GEO Lighting Collection
by Sylvia Lee
Images and video: @workerbeesupply
Sylvia Lee launches GEO lighting installation at DesignTO 2022
Following up on the 6 years of success participating in Toronto’s premiere offsite design festival, Lee is launching GEO, a cluster of wall lights inspired by river rocks that are worn smooth by water and time.
From a distance, Sylvia’s work seems simple and effortless, and it’s that simplicity that can only be achieved after over 20 years of experience leading award-winning glass design firm Jeff Goodman Studio.
“At this stage of my career, I enjoy creating products that merge craft and design which offer beauty and flexibility for architects and designers to customize. But at its core, there is always an artistic concept that I build on”
For GEO, she explains “I imagined standing on a bridge and looking down at the smooth grey and blue stones in a river, perpetually shaped by two constant life forces, water and time.”
The inspiration behind all of Lee’s work often comes back to standstill moments and personal perspectives. Her last contributions to DesignTO involved glass installations that were inspired by looking at a distant landscape through a keyhole, and piecing together a distant view through a telescope. “I don’t plan on it, but human perspective always ends up being a part of it”
Each glass ‘stone’ or bowl is hand-blown and has organic, natural form. Mounted inside is a silver leafed bulb cover, so when the light shines through, it gives a subtle majestic shimmer. This design is not about a bold gesture, but about subtle form and gentle light. In the daytime it’s a collection of dusk blue, wabi-sabi shaped stones, at night, with light, shadow and a silver leafed bulb, the forms are grey and iridescent, changing as you watch from different angles.
