• The Modern Verve studio 2013 to 2023.
• My background and inspiration for art | lighting.
• Materiality;
  • Metal & finishes;
    • Virtually unlimited finish options.
    • We tailor our lighting for the designers spatial proportions through customization of size, drops and configurations.
  • Porcelain;
    • The Balance Series
    • The Spark Series
  • Glass;
    • The Flute Series
    • The Reed Series
• Interactive and Dynamic Lighting; fixtures that can interact or be change to freshen things up or respond the seasons, week or mood.
  • The Flute Series Chandeliers – multiple arrays.
  • The Reed Series Pendants – infinite articulation.
  • The Machine Flower Series - animated and interactive.
• We like collaborating with designers.
• We can provide AutoCad, Sketchup or Revit family drawings.
• Send us a sketch and we will model our fixture for you. 
• Our Sustainable Principles;
  • We have a personal fight against the disposable mentality in our culture. We are committed to making lifetime fixtures.
    • The limitations of integrated vs re-lampable LED technologies.
  • We want to reduce the use of plastics at all levels. This starts with our fixture designs and extends to our packaging which is all biodegradable.
  • The Modern Verve Studio is powered by renewable energy that is carbon neutral.
  • Our fixtures meet the rigorous standards for and are used in LEED and Passive House Certified projects.
• Questions/Answers

The Studio

 The Inspiration for light 

WALL FLOWER: Light fixture I made in college from found objects (truck transmission parts, typewriter parts & repurposed glass from frame shop). 

Materiality

We have a range of glaze and matte options

Balance Fixture with grey glaze and custom finish

Spark Series 4-30 Chandelier in white porcelain and brushed black finish 

Aria 3L Pendant in white porcelain and mixed metals

The Reed Series Pendants - Infinite Articulations  

 The Reed Series of Pendants have an articulated joint and can be solitary or clustered in groups of 3, 4 or more. 

The Machine Flower Line - Animated and Interactive 

   Machine Flower Ellipse fixture in white porcelain and brushed nickel finish. This fixture was inspired by the anemone flower that opens to the sun in the morning and closes at night.  

Machine Flower Burst robotic fixtures in white porcelain and brushed nickel finish. This fixture can be activated by a solar sensor, timer or manually operated via phone app or pendant. 

We Like Collaborating With Designers

 We love working with designers to help integrate our lighting in their projects and are happy to provide customized versions of our fixtures.  We can provide AutoCad, Sketchup, Rhino & Revit models of our fixtures to help with the design or specification process (photo courtesy Kimmel Architects). 

An example of size customization, this fixture is a smaller version of our Flute Series 3-30 Chandelier in solid brushed brass

Our Sustainability Principles

Our fixtures meet the rigorous standards for and are used in LEED and Passive House Certified projects

GRAPH: Modern Verve uses the most current LED technology for its lighting fixtures. For example, one of our 5 watt LED lamps uses only .015 kwh (kilowatt-hour) when used 3 hours a day. This is an estimated yearly cost of .60 cents a year if used 3 hours a day (electrical prices may vary by region). 

 

Customized assembly of our Flute Series Mini Pendants for Google's Seattle South Lake Union headquarters. 

modern verve is a UL Licensed production shop and all of our fixtures are made in Seattle.

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