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The original design for the Ebb family came from the sketches of light-play on water ripples that David observed on his travels. Ebb is all about a directional arc that arrays around four different design forms. Ebb lights were first launched as fully assembled lamps made from plastic and wood compo...

Bring warmth and style to any room with this delicate 5 meter strand of LED ligths.Shape the wire to create your own unique arrangement.3 AA batteries (not included)

Nīkau is the only indigenous palm tree in New Zealand (named by Māori) and is greatly admired for its strength and beauty. The fronds from the palm were traditionally used for thatching and weaving. The design came after David took a walk into a secluded section of New Zealand bush. David sought t...

The idea for Snowflake was influenced by David's artist residency in Antarctica in 2004. Snowflake is a similar form to the Kina Lamp, but has a totally different geometry. In 2015 it won a Red Dot Design Award for lighting design and has been a popular light since. Snowflake is assembled from snowf...

Navicula is inspired by microscopic diatoms which live in water and produce 50% of the air we breathe. The light is crafted from strong, multi-layered bamboo plywood creating a natural skeletal skin. The tensile form is lit internally by an LED strip which emits a soft upwards glow of light. Navicul...

The Kina light form comes from the shell of a sea-urchin called Kina by the indigenous Māori people. David Trubridge saw one frozen under the Antarctic ice during a visit there in 2004. The shell had absorbed enough warmth from the sun to melt the ice around it. He used the same mathematical formul...

Flax Pendant is based on the long slender leaves of the indigenous flax plant or harakeke in Maori that has long been grown for its valuable fibre. There is a Maori proverb about preserving important resources: If you cut the central stalk of the flax bush, where will the bellbird feed?- Shipped in...

Bring warmth and style to any room with this delicate 3 meter strand of LED lights on a silver wire.Shape the wire to create your own unique arrangement.3 AA batteries (not included)

Bring warmth and style to any room with this delicate 2 meter strand of LED lights on a coper wire.Shape the wire to create your own unique arrangement.3 AA batteries (not included)

Coral is the iconic, award-winning hanging light shade by David Trubridge. Coral is a designer pendant inspired by nature and geometric polyhedra. Coral was David's first launched lighting design which has informed the basis of all of their lights since. Coral has won numerous awards around the worl...

Maru's hidden secret is the kaleidoscopic pattern of light it casts upwards. The torus form is inspired by diatoms, which are at the base of the entire oceanic food chain. The name Maru is found in both New Zealand Māori and Japanese languages, with references to the cycle of life. Maru is a featur...

The was designed three years after David Trubridge's awardwinning Coral light, based on a geometric polyhedra forms. Floral was designed to offer a softer more decorative offering alongside Coral which is more structured. Like Coral, Floral comes in a wide range of sizes and can be used either as a...

Sola emerged from the ‘Icarus’ installation shown in Milan in 2010. It was based on the Greek myth about the boy who flew too close to the Sun. The full installation (including Wing lights) was later purchased by the Pompidou Centre in Paris for its permanent collection. Sola is a complex design...

Sunflower is a wall shade that can be mounted over an existing wall sconce. It is a sculptural geometric form based on David Trubridge’s inspection and love of the patterns found in nature and in this case, a Sunflower. The light could be used to create a composition of multiples across a feature...

Tūī are the real characters of Aotearoa’s native bush. They hurtle through the bush with drumming wing-beats, miraculously avoiding branches whilst maintaining their cool charm. Their song is like no other: a series of clicks, gurgles and resonant, bell-like notes..some off our hearing scale! Th...

The droplet-like form of Kōura mimics the curled form of New Zealand's native freshwater shrimp kōura, named by the indigenous Māori people. David Trubridge was also inspired by the intricately made traps used by early Māori to catch kōura. Kōura is predominantly used as a feature sculptural l...

Cloud lights were first launched in 2008 as part of the Spiral Islands installation of matching lights and settees. This was inspired by the clouds that David Trubridge saw sitting over small islands all over the Pacific Ocean, which were used by Polynesian navigators to find islands from afar. The...