Space: Studio DB, Photo: Matthew Williams
In 2013, we began to think more deeply about how lighting can work in harmony with it's environment to create dynamic engaging spaces.
We became fascinated by how common types of lamp shades direct light in ways that are at once functional, formal and atmospheric. Basic ubiquitous shades - a glass globe, a metal cone, dome, etc resonated with us for their simple, elemental forms that expressed their functionality through their materials and shape. Thinking about these as building blocks, we imagined collaged constellations of shades working in concert to respond harmoniously to a variety of spatial conditions.
The result was Shape Up, a versatile system of 5 shapes that can be networked together in response to their environment.
Shape Up also represents the beginning of an amazing partnership with Brooklyn lighting company Roll & Hill. We were honored to be invited to design a product for the company at a time when our studio was discovering what we stood for. In this way, the road to Shape Up was especially formative to developing our voice and vocabulary - we are so grateful to Roll & Hill for supporting that.
To this day, Roll & Hill masterfully produces Shape Up to a quality level every designer dreams of. We're beyond pleased to be working with them and able to offer these products to our clients directly with their amazing level of craft.
Shape Up is a modular system offered in many configurations from a 5 piece chandelier to single adjustable pendants to custom arrangements.
We're here to help you configure a composition perfectly tailored to your space.
Email us at sales@ladiesandgentlemenstudio.com for help discovering how Shape Up can be a part of your next project.