David Weeks originally from Athens, Georgia, attended
the Rhode Island School of Design to study painting
and sculpture and where he earned and MFA in 1990. Weeks
moved to New York City where he worked as an associate
to jeweler Ted Muehling in his Soho store. In 1996 he
founded the Brooklyn based David Weeks Lighting studio.
Since the studios inception, his product line has grown
from desk lamps, sconces and ceiling fixtures to include
floor lamps, elaborate chandeliers and mobiles. Merging
industrial materials and organic forms, David Weeks
lighting draw influence from eclectic sources such as
mid-century European modernism, machine age industrial
design and kinetic sculpture. David Weeks designs are
marked by an uncommon attention to detail and evocative
materials: spun aluminium and steel, oxidized metals,
porcelain shades and silk covered electrical cords.
Especially notable are his large scale mobiles.
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