Originally designed to illuminate signs, shop windows and industrial workspaces of an increasingly urbanised early twentieth-century Britain - as this trip into the skinflint lighting archive illustrates.
Lighting HistoryExploring Manchester’s lost textile mills - on location in the second part of our interview with documentary photographer Darren Holden.
ArchitectureThe thrill of documenting Britain’s lost industrial past - part one of our interview with photographer Darren Holden.
ArchitectureTheatre legend and iconic entertainment landmarks - a trip into our lighting archive reveals the fascinating heritage behind our vintage theatre lighting collection.
Lighting HistoryOne of our recent projects is The Concrete Apartment in Nagoya, Japan: designed by Keiichi Kiriyama of Airhouse Design Office.
ArchitectureWe catch up with fellow Cornish-based designer Tom Raffield and chat all things wood, trends and collaborations.
skinflint MeetsWe catch up with design journalist Katie Treggiden, and chat everything from studying Design History at Oxford to designers she’d invite to dinner.
skinflint MeetsSome of the history behind our English wall mounted reading lights which were salvaged from a Victorian lunatic asylum in the Midlands, UK. Circa 1950. Widely utilised
ArchitectureThe latest collection from the skinflint workshop comprises entirely of lights from one specific location: The National Gas Turbine Establishment, known simply as Pyestock, it was the place the jet engine as we know it was nurtured and grew to supersonic speeds.
Stuff We LoveSome images of the Dunlop Aerospace lights in their original setting.
ArchitectureThe team at skinflint were thrilled to salvage the majority of the lights from the former power station at Cockenzie in Scotland. Many well known lighting brands such as Benjamin, Lacent and Holophane were installed to illuminate cavernous halls that once echoed with the roar of turbines powered by coal fired furnaces.
ArchitectureThe team at skinflint were thrilled to salvage the majority of the lights from the former power station at Cockenzie in Scotland. Here we present a small collection of images of the Power station's monumental exterior and evocative interior.
ArchitectureBeautiful images of the derelict interior of the Pirelli Factory and warehouses in Burton On Trent.
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