From wooden robots to sprawling sectionals, American designer David Weeks takes a hands-on approach to his work, driven by the belief that design must hold universal appeal. Though he arrived in New York in 1990 with an art degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and the intention to be a painter, it wasn't long before he instead applied his sculptural sensibility to product design.
Weeks transitioned from art to design while apprenticing under jewelry designer Ted Muehling soon after moving to New York. He started a metal-fabrication shop where he constructed curtain rods, tables and bookshelves for friends, eventually gravitating to lamps. It was in lighting design that he found his true expression, even if it took some time to get David Weeks Studio off the ground - he sold and delivered his first hand-made desk lamps from his VW Beetle. In 1996 he launched his studio from a factory in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. Read more >
