Lighting Design Service

Lighting Design Service

Lighting Design Service at The New Craftsmen

This September, The New Craftsmen is launching a new lighting design and integration service – enabling clients to realise bespoke lighting design solutions drawing on the incredible makers, materials and skills in our network.

As part of this service, specialist lighting designer Claire Norcross will work with New Craftsmen makers and lighting engineers Tyson to design bespoke feature lighting tailored towards the needs of interiors designers & architects.

From one-off statement lighting installations, to design suitable for batch production, we will work with you to identify the most appropriate maker and material for your needs, and then develop a light design that meets your creative and technical specification.

How it works

Initial Exploration

Inspired by the material, skill or makers’

previous work, clients can sit down

with Claire and The New Craftsmen

to discuss initial ideas and the lighting

needs for the space. Together we will

produce a creative vision for the piece

and define a direction for exploration.

Idea Development

Claire will liaise with the maker(s) that

best fit the brief and collaborate with

them throughout as she begins to design

the lighting pieces required.

Design proposals will be shared with the

client, reviewed and finalised.

Production & Delivery

With the design agreed, Claire

will specify what is required for

manufacturing and liaise with Tyson to

begin sampling the different elements of

the light, which will be shared with the

client for final sign-off. The light design

then goes into production with Claire

and the maker on hand to advise Tyson

when required right through to delivery.

Claire Norcross

Claire Norcross is best known for the range of designs

produced whilst she was head of lighting at Habitat.

Claire’s approach to lighting is to create sculptural

objects which are illuminated and this is evident in her

Ribbon, Aperture lights as well as the recent Crystalline

light which was launched as part of the Design Reunion

project for Habitat in 2014.

Claire’s design process is more closely related to that

of a designer-maker, yet her work has developed a

commercial edge and encompasses a wide range of

materials, from paper to metal and glass.

Apeture Light | Image courtesy of Claire Norcross

Tyson Lighting

Based in Blackburn, Lancashire, Tyson Lighting is one of the

UK’s leaders in lighting. With over 50 years experience in the

industry, Tyson specialise in the supply and manufacture of

traditional, bespoke and contemporary pieces sourced from the

most prominent design locations around the world.

Access to products such as these, along with an in-house, bespoke

manufacturing facility equips Tyson with the tools to fulfill

complex specifications that a lighting design demands. Tyson also

has the experience and resources to provide support for national

and international rollout, should a project require it.

New Lighting Design for The New Craftsmen~ The Buoy LightDrawing on the skills of ceramicist Akiko Hirai, The Buoy Light sees Akiko’s deeply textured work, to create a tactile, dome-like form.

Design references

New Lighting Design for The New Craftsmen~ The Loom LightA brass frame structure integrating the beautiful handwoven textiles of Catarina Riccabona. Experimenting with tension and interlocking of shapes of the loom structure itself, Catarina’s textiles have been transformed into geometric shapes with incredible tactile surfaces of woven textile.

Design references

New Lighting Design for The New Craftsmen~ The ‘Still Life’ table lights Hand turned by Akiko Hirai and then carved to create a heavy geometric base, these collection of lights have an industrial feel.

Design references

Consultation Services with Claire

Prices start from £2500.00 for a ‘standard’ project, including seven to ten days of development, and design specified for production.

Verona | Image courtesy of Claire Norcross

To inquire about the lighting design service, or for futher information, please do get in touch:

[email protected]

Opening hours:

Monday & Saturday : by appointment only

Tuesday to Friday: 10am – 6pm

@thenewcraftsmen thenewcraftsmen /thenewcraftsmen

34 North Row, Mayfair L ondon w 1 k 6 d  g

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Trade discount : 10% on orders over £1000 & 15% on orders over £10,000