Designer Spotlight: Laurie Beckerman

Laurie Beckerman had an unusual introduction to furniture design. Beginning in anthropology, she moved on to study architecture with prominent stonemasons in New York. She spent her free time watching them carve intricate designs out of slabs of stone, and one day picked up a chisel and crafted a beautiful table of her own. Since 2006, she has created modern tables, lighting, seating and desks that rely on a minimalist interpretation of industrial material. The above pictured Whistle Lamp stands seven feet high and is produced from mirror polished bronze – a truly stunning piece that draws out the beauty of the material it is made from.