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 Shy 08.1 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 Shy 15, 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 Shy 01 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 Shy 06 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 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 Brittain's Shy 17 Chandelier
By Bec Brittain
Located in Dallas, TX
The critically acclaimed Shy Chandelier was launched by Bec Brittain in 2011. The SHY light uses the spare beauty of thin LED tubes to define the edges of its shape; in this way th...
Metal
Contemporary 'Pipeline' Chandelier 9, Brass
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Pipeline chandelier 9 Design: Caine Heintzman, Editor: AND Light By definition, the Pipeline Chandelier features a cylindrical arrangement of linear illuminated sections cinched ...
Aluminum
Contemporary 'Pipeline' Chandelier 7, Brass
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Pipeline Chandelier 7 Design: Caine Heintzman, Editor: AND Light By definition, the Pipeline Chandelier features a cylindrical arrangement of linear illuminated sections cinched ...
Aluminum
Contemporary Geometric Brass or Iron Light Pendant, ORP by Christopher Boots
By Christopher Boots
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Geometric brass or iron light pendant - ORP by Christopher Boots Oblique Rhombic Prism is a pared-back structure that allows sacred geometry and light to come togethe...
Brass, Iron
Brass Tri Pendant Lamp by Resident
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Tri Pendant Lamp by Resident Dimensions: W 75 x D 82 x H 6 cm Materials: Brass. Weight: 3.6 Kg. About: Founded by Simon James & Scott Bridgens in 2011, Resident is the home o...
Brass
Contemporary Chandelier / Pendant Lamp 'Pipeline CM8-P' Brass by AND
By AND Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Pipeline pendant CM-8 Design: Caine Heintzman, Editor: AND Light Materials – Aluminum body – Cast acrylic Dimensions 267 x 62 x 7.5cm 105” x 24.5“ x 3” Adjustable drop length: 243c...
Aluminum
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In "Paraciphers," now on view at Emma Scully Gallery in New York, Brittain introduces works that were more than a decade in the making.
