Meet The Visionaries Shaping The Future Of Lighting
Who’s lighting the way? From ceramic table lamps to dimmable stain-brass pendants, discover the U.S.-based designers redefining illumination.
Creatives Changing the Way We See Light
Courtney Bishop for Hudson Valley Lighting
Product: Tybee
Standout: Unveiled at High Point Market, the Charleston, South Carolina–based designer’s debut collection for Hudson Valley Lighting includes a 30-inch-tall table lamp with an undulating ceramic base and outsized linen shade.
Jou-Yie Chou, Ruben Caldwell, and Leigh Salem for Idaho Wood
Product: 448 Series
Standout: From the Post Company partners’ Ravine series (named after Brooklyn’s only forest), a houselike lamp for Idaho Wood sports a base and pyramidal top carved from single pieces of oiled or charred Douglas fir or western red cedar.
Luke Kelly of Luke Lamp Co.
Product: Essex
Standout: The former police officer sold minimalist luminaires on Etsy before opening lighting showroom and store Luke Lamp Co. in New York’s NoLita, where these dimmable satin-brass pendants—with flexible diffused LED rope—debuted.
Stefanie Brechbuehler, Robert Highsmith, and Ryan Mahoney of Workstead
Product: Lantern
Standout: The New York– and Charleston, South Carolina–based studio Workstead’s pendant radiates glamour courtesy of its Dupioni raw silk wrapping with hand-finished tassel, fabricated at a family-run workshop in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
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