Philadelphia-based Ovuud is a lighting and furniture design studio where Benjamin Gillespie designs and hand-fabricates each piece in his own studio. Gillespie’s background in engineering and woodworking, paired with a lifelong interest in architecture, shapes sculptural fixtures that balance practical illumination with the limits and character of their materials. The studio also takes on commissioned work, including pieces such as the patented Compound floor light.
John PompFor three decades, glassblower and designer John Pomp has built a Philadelphia studio around an experimental, hands-on approach to making. Working with his partner Anne and a team of more than 50 creatives, the studio develops sculptural furniture and lighting in-house, using old-world craftsmanship alongside studies of molten glass and other elemental materials.PHILADELPHIA, PA
ApparatusCo-founded in 2012 by Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, Apparatus is a New York-based interdisciplinary design studio that makes lighting, furniture and objects for immersive interiors. Each piece is developed through the studio’s dedicated Brooklyn factory, where hand-patinated brass and other tactile materials meet small-studio craftsmanship. Under artistic director and CEO Hendifar, the company operates galleries in New York, Los Angeles and London while maintaining a distinct balance between mechanized production and the human hand.NEW YORK, NY
Bowen Liu StudioIn New York City, Bowen Liu Studio creates artistic furniture, lighting, and objects that treat material research as part of the design, including furniture-scale cast-glass work. The studio makes 90% of its wood collections by hand in its New York studio, with most pieces made to order and customizable in materials, finishes, and size. Its Helle collection, inspired by New York’s Hell Gate Bridge, won both ICFF Editors Awards and NYCxDESIGN Awards after its 2021 release.BROOKLYN, NY