Collaborating with Architect George
A Meeting of Minds in Design
Two projects with Architect George have shown just how fitting our lights are when it comes to unique, bespoke, and carefully designed residences. Collaborating with the award-winning Sydney-based studio continues to display the role lighting design plays in bringing texture, warmth, and a deep sense of identity to the home.
Architect George is known for crafting spaces that are as thoughtful as they are unique and a reflection of the people that dwell within. Their team’s passion for meaningful design shines through in each of their projects, and it’s been a pleasure to see our lighting integrated into homes that are rich in materiality, restraint, and architectural character.
Project: House in Surry Hills III
Design: Architect George
Build: Rosato Projects
Photography: Joanne Ly
Project: House in Erskineville
Design: Architect George
Builder: Rosato Projects
Photography: Modernister and Clinton Weaver
“A home that may intimately house one, and at other times a family of five.”
Our Orb Pendant takes centre stage in the House in Erskineville. The design is a clever transformation that recently received the 2025 NSW Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), Hugh and Eva Burich Award for Residential Architecture - Houses (Alterations and Additions). The cream porcelain Orb Pendant hangs above the dining table, echoing the elegance and softness of the home’s vaulted ceiling, timber-lined interiors, and the hero-like placement of the freestanding bath. It’s a calm, cohesive space and our light becomes both sculpture and source within it.
The AIA NSW Jury shared, “House in Erskineville reimagines the traditional terrace house to accommodate a dynamic family structure, flexibly supporting anywhere from one to five occupants. It challenges conventional residential norms, questioning the size, function, and essential elements of a contemporary dwelling. Living, sleeping, studying, and bathing spaces flow seamlessly, their boundaries softened by an adaptable curtain system that enables flexible occupancy and diverse modes of habitation.”
The Orb Pendant suspends in the void between the art studio which doubles as a bedroom. The surrounding velvet curtains not only serve as a design feature but also function as flexible walls highlighting the seamless flow. Click to see the full gallery by Clinton Weaver.
Over at House in Surry Hills III, “the design approach was to consider the home as a finely crafted piece of joinery, as opposed to a building. Highly textural, handmade material qualities were considered for the home. The timber, tiled and glazed facades that wrap around the two courtyards have been delicately imagined to express tactility and craft. Opting for more modestly sized kitchen and living areas for the benefit of direct garden relationships and sunlight, the compact home is now light-filled, welcoming and calm,” shares Architect George.
With the ceramic forms and subtle tones of our lights spread throughout the home, the emphasis on tactility and craftsmanship complements the core design goals. At every step, the lights serve as architectural features while elegantly blending into the considered, small-but-mighty inner-city home.
At both angles from the entryway and from the backyard, our lights sit effortlessly within the deeply layered palette. Medium and small Orb Pendants anchor the kitchen, Dawn Pendants are lined generously in the hallway, while our wall lights including the Dusked Eos, Evo and Crescent sconces are carefully curated in the home embracing tactility and craft. Click to see the full gallery by Joanne Ly.
A Shared Language
Across both projects, Architect George’s designs are personal, character-driven, and imbued with a sense of quiet confidence—qualities we aspire to in every ceramic piece we create.
To have a range of our lights thoughtfully placed throughout these award-winning residences is not only an honour, but a testament to the synergy that can happen when all people involved share a commitment to timelessness and craftsmanship.
Our work together has also been celebrated publicly with features in Houses Magazine, The Design Files, and many more. We’re grateful to be a part of Architect George’s evolving body of work and look forward to continuing to create with sensitivity, care, detail, and the power of collaboration.
