Spun Pendant Cluster

This is design achieved with a sense of mindfulness and social engagement with the greater world. Based in Brooklyn’s creative enclave Red Hook, Ladies & Gentlemen Studio merges a sophisticatedly sculptural sensibility along with a spark of playfulness to its lighting, furniture and tabletop collections. The multi-faceted creative partnership of real-life couple Dylan Davis and Jean Lee began in Seattle in 2010 and relocated East in 2013. They chose the name because of its ambiguous meaning and lack of categorization. The free-thinking resourcefulness of the 1970s counterculture inspired their first defining success, an unpretentiously striking pendant with a visible light bulb encircled by a simple brass ring and fittingly called Aura.

Their whimsical but polished spin on geometry continues to evolve, with pieces such as Maru, a jewel-like suspended light that stacks metal, wood and clear acrylic elements above a milky glass globe, or the mini-installation Equalizer, with chameleon-like spheres that change hues, set in a metal framework inspired by a room divider. L & G has been appreciatively singled out by numerous design publications, including Architectural Digest, New York Times, Wallpaper and World of Interiors, for its fresh but timeless vision.

Design is never static. When Copenhagen-based &Tradition was established in 2010, founder Martin Kornbek Hansen's mission was to produce work that was defined by a unique vision, whether it came from Danish legends of the past or young innovators of the future. The roster extends from timeless luminaries such as Verner Panton and Arne Jacobsen to current leading lights Samuel Wilkinson and Norm.Architects to exciting new names Mia Hamborg and Victor Vetterlein. As the company's Kornbek Hansen puts it:  "We see a kinship between the old masters, who were avant-garde in their time, and new designers creating the ground-breaking icons of today."

With its library of furniture and lighting extending from the 1930s to the present day, the firm is uniquely positioned to carry on the Nordic tradition of unstinting craftsmanship and adroit use of materials. Nonetheless, &Tradition sees its future in global terms, handpicking design talent and production facilities internationally in an effort to continually produce relevant product and engage a new generation of conscious consumers.