You can also discover exclusive designer pendant luminaires for holistic room lighting or choose your new pendant lamp for zoned lighting of counters and worktops in the kitchen
Pendant lights and hanging lamps
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Pendant lights - the shining highlight of your interior
Pendant lights, also known as pendant lamps or hanging lamps, are true all-rounders. They are often used above the dining table or kitchen counter, but also illuminate the coffee table or are used as room lighting in almost all rooms.
Here you can discover high-quality pendant lights in many different colours and materials, as well as lights to match your interior style. If you want to illuminate an extendable dining table, you will find height-adjustable or extendable lights for flexible alignment.
In addition to lights with integrated LEDs, choose a product with gesture control or the tried-and-tested phase dimmer for maximum convenience when controlling your new designer pendant light.
We also answer everything you need to know about your new hanging lamp in our FAQs
Discover pendant lights for your dining table
One of the most popular applications for pendant lamps is the table, especially the dining table. Elegant designer pendant lamps that direct their light downwards with as little glare as possible are recommended for the latter. As a result, they act as an eye-catcher and at the same time bathe the table, including food, drinks and table decorations, in a cosy light.
If the pendant light is also positioned at a height of 60 to 80 cm above the table, unpleasant glare caused by looking directly into the light source is prevented as far as possible.
Matching pendant lights for other applications
Pendant lights for different rooms
As mentioned above, the decisive factor for choosing the right lighting effect and optimum light distribution is always the desired application. You should therefore always be guided by the intended use of your luminaire. However, the individual rooms also place different demands on your pendant luminaire. Find your premium pendant light for the dining room, bedroom or living room, robust pendant lights for the kitchen or child-friendly pendant lights for the children's room.
LED pendant lights
As with all luminaires, LEDs also offer various technical advantages for pendant lamps, such as low power consumption. However, innovative LED technology is also constantly opening up new visual possibilities. Many linear or ring-shaped luminaires could not be realised with normal lampholders. Very flat luminaires or even extravagant light sculptures benefit from today's LED technology and it was the latter that made their development possible in the first place.
Pendant lights to match your living style
Hanging lamps are available in every conceivable shape, colour and function. Each of them unfolds its effect in a particular context and creates an individual lighting scenario. To help you find the right light for your living style, we offer you a selection of high-quality designer lights in modern, industrial or country house styles.
The current trend: invisible height adjustment
Height-adjustable pendant lights offer you maximum convenience, especially those with invisible adjustability. The height of the pendant light can be infinitely adjusted without counterweights, tools or visible cable loops. This is not only a visual highlight, it also offers you maximum flexibility, for example with extendable tables. We offer a large selection of high-quality premium products with invisible height adjustment.
Further trends
In addition to the invisible height adjustment, you will find many other pendant lamps with modern and useful features. Discover many other height adjustment options, extendable pendant lights, products with innovative gesture control and much more. Discover our premium pendant lights with trend factor.
Well-known brands for pendant lights
As is the case everywhere, there are also specialists when it comes to high-quality pendant lights. Some brands and manufacturers are regarded as pioneers in this field with their products, regardless of whether they are technical innovations or absolute design classics in the field of pendant lights. See for yourself and choose your new premium light from one of our top brands.
Frequently asked questions for our lighting experts
Our store manager will be happy to answer frequently asked questions about pendant lights.
Anja Schuh
Which light sources are suitable for pendant luminaires?
When purchasing the light source, you should first make sure that the base is compatible with the socket of your pendant lamp. There is also the question of the beam angle. Reflector lamps with a narrow beam angle are recommended for precise zone lighting. With general-purpose lamps, on the other hand, you get almost all-round light, provided it is not shielded from above by the lampshade.
Different light sources are recommended depending on the type of luminaire. For pendant lights with a translucent shade, matt light sources are the right choice to avoid glare. If the light source of the pendant light is exposed, we recommend clear, gold or smoke-coated filament lamps. The latter achieve an additional appealing visual effect. Of course, this does not only apply to pendant luminaires.
The shape of the light source should also match the pendant light. The best way to do this is to follow our light source recommendations. On our product pages, we offer you the option of selecting a suitable light source for the respective luminaire. We generally recommend modern LED light sources. This is because with LEDs you save a lot of energy and benefit from a long service life.
How do I shorten a pendant light?
You can detach and shorten the cable of a pendant light either at the socket or at the canopy. As this varies depending on the light, you should find out in advance whether the cables can be shortened to avoid irreparable damage. You will find information on how to shorten the pendant on the respective product pages.
We recommend that you contact a qualified electrician to shorten the cable. It is important that work on the power cable is only carried out when it is de-energised.
What are the advantages of pendant luminaires that emit light upwards and downwards?
Pendant luminaires with uplight and downlight combine downward-directed zone light with upward-directed indirect ambient light. If you hang such a pendant light above your dining or coffee table, you can set the scene with light on the one hand and enjoy cosy, glare-free room lighting on the other.
If the two light components can be controlled separately, you can conveniently switch between zone and room lighting or set both light directions simultaneously.
Which pendant lights do not dazzle?
Good glare control is the be-all and end-all of lighting. The general rule is:
- The further back the light source is set in a shade or diffuser, the lower the glare.
- Luminaires with opaque shades cause less glare than those that let light through.
- A diffuse or opal cover ensures better glare control.
Indirect light that shines upwards or via a reflector is usually not dazzling at all. However, pendant luminaires with indirect light are only suitable for room lighting and not for dining table lighting.
In addition to the luminaire itself, its alignment and the installed height also play a fundamental role. If the light hangs too high, it can cause glare, even if you have followed our tips above. If you want to hang your pendant light above the dining table, there should be approx. 60 to 70 cm of free space between the light and the table surface.