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

A woman sitting on a couch with her hand on her chin.
Photography courtesy of Hudson Valley Lighting.
A lamp on a table.
Photography courtesy of 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

Three men standing next to each other
Photography by Sacha Maric.
A birdhouse made from wood and painted black & A wooden bird house with a bird inside.
Photography courtesy of 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.

A man with a ring on his finger.
Photography by Amir Hamja.
A light fixture hanging from the ceiling.
Photography courtesy 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

A man and woman sitting on a couch.
Photography courtesy of Workstead.
A wooden light fixture with a white background.
Photography courtesy 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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