ma t e r i a l f i n i s h e s r a t h e r t h a n l a u n c h i n g n e w p r o d u c t s
seasonally. For the London Design Festival in
September, Lee is presenting a new installation,
Kaleidoscopia, and unveiling a lighting piece, Little
Lens Flair Wall Light, a surface globe light with a
cross-cut lens that also functions as a ceiling light.
It’s the latest addition to the acclaimed Lens Flair
collection, which launched in New York earlier this
year. ‘It’s a great responsibility designing things
people will potentially own for the rest of their lives
a n d even p a s s d ow n t o t h e n ex t gen er at ion ,’ h e s ay s.
Lee garnered huge plaudits for his Tube light,
a handcrafted twist on the traditional f luorescent
tube milled from a single piece of Carrara marble
with the ends finished with brushed brass. It’s this
innovative approach to lighting that has best forged
Lee’s reputation. ‘It’s one of the most important items
you’ll buy for your home,’ he enthuses. It illuminates
and sets the mood of a room, but ‘ it’s also the only
thing hanging from the ceiling, so it’s the one way you
can create either something incredibly eye-catching
and extravagant or something very simple,’ he says.
‘A light fixture says a lot of about who you are.’ And
in our book, if it’s something by Lee Broom, it says
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MAIN PICTURE Lee
with his Lens Flair
collection – a wall
light will be added at
September’s London
Design Festival LEFT
Classics Glass on Brass
glasses RIGHT Eclipse
chandelier BELOW
Lee’s innovative Tube
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