modern :  relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past.

verve :  the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance.

 

Founded by artist and architect Shea Bajaj, Modern Verve is a Seattle-based lighting manufacturing company created to bring life, craft, and celebration to contemporary LED lighting along with a commitment to environmental sustainability.

Each fixture is conceptualized, designed and handcrafted in Modern Verve’s Seattle, Washington studio. Being made-to-order and manufacturing all of the critical components in-house has allowed Modern Verve the flexibility to respond to designer’s wide-ranging desires for customization and specialty finishes.

At the core of Modern Verve’s sustainable principles is to make the highest quality fixtures of timeless clean modern designs that are built to last generations. This is achieved through the use of durable natural long lasting ‘real’ materials, such as, solid brass, nickel alloy, glass and porcelain. These materials are not subjected to degradation or discoloration from UV light over time like plastics and polymers typically are and can be easily recycled. 

Owner and designer, Shea Bajaj, creates pieces that aim to capture the inspiration of light and structure: its play with materials, how forms relate to space and the interaction of light.

A background as a fine artist and experience working as an architect at the award winning firm of Olson Kundig Architects not only gave Bajaj insights into how to technically assist designers, it also provided a unique foundation in design that he infused in Modern Verve. The overarching goal for Modern Verve is to have their decorative lighting vitalize spaces as well as be sources of inspiration for the people who inhabit those spaces. Bajaj says, “My light fixture designs come from random fragments of pop culture, such as our Flute Series which was influenced by light sabers, as well as idiosyncrasies in nature like my mechanical robotic Machine Flower Light which literally opens in the morning and closes at night like the Anemone flower does in real life.”