If you went anywhere that was generally considered cool this year, you probably bathed in the soft glow of one of James Cherry’s lights. The LA- and New York–based maker kicked off the year with a solo exhibition at Tiwa Gallery in New York and didn’t let up from there. Those were Cherry’s delicately-sheathed grids dangling above the schoolhouse chairs at downtown darling Ha’s Snack Bar; his spindly, spider-like floor lamp illuminating a corner of Cabana’s presentation in Milan; and his snail-like spirals complementing paintings by Daniel Evan Long at Duet, a new art fair in NYC last fall. No wonder his lights — which typically pair a conspicuous internal structure with resin-coated fabric and tiny cedar accents — have been commissioned by interior designers from Jamie Bush to Studio Shamshiri. A new collection with Lawson-Fenning is forthcoming this spring.