5 Ways to Utilize Lighting as Art

An inexpensive and subtle way to add a flourish to any room—make your lighting double as a design statement. Slideshow

Though most of her work today deals with photography, London artist Maisie Broadhead struck gold with her cable drawings in 2009 while still a student at the Royal College of Art. “I was inspired by things around the house that are usually overlooked,” she says of the utilitarian-cum-baroque “drawing” she made over her own fireplace with the cord of a common task lamp.