{"id":5997,"date":"2022-02-03T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alconlighting.com\/blog\/?p=5997"},"modified":"2023-05-20T08:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T15:43:48","slug":"invented-classic-ring-pendant-1964s-dr-strangelove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alconlighting.com\/blog\/stories\/invented-classic-ring-pendant-1964s-dr-strangelove\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Designed the Classic Ring Pendant in 1964\u2019s Dr. Strangelove\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The war room ring pendant in Stanley Kubrick\u2019s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb<\/em> may be the first modern appearance of the distinctive ring light trending in today’s commercial lighting<\/a> applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who invented it?<\/span><\/p>\n

Credit for the ring pendant goes to the late Ken Adam, who was born Klaus Adam. The war room set in Kubrick\u2019s Dr. Strangelove<\/em> gave Adam an opportunity to create the halogen version of the ring light for the 1964 anti-war film.<\/span><\/p>\n

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1983\u2019s \u2018WarGames\u2019 starring Matthew Broderick.  Set design inspired by ‘Dr. Strangelove.’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The epic, 22-foot diameter light hangs over upper echelon military personnel in the fictional depiction of a war room in Kubrick\u2019s movie. In the motion picture, the room functions in an underground bunker located beneath America\u2019s Pentagon. Characters take a seat at a large round table underneath the grand arclight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ken Adam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ken Adam, a German Jew who had served as a British pilot against Nazis during World War 2 and later trained as an architect, sketched these iconic scenes. The pendant illuminates a table intended to evoke men playing poker\u2014strategizing war as a game\u2014and Kubrick apparently loved Adam\u2019s striking production design.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The filmmaker wasn\u2019t alone. According to Fast Company<\/em>, Airbnb designed their conference room into a model for the distinctive Dr. Strangelove<\/em> war room set. The New York Times<\/em> later described it as having been \u201cconceived as a vast bomb shelter with an illuminated table in the center …\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before he died at 95 in London, Adam had designed the vintage car in Ian Fleming\u2019s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em> and sets for seven James Bond movies, including climactic villainous scene sets for Goldfinger<\/em>, You Only Live Twice<\/em> and the first 007 movie, Dr. No<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But the set for which he\u2019s most noted is the war room with the circular, hanging pendant light, which caught the attention of Steven Spielberg. As Adam once told the British Broadcasting Corporation before he died: \u201cI was in the States giving a lecture to the Directors Guild when Steven Spielberg came up to me. He said, \u2018Ken, that war room set for \u201cStrangelove\u201d is the best set you ever designed.\u2019 Five minutes later [Spielberg] came back and said, \u2018No, it\u2019s the best set that\u2019s ever been designed.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Contemporary Ring Pendant <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Commercial Pendant Lighting<\/a> <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The ring pendant has come a long way since its 1964 halogen origin. Today, the light source is LED allowing for a slimmer design. The lighting technology, more advanced than the technology depicted in the film, includes vacancy and occupancy sensors, WiFi and Bluetooth Mesh. Contemporary applications feature schools, libraries, commercial buildings, lobbies, conference rooms, and dining and hospitality. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, 56 years since its conception, Ken Adam’s ring pendant light design endures.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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