Moody Danish piers and the memory of maritime gas lamps silhouetted against an inky sky form the back-story behind the evocative shape of the Copenhagen Pendant Collection for &Tradition. A curving metal shade is secured to a cord with four arching plated steel tabs where it narrows at the top. The smallest version in the series, the SC6 is available in matte black, white or a selection of offbeat pastels in a lacquered finish, and is especially effective when deployed in multiples. Recalling the atmospheric effect of gaslight, the downward light is even and solid, while the subtle up-light is diffused. No mere exercise in nostalgia, the light is resolutely modern. Designer Space Copenhagen's founding partner Peter Bundgaard Rützou has aptly observed: "Our ambition was to design a pendant with a simple industrial feel, but which was still elegant and poetic."