Trade pros who missed the Northern Lights show while we were giving tours are strongly encouraged to attend the sale for a glimpse at greatness! RSVP here.

On Display in San Francisco’s Design District

Our “Northern Lights” pop-up celebrates all things new, innovative and extraordinary from the sustainability-focused team of designers and creators at Graypants in Seattle. It features customizable systems that will capture your imagination and it showcases the brand’s latest releases. And we have some exclusives you won’t find on display anywhere else (except, perhaps, at Graypants HQ in Seattle).

If you didn’t make it to our launch party in late 2022 or you’d like another look at the pop-up before it leaves town, don’t fret! For a limited timed, we’re still hosting Northern California trade professionals for private tours of the installation on an appointment basis. Please use this link to schedule one. Tour times are limited, and the installation is temporary. Book as soon as you can to make sure you don’t miss the show!

Glimpses & Highlights

Follow us on instagram for glimpses of the show and the Graypants fixtures featured in the exhibit (here’s a few highlights).

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Already loving what you see? Contact Archetype to bring Graypants luminaires to spaces in Northern California.

Architectural Lighting Bonus

During your visit, you’ll also have the opportunity to experience an array of luxe, high-performance fixtures by Northern California-based No. 8 Lighting, including the brand new 200-HD recessed LED downlight for high ceilings.

The Venue: Our Studio

Our studio decked out for a recent pop-up exhibit that featured Lambert & Fils.

We’re conveniently located in the Vermont Center in San Francisco’s Design District. Parking is easy, abundant and free to visitors, and our studio is near major freeway exits.

About Archetype

Northern Lights: A Graypants Experience

Posted on September 26, 2022January 20, 2023 by Caitlin Schmitt

Discover extraordinary, sustainable luminaires from the Northern Pacific Coast. Our pop-up exhibit features the latest and greatest innovations from the creative minds at Graypants. Updated 10/13/22.

New Pop-Up Installation On Display in San Francisco

Our brand new pop-up installation celebrates all things new, innovative and extraordinary from the sustainability-focused team of designers and creators at Graypants in Seattle. The exhibit features customizable systems that will have your imagination running wild and showcases the brand’s latest releases.

On October 12th, the Graypants team joined us for an evening soirée at the Archetype studio to celebrate the launch of the show. It was an incredible time! Thank you to everyone who attended the premiere! We’re immensely grateful to the Graypants team for their hard work on the installation, and for sharing their story with our amazing guests.

For a limited time, Archetype will host Northern California trade professionals for private tours of the installation on an appointment basis. You can use this link to schedule one. Tour times are limited, and the installation is temporary. Book early to make sure you don’t miss the show!

Read on for more information about the extraordinary Graypants fixtures featured in the exhibit, and contact Archetype to bring Graypants luminaires to spaces in Northern California.

New Releases

Our installation features new fixtures and finish options that expand on series you may already know, but it also features luminaires from two entirely new Graypants series. Booi and Barro are so fresh that we can pretty much guarantee you haven’t seen them in real life before, yet they’re already making huge waves in the design world.

Barro, a fully handmade pendant lamp designed by Caterina Morretti for Graypants was recently shortlisted for a 2022 Dezeen Award.

With its blend of clay and hand-blown glass, Barro evokes the warm embrace of earth and light.

It’s handcrafted by artisans in San Bartolo Coyotepec, a Oaxacan community renowned for pottery created using traditional materials and centuries-old techniques.

And the brand new nautical-inspired Booi pendant is up for a 2022 L A M P award! You can vote for it (up to three times!) here.

New Graypants Releases On Display @ Archetype beginning 10/12

*NEW – Just Released* Booi
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*NEW* Hewn Linear
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Customizable Systems

Our show also features highly customizable systems perfectly suited for corporate campuses, hotel lobbies, grand banquet halls, restaurants, modern airports and other places where impact is key, and nothing short of original will do.

The systems below will all make an appearance in our studio, along with another major surprise (not shown here) that’s so custom, and so unique you really can’t see anything like it anywhere else outside of our pop-up. Want to know what it is? Schedule a tour!

Architectural Lighting Bonus

During your visit, you’ll also have the opportunity to experience an array of luxe, high-performance fixtures by Northern California-based No. 8 Lighting, including their brand new 200-HD recessed LED downlight for high ceilings, which is making its debut in our studio during the October 12th launch party.

The Venue: Our Studio

We’re conveniently located in the Vermont Center in San Francisco’s Design District. Parking is convenient, abundant and free to visitors, and our studio is located near major freeway exits.

About Archetype

Fashion, Form, Function

Posted on August 10, 2022September 9, 2022 by Caitlin Schmitt

Inspired Architectural Innovation from Kreon

Whenever you’re looking for fresh design inspiration and innovative tools, Kreon is sure to impress. This brand’s sleek, European sensibility and attention to the fine details make it perfect for a wide range of modern interior and exterior environments.

Cool New Tools

Belgian architectural lighting brand Kreon wowed Northern California showgoers at last month’s Light! Design Expo with its host of brand new, imaginitive fixtures. These three new releases were a hit with the local trade community. If you didn’t catch them at the show, here’s a glimpse:

1. Inti

The award-winning Inti downlight allows the designer to create different atmospheres within the same environment. It features diffused illumination and directional lighting in the same fixture, and the results are spectacular. We especially love Inti’s potential applications in the hospitality sphere—the luminaires can be used to simultaneously illuminate a hallway and hotel room numbers beautifully and without unnecessary noise.

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2. Stripe

Stripe’s visually interesting form factor is oozing with modern style. It’s a competitively priced fixture that you’re sure to love for hospitality, commercial and office environments. We’re particularly fond of the wall wash version.

More About Stripe.

3. Aplis 60

Aplis 60, the newest member of Kreon’s Aplis family of fully recessed, directional spotlights, features a 60mm aperture. Both the Aplis 60 fixed downlight and wall-wash boast a high-performance, faceted reflector for efficiency and uniformity.

Aplis 60 Specifications.

Can’t Beat the Classics

Though we’re so excited to share the new launches with every specifier we meet, we’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you about these ultra-seek, effortlessly modern tools that are every bit as innovative today as when they first launched. Kreon emphasized two of our all-time favorite product families at Light! Design Expo: the minimal, ultra-versatile Cana channel and the sleek, made-to-measure, quick-ship Nuit system.

The case studies below show off the sleek appeal that these classic luminaires bring to a variety of spaces. The look scales extremely well to our local Northern California market: whether you’re designing a Napa Valley tasting room, a chicly modern coastal bed and breakfast, an urban high-rise or Silicon Valley corporate campus, Kreon is an excellent choice to bring modern sophistication and impressively precise illumination to your Northern California projects.

Elegance & Subtlety in Residence: sleek interior and exterior Kreon luminaires bring light to starkly beautiful details throughout this Spanish estate. Explore Music House.

Architect: Sergio Adelantado & Sara López Blanco Arquitectos
Photographer: David Zarzoso

Kreon Fixtures Used: Wabi, Oran, Aplis 80, nuit 1×5 gear incl.

Empire State of Mind: Kreon’s Nuit made-to-measure profile glimmers and shines in the Empire State Building’s renovated lobby. Learn More.

Lighting Designer: The Lighting Practice
Photographer: Evan Joseph

Kreon Fixtures Used: nuit made-to-measure profile

Loving what you see? We’re here to help you bring Kreon to spaces in Northern California. Contact us for additional product information, pricing, quotes and more.

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Win a Portable B.lux Kup Camp at Light! Design Expo

Posted on July 12, 2022July 15, 2022 by Caitlin Schmitt

Visit the A-Team at Light! Design Expo for your chance to win this oh-so-chic, delightfully modern rechargeable B.lux lamp.

One lucky Light! Design Expo attendee will walk away with a free Kup Camp portable lamp courtesy of IM Design Concepts and B.lux. This modern handheld LED lamp is based on the B.lux Kup collection by Tim Brauns.

Light! Design Expo B.lux Giveaway

Product: Kup Camp Gold
Color: Gold
Portable, charged via USB cable.
Dimmable LED lamp with an opal glass sphere.
Designed by Tim Brauns.

Product Specifications.

How To Win It

Those registered to attend the free Light! Design Expo tradeshow on 7/21 are invited to visit us at booth 131 to enter our Extraordinary Lamp Giveaway. Once you check in at Archetype’s booth, you’ll have the opportunity to increase your odds of winning by engaging with the word-class lineup of lighting brands on display in Archetype’s block at the expo.

We’ll draw winners throughout the week following Light! Design Expo and will contact each via email to claim their prizes and indicate their preferred shipping address.

The Kup Camp isn’t the only extraordinary lamp we’ll be giving away. Learn more here.

Only those who attend Light! Design Expo on 7/21 will have the opportunity to participate. Light! Design Expo registration is free, but it’s required. Sign up here.

If you’re a trade professional attending the show, we encourage you to watch your inbox for emails from Archetype leading up to the tradeshow. There are more surprises in store, and we don’t want you to miss them! If you’re not already on our mailing list, please sign up here.

Experience B.lux at Light! Design Expo

B.lux is a European lighting collective known for its modern, clean and playful architectural, decorative and exterior luminaires. IM Design Concepts will be joining us at Light! Design Expo to share some of the line’s greatest hits, including fixtures from the Aspen, C_Ball and Frame collections. They’ll also be showing off a product from the new Bowee collection by German designer Werner Aisslinger.

Frame: outdoor rectangular luminaire designed by Mario Ruiz

C_Ball S1 & S2 suspension lamps with C_Ball F. Designed by Stone Designs.

Aspen S17 suspension lamps designed by Werner Aisslinger.

Aspen S17 suspension lamp with Aspen F floor lamp. Designed by Werner Aisslinger.

Aspen S40 suspension lamp with a dual aluminum shade. Designed by Werner Aisslinger.

Bowee SH4 suspension lamp with Bowee F floor lamp. Designed by Werner Aisslinger.

This brand’s fun, customizable systems, loads of finish color options and overall playful mid-century modern aesthetic make it a perfect fit for your home lighting, commercial interior, office campus and hospitality design projects. We’ve found that B.lux is a favorite among local architects who specialize in Silicon Valley tech campuses and high-end office buildings, but these fixtures are equally well-suited for hotels, wineries, high-end homes and so much more.

Already convinced? Whether you’re planning to join us at Light! Design Expo or not, we’re here to help you bring B.lux to spaces in Northern California and Hawaii. Contact us for additional product information, specifications support, quotes and more.

Archetype will be at Pier 27 with B.lux plus a diverse array of additional innovators in the word of light from 11:30am until 8pm on Thursday, 7/21. The magic starts when you check in with Archetype at booth 131. Learn more here.

More About Light! Design Expo

IES San Francisco’s 2022 Light! Design Expo is the place for California’s AEC professionals to experience all things new, innovative and extraordinary in light. During the expo, you’ll enjoy a full day of lighting displays and seminars carefully curated for the region’s architecture, design and construction community. Registration is free (and required), and it comes with free food, free CEU opportunities, and exposure to 140 lighting exhibitors who will be showcasing their most innovative products all throughout the day. It all happens on 7/21 from 11:30am-8pm at Pier 27 in San Francisco.

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Win a Pair of Micro Spike Spots at Light! Design Expo

Posted on July 8, 2022July 18, 2022 by Caitlin Schmitt

Illuminate your favorite potted plants and garden features with this set of sleek, discrete spikes. Visit the A Team at Light! Design Expo for a chance to win your own!

One lucky Light! Design Expo attendee will walk away with a set of two stainless steel LuxR LED Micro Spike Spots courtesy of the exterior lighting pros at Hunza/LuxR.

Light! Design Expo Hunza/LuxR Giveaway

Product: Micro Spike Spot
Material: Stainless Steel, Beam: 37˚
Color Temperature: 3000K
Giveaway set comes with power source and will be configured for “plug-and-play” use.

Product Specifications.

It’s no secret that we’re big fans of LuxR’s energy-efficient, sleekly discrete Micro Range. The series includes some of our all-time favorite compact solutions for delivering elegant outdoor glow. We can’t wait to see who takes this set home!

How To Win the Set

We’ll draw winners throughout the week following Light! Design Expo and will contact each via email to claim their prizes and indicate their preferred shipping address.

These Micro Spike Spots aren’t the only extraordinary prize we’ll be giving away. Learn more here.

Only those who attend Light! Design Expo on 7/21 will have the opportunity to participate. Light! Design Expo registration is free, but it’s required. Sign up here.

Experience Hunza & LuxR LED at Light! Design Expo

New Zealand-based sister brands Hunza and LuxR LED produce high-quality, built-to-last, energy efficient luminaires suited for a wide variety of budgets and applications. Together, they offer just about everything you need to illuminate backyards, walking paths, courtyards, patios and deck areas: step lights, recessed in-grade fixtures, spot and flood lights, bollards, catenary-mount fixtures, pool and spa lights, pond lighting, and of course, loads of tools for illuminating landscape elements.

Though both brands deliver excellent products for residential, hospitality and commercial landscape design projects, Hunza’s professional lighting tools are some of the best out there for large estates, commercial campuses, resorts and complex exterior projects with specific technical lighting requirements that call for clever, innovative solutions.

The Hunza/LuxR team’s Light! Design Expo display will feature a wide variety of their most popular exterior fixtures, and they’ll be showcasing Hunza’s brand new Liquid Beam series of intelligent RBGW and tunable white luminaires featuring a solid state light beam that can be adjusted via Bluetooth using a simple app interface.

Want to learn more about the new Liquid Beam series? Whether you’re planning to join us at Light! Design Expo or not, we’re here to help you bring Hunza and LuxR to exterior environments in Northern California and Hawaii. Contact us for additional product information, specifications support, quotes and more.

Archetype will be at Pier 27 with Hunza/LuxR LED plus a diverse array of additional innovators in the word of light from 11:30am until 8pm on Thursday, 7/21. The magic starts when you check in with Archetype at booth 131. Learn more here.

More About Light! Design Expo

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Win Kreon’s iconic Belux babycloud at Light! Design Expo

Posted on July 6, 2022August 12, 2022 by Caitlin Schmitt

Visit the A-Team at Light! Design Expo for a chance to win a lamp designed by famed architect Frank Gehry.

Kreon’s iconic Frank Gehry-designed Belux Cloud lamps are a timelessly poetic sight to behold. These voluminous snowballs feature a paper-like fleece shade with an invisible light source at its core. We’re thrilled to announce that one lucky Light! Design Expo attendee will walk away with a free babycloud table lamp courtesy of Kreon lighting.

Kreon’s Belux babycloud, designed by Frank Gehry. View Product Specifications.

Want to bring babycloud or other Gehry-designed Belux Cloud lamps to a project in Northern California? Contact us.

How To Win It

We’ll draw winners throughout the week following Light! Design Expo and will contact each via email to claim their prizes and indicate their preferred shipping address.

The babycloud isn’t the only extraordinary lamp we’ll be giving away. Learn more here.

Only those who attend Light! Design Expo on 7/21 will have the opportunity to participate. Light! Design Expo registration is free, but it’s required. Sign up here.

See the Latest from Kreon at Light! Design Expo

Belgian architectural lighting brand Kreon will be showing off three innovative new releases at Light! Design Expo.

Inti

The award-winning Inti downlight allows the designer to create different atmospheres within the same environment. It features diffused illumination and directional lighting in the same fixture, and the results are spectacular. We’re particularly excited about Inti’s applications in the hospitality sphere—these fixtures can be used to simultaneously illuminate a hallway and the numbers on each hotel room door, beautifully and without unnecessary noise. Experiencing it in real life will be sure to get the creative juices going!

More About Inti.

Stripe

More About Stripe.

Aplis 60

Aplis 60, the latest addition to Kreon’s Aplis family of fully recessed, directional spotlights, is a new range of round downlights with an aperture of 60mm. Aplis 60 fixed downlights and wall-wash luminaires feature a high-performance, faceted reflector for efficiency and uniformity.

Aplis 60 Specifications.

& Some Crowd-Pleasing Classics

In addition to the new releases, Kreon will be highlighting product from these two classic, beloved architectural ranges: the minimal, ultra-versatile Cana channel and the sleek, made-to-measure, quick-ship Nuit system.

Archetype will be at Pier 27 with Kreon plus a diverse array of additional innovators in the word of light from 11:30am until 8pm on Thursday, 7/21. The magic starts when you check in with Archetype at booth 131. Learn more here.