Lindsey Adelman

Lindsey Adelman has long been obsessed with illumination in all its forms. Her work treads the porous border between sculpture and design, taking inspiration from such diverse sources as the paintings of Piet Mondrian, an elegiac passage from Camus’s “The Fall” and the spidery brilliance of Giacometti. Ever since the debut of the Branching Bubbles chandelier, the first product made in her newly opened studio in 2006, her goal has been to transform the ephemeral nature of light into something not merely tangible but enduring. Combining organic, handwrought materials like blown glass with the strong industrial beauty of machine-milled components, her lighting systems create radiant warmth while underscoring the drama of shadows and emptiness.
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Her aesthetic reflects an untraditional background. While she sketched constantly as a child, she studied literature in college and began her career working on catalog text at the Smithsonian museums. It was there, watching an artisan carve a lifelike french fry out of Styrofoam, that she first discovered industrial design and knew instantly it was her future. Within days she applied to the Rhode Island School of Design. Today, history, poetry, architecture and modernism continue to inform her designs. Her work has been shown at the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Design Miami and Milan’s Nilufar Gallery.
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Selected Exhibitions

The Future Perfect Design Miami 2024 Exhibition

The Future Perfect Design Miami 2024

December 3 - December 8, 2024
Launch of The Goldwyn House Exhibition

Launch of The Goldwyn House

September 27 - October 20, 2022
Casa Perfect Los Angeles 3.0 Exhibition

Casa Perfect Los Angeles 3.0

February 14 - May 1, 2020
Casa Perfect New York Exhibition

Casa Perfect New York

April 1 - August 31, 2019
Launch of The Complex Exhibition

Launch of The Complex

April 16 - May 31, 2018
Design Miami/ 2016 Exhibition

Design Miami/ 2016

Lex Pott, Christopher Stuart, Eric Roinestad, John Hogan, Kristin Victoria Barron, Michael Anastassiades & Lindsey Adelman
December 10 - December 17, 2016

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Exhibitions

2024  “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL

2022  “Launch of the Goldwyn House” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA

2020  “Casa Perfect Los Angeles 3.0” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA

2019  “Launch of Casa Perfect New York” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY

2018  “Launch of The Complex” – The Future Perfect, San Francisco, CA

2016  “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL

2016  “Ambrosia” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY

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