Self-taught designer Bec Brittain grew up surrounded by creative minds: Her mother is an artist, her father had a woodworking business, and her paternal grandparents and step-grandfather were architects.
In 2011, after serving as a design director for Lindsey Adelman, Brittain founded her own studio in Brooklyn and created the SHY light. The piece, whose name derives from the initials of her architect grandmother, Sarah Hitchcock Yerkes, was an immediate success, launching Brittain’s career.
The designer moved her studio to Manhattan in 2016 and opened an adjacent showroom in 2017.
Brittain makes all her products in New York with the help of local artisans and fabricators. A project called Aries, which was presented by 1stDibs in a 2018 exhibition during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, is an ode to Olafur Eliasson’s set design for the ballet Tree of Codes.
Find Bec Brittain chandeliers, wall lights, table lamps and other furnishings on 1stDibs.
Bec Brittain Echo 2: White Glass and Brass Led Chandelier
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Echo uses fins of glass radiating from a central axis to reflect beams of light. LED tubes are turned inward to bounce off the glass; the light becomes both softened and multiplied. ...
Brass
Bec Brittain Echo 1, White Glass and Brass LED Chandelier
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Echo uses fins of mirror radiating from a central axis to reflect beams of light. LED tubes are turned inward to bounce off the glass; the light becomes both softened and multiplied....
Brass
Bec Brittain Zelda Links Medium, Brass LED Chandelier with Glass Diffusers
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Zelda juxtaposes the powerful materiality of brass-encased LED tubing with gracefully suspending planar forms. This light comes in multiple shapes, sizes, and configurations, and sea...
Brass
Bec Brittain Zelda Medium Brass LED Chandelier
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Zelda juxtaposes the powerful materiality of brass-encased LED tubing with gracefully suspending planar forms. This light comes in multiple shapes, sizes, and configurations, and sea...
Brass
Bec Britain Shy 17, Brass LED Chandelier
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
The shy light uses the spare beauty of thin LED tubes to define the edges of its shape; in this way the function of the piece is created by its form, and vice-versa. It is also inspi...
Brass
Bec Brittain Echo 3, Mirror and Brass LED Chandelier
By Bec Brittain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Echo uses fins of mirror radiating from a central axis to reflect beams of light. LED tubes are turned inward to bounce off the glass the light becomes both softened and multiplied. ...
Brass
"Lorino" Chandelier in Brass & White Glass by Julie Neill for Visual Comfort
By Visual Comfort
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An ode to geometry, Julie Neill's "Lorino' fixtures suggest the faceted forms of gems. The larger top square and smaller bottom square are joined by a series of syncopated triangles,...
Brass
Bec Brittain, "Echo Short", Pendant, 2022
By Bec Brittain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Echo uses the fins of mirror radiating from a central axis to reflect beams of light. LED tubes are turned inward to bounce off the glass; the light becomes both softened and multipl...
Brass
Eos Pendant Lamp in Brass & Quartz Glossy Glass by Bianco Light + Space
Located in Geneve, CH
Eos Pendant Lamp in Brass & Quartz Glossy Glass by Bianco Light + Space Dimensions: D 15 x W 107 x H 81 cm. Materials: Brass and glass. Available in different finish options. Prices...
Brass
Modern Lamp 'Pars Chandelier' by Anour, Brushed Brass, White Onyx
By ANOUR
Located in Paris, IDF
Modern Lamp 'Pars Chandelier' by Anour, Brushed Brass, White Onyx Dimensions : Ø 106 cm x H. 52 cm Model shown on main picture : Pars Chandelier, Brushed Brass, White Onyx Triac D...
Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel
Shear Pendant Light XL, Brass, White by Bert Frank
Located in Geneve, CH
Shear pendant light XL - brass - white by Bert Frank Dimensions: 30 x 50 cm Materials: Brass When Adam Yeats and Robbie Llewellyn founded Bert Frank in 2013 it was a meeting of ...
Brass
Contemporary handmade Brass chandelier with mouth blown frosted Glass shades
Located in London, GB
Designed and manufactured by Andrew Kornat Designs this elegant simple minimalist chandelier has been be engineered such that the arms look randomly placed and crossing at different ...
Brass
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