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Meet the Makers: ANDlight

In 2013, three Vancouver, British Columbia–based designers—Matt Davis, Caine Heintzman, and Lukas Peet—launched ANDlight, an innovative company that designs and manufactures LED lighting exclusively....

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Meet the Makers: Michele De Lucchi

Artemide was founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi, and the Milan-based company has collaborated with the world’s most talented designers to create numerous iconic...

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Meet the Makers: Vistosi

Vistosi traces its roots back to 16th Century Venetian glass making, but the lighting company is far from a relic. They’ve continued to improve...

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Meet the Makers: Bertjan Pot

Bertjan Pot is a modern design luminary who likes to let his work speak for itself. Luckily we were able to catch up with...

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Meet the Makers: Santa & Cole

Santa & Cole co-founder Nina Maso describes the Barcelona-based operation as “a small independent and global editor of design products.” In other words, their...

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Meet the Makers: Stickbulb

Even down to the name, everything Stickbulb does feels intentional—stripping down the superfluous to find meaning in the purest form. A stick. A bulb....

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Meet the Makers: Muuto’s Design Director, Christian Grosen

Founded just over a decade ago, Muuto has quickly become a leader in Scandinavian lighting with their forward-looking designs, cutting-edge use of mixed materials...

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Carlotta de Bevilacqua Designs Lighting To Improve Your Well-Being

Artemide’s CEO, Carlotta de Bevilacqua, has seen the light. And she wants you to see it too. Formally trained as an architect at the...

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Exclusive: Tom Dixon Talks Milan Design Week, His Latest Innovations and the YLighting Exclusive SPRING Pendant in Brass

The name Tom Dixon has become synonymous with modern, cutting-edge lighting design. You might not always know what you’re looking at on first glance,...

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Meet the Makers: Lee Broom

Lee Broom is working at the speed of light. While the design world descends upon Milan this week to unveil their latest grandiose creations...

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Meet the Makers: Amelie du Passage of Petite Friture

Parisian brand Petite Friture was founded in 2009 by Amelie du Passage with the intent to “make good things happen.” And from the looks...

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Meet the Makers: Christophe Mathieu

Christophe Mathieu, a veteran designer for Marset, first had the idea for the Discocó Pendant in 1997—but the design wouldn’t come to fruition until...

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Modern Woods: A Herman Miller Story

It’s been 25 years since Herman Miller ceased using Brazilian rosewood in their furniture designs, as irresponsible over harvesting of the wood became very apparent to...

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7 Principles For Reimagining Mid-Century Modern Design

The word “reimagined” seems to be popping up a lot these days in the vocabulary of nearly every industry, process or outcome. It certainly...

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Robert Sonneman Celebrates 50 years of Cutting-Edge Lighting Design

A lot has changed in the 50 years since “Lighting’s Modern Master,” Robert Sonneman, pioneered the concept of modern lighting in the mid-1960s, but...

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