Cloud
The Brief
Roll & Hill needed a collection that could scale across multiple lighting types without losing a single, recognizable identity - the kind of piece a client could specify as a pendant in one room and a table lamp in another, and still feel like the same family. I wanted the glass itself to be the idea: soft, organic, cloud-like forms that diffuse light rather than direct it, paired with a metal structure that stays quiet and lets the glass do the talking.
My Role
I led the design and development of a scalable lighting family, refining the form, materials, and construction to create a cohesive collection with a consistent visual identity.
Development
SolidWorks played a key role in translating sketches into manufacturable designs. I developed and refined 3D models through multiple iterations before producing 3D-printed prototypes to study proportions, light diffusion, and the visual balance between the sculptural glass and supporting metal structure. This iterative process informed both the aesthetic and functional direction of the collection.
Scaling One Concept, Four Ways
The real design challenge wasn't any single piece — it was making the glass form feel intentional across the whole family, whether floating above a dining table as a pendant or sitting at eye level as a table lamp. I developed one cloud shape into four distinct glass forms, then built a glass-to-metal connection that could flex across all of them — adjusting scale and orientation by format while keeping the joinery and finish consistent. The result reads as one family, not four unrelated forms.
The Details
The joinery tells the story. At the ceiling, a hand-finished brass canopy curves gently downward, catching light along its edge before the stem continues its drop. Where the glass meets metal, a scalloped brass fitting — cast to match the cloud's own soft edges — holds the form firm without a single visible screw. And at the base, a fluted bronze column lands on a solid marble foot, its reeded texture repeating the rhythm of the shade above.
Small moments, considered the same way throughout: nothing applied, nothing incidental. Every connection is designed to disappear into the form — so what you notice first is the light, second is the craft.