Lee Broom's Celestial Lighting
NEW LIGHTS
Lee Broom's New OBSERVATORY Collection
Now available at LightForm across Canada
Lee Broom stands among an installation of his new Aurora chandeliers
For Milan Design Week, April 2018, critically-acclaimed global design brand Lee Broom unveiled OBSERVATORY. It was the first of a three-phase launch of new lighting collections for 2018.
Following Lee Broom’s milestone ten-year anniversary in 2017, this year’s launches refocus on lighting, for which the brand is renowned. Revealing seven new lighting products, OBSERVATORY is Lee Broom’s most progressive work to date. It includes new stellar-inspired designs that play with proportions of vertical and horizontal space, sculptural, spherical form, and the refraction and reflection of light.
OBSERVATORY includes five new designer lighting collections: Eclipse, Orion, Aurora, Lens Flair, and Tidal.
OBSERVATORY uses new technology within the collection featuring LED lighting systems and bulbs custom-designed and developed in-house by Lee Broom. Displaying new finishes such as polished chrome, and new interpretations of materials used in past collections, OBSERVATORY marks a new direction for Lee Broom.
In a significant departure from the conventional design week model of previewing new designs several months before they go on sale, products from OBSERVATORY are available to purchase immediately in-store at LightForm's showrooms and online, offering customers instant access to the show and the collection.
ECLIPSE
Eclipse, which incorporates three of the seven new pieces to be released, is celestial in both its name and inspiration. Mirror-polished chrome and acrylic discs interact, dissect and obscure, which both eclipses and reveals its illumination to the viewer at the same time.
Available as a single pendant light, chandelier, table lamp, and wall/ceiling light, Eclipse has a sculptural silhouette with a mobile-like quality that changes at every angle.
Using the refractive properties of an etched 10mm solid acrylic core and in-house designed concealed LED technology to create a diffused halo, the design highlights Lee Broom’s technical craftsmanship and innovation with his signature mix of classicism and modernity.
Eclipse won the Best of NYCxDesign Award 2018, a top honour awarded by Interior Design Magazine and ICFF.
The inspiration for the Eclipse collection is made clear as you walk past Eclipse wall light
ORION
The Orion collection features two simple and identical forms: a sphere pierced through the centre by a long tube. What sets the two apart is which of these two elements is opaque glass and which is solid polished gold. Further, the tube light and globe light versions can connect and expand both horizontally and vertically; this allows you to create bespoke constellations of light. Orion was an NYCxDesign Best Pendant 2018 Honoree.
Orion can be connected and hung vertically or horizontally to create a unique constellation of light.
AURORA
A scalable chandelier ranging from a 32cm diameter to a 108cm diameter (12 5⁄8” to 42 1⁄2”), Aurora is a chandelier of infinite adaptations which projects layers of ethereal rings of light created from linear LED light.
TIDAL
Tidal is a polished chrome and opaque acrylic table lamp formed from two balancing hemispheres that appear to be pulled apart by an unseen gravitational force.
Lee Broom said: “This new collection has been a fascinating journey for me. I wanted to create a celestial collection of sculptural lighting which is progressive and experimental using the latest LED technology. Lighting is a fundamental part of my ethos as a designer and will always play a leading role in my work.”
LENS FLAIR
Inspired by telescopic lenses and the art of horizontal and vertical refractions, Lens Flair is a piece of two halves, seamlessly combining the solid and the transparent. A detailed cross-cut lens emits a soft deflected light, which is juxtaposed by contemporary solid casing in brushed brass or matte black finishes.
The new Lens Flair collection, also features Little Lens Flair, as well as a cluster suspension version thereof
The beautiful new piece is available as a 40cm pendant light, the 20cm Little Lens Flair pendant, and a cluster suspension version thereof. Lens Flair makes a bold statement by itself, or multiple pendants can be hung to create a celestial installation.
THE EXHIBITION
OBSERVATORY was presented in the heart of Milan's Brera Design District in a 250-square metre gallery style exhibition space from April 17-22, 2018.
The minimalist presentation designed by Lee Broom allowed the new lighting designs to take centre stage, drawing the viewers to observe the culmination of a collection which was two years in the making. Visitors to the show are able to interact with the designs closer than ever before as they explore the visual illumination experience.
OBSERVATORY will be presented as a trilogy of shows in addition to a North American tour, which made its Canadian debut in our Toronto lighting showroom on May 24. Lee joined us to chat with Azure Editor in Chief Catherine Osborne about his career and new collection.
THE DESIGNER AND HIS DESIGNS
If you yearn to learn more about Lee Broom's life in designer lighting, read our interview with the genius himself and then check out his designer and brand pages in our webstore.
Let us help you integrate Lee Broom into your next project! Reach out to one of our offices and showrooms in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Kelowna, and Winnipeg.