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Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles - October 2010

Local tastemaker Rob Kennedy launched his signature lamp line, Coalition Society, to much fanfare in 2007. Now, with CS2, he offers limited-edition, customizable wood-turned lamps in bubinga, oak, maple and more that serve as striking, lower-priced alternatives to his previous couture line. (404) 875-7570

 

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Hideware: Accessories, Leather, Seating

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Lamps and Limelight

Lamps are to interiors what the perfect pair of earrings is to a simple outfit.

So says Rob Kennedy, designer, local theater advocate, all-around wacky guy - creative force behind Coalition Society, a new Atlanta based lighting design firm...

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Trade Secrets: Metallic Lighting

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The Light Fantasitc

Rob Kennedy's Coalition Society lamps are one-of-a-kind handmade designs that are the new must-have for every Atlanta home. Their limited edition collections include floor and table lamps in varied colors, styles and shapes. We love the Wenge table lamp...

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Luminary Visions

Atlanta theater advocate formed a new company, Coalition Society, to fill a niche for exceptional, artistic, unique lighting in the home. Rob Kennedy, active supporter of Atlanta's theaters and self-described lamp zealot, draws on the craftsmanship of eight artists in the Southeast to give shape to his luminary visions...

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A Wacky Wardrobe and Some Bright Ideas

It's all high drama with Rob Kennedy, so why did he start a lamp company? "There are so few good lamps," Kennedy says. "There's a glut of misery. It's painful and terrible. Everything's mass produced. The repetition is horrifying." Tragedy? Opera? Theater of the absurd? Definitely not farce. Kennedy's lamps are bravura performances — obsessively perfected, each design...

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Self-professed lamp zealot Rob Kennedy, once known as the always smiling manager at Belvedere, has broken off and launched his own wholesale business, Coalition Society, which will feature his own limited-edition designs of blown, thrown, stitched, carved and sculpted lamps. Edgy but elegant, his handcrafted designs (some in conjunction with Southern glass artists Mark Woodham and Tommy Lockart) incorporate traditional...