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Commune Design Can reading lights in polished shown mounted with a set of bunk beds
New Can Lighting from Commune
Our latest collaboration with Commune comes in the form of utilitarian can lighting with solid brass cylindrical bodies and signature 'slash-pierced' shades. Pendants, sconces and flush mounted versions are now proudly made at our Brooklyn factory. See them all here...
A view of a ceiling lantern installed with its sway chains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, seen from the entry vestibule, through the wrought iron doorway. Photo by Brier Tomlinson.
2022 McKim Mead and White Award for Craftsmanship
A SUITE OF CAST BRONZE LIGHTING. For Suzanne Tucker of Tucker & Marks, there was no off-the-shelf exterior lighting that would meet the distinct architectural requirements of her clients’ hilltop Italianate residence in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood.  So, over the course...
A drawing of a massive skyscraper with its upper facade lit up against a dark blue night sky.
Jewels in the Sky
The Crouse Hinds Co. exists to this day making technical and extreme-duty lighting for bridges, airports, factories and ships. I came across them 25 years ago when I bought a large set of bronze lights removed from the parapet wall...
A sand-cast custom bronze finial sits on a table in the fabrication shop before being finished and patinated.
Pairing Design & Technique - Vol 1. Metal Casting
Our team knows, custom projects demand thoughtful solutions. Each project needs to hit a unique set of quality, schedule, and cost notes; pairing the right technique to those demands is our expertise. This year, we're lifting the curtain on the...
Detailed view of a custom chandelier consisting of hand-cut and polished glass set in a radial sundial pattern, encircling a flat glass panel and mounted on patinated brass metalwork.
Pairing Design & Technique - Vol 2. Glass
Artisan made glass is behind some of our most remarkable lighting and custom creations today, yet the practice began 3000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Through a series of techniques, some we'll expand on below, molten glass can be made...
A pile of brass spinnings in various round and cylindrical shapes.
Pairing Design & Technique - Vol 3. Metal Spinning
METAL SPINNING is a niche metal-forming technique that lives at the juncture between medieval craft and high-tech aerospace applications. Spinnings play a lead role in some of our most beautiful products, but choosing the right application is both complex and crucial....
The Presidio 15 Chandelier hangs in a vaulted space with a rustic wooden pitched roof, white walls and vaulted doorways.
Introducing the Presidio Collection by Hart Howerton
Designed by global interdisciplinary design firm, Hart Howerton, the Presidio Collection includes three distinct product lines and is a tribute to heritage, bringing together contemporary style, historic inspiration and hand crafted, organic materials. Remains and Hart Howerton have a long...