Niche was founded in 2003 as an unexpected accident. The founders, Jeremy Pyles and Mary Welch, were designing products for their own lives that satisfied their particular design sensibilities. After other people saw their products and expressed appreciation for their work, the duo founded Niche Modern. The company is known for its distinctive glass pendant lights and other lighting products that are comprised of expertly crafted hand-blown glass. Niche also designs other glassware and home products, including elegant vases and candle holders.

Jess Wainer creates innovative handblown glass vessels inspired by nature in her California Studio.

Esque evolved through the collaboration between Justin Parker and Andi Kovel. They are leaders in the American market for handblown, modern, and functional glass works.

Zalto is an Austrian fine glass maker using traditional hand-blown techniques to make a wide range of premium glassware, particularly stemware. The firm has deep roots in norther Waldviertel, where the Zalto family had been making crystal for more than six generations. In 2006, the curent company was founded in New Neunagelberg. It specializes in their two brands - Zalto and Denk'Art - creating their high quality glassware. Their glassware is made without the addition of lead oxide and are resistant to clouding, and are made in timeless elegant shapes.

Creative Integration Manager for Simon Pearce Glass. Creating context for handblown glass and pottery objects. Lover of all things organic...ideas, art, creative process, food

The Finnish designer and glassmaker Anu Penttinen was born in 1974. She graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2002. In 2003 Anu founded her own design company, Nounou Design, that specialized in handblown and unique art glass objects.

Designers and glassmakers Michael Schunke and Josie Gluck introduce Vetro Vero (true glass), hand-blown glass that brings bright designs and hand-crafted value to the experience of daily life. Each object is hand-made by Michael and Josie in their re-purposed studio building using reclaimed energy and a percentage of recycled materials.

Göran Hongell was born in Helsinki, Finland in 1902. The artist and glass designer was one of the pioneers of Finnish glass tradition. Back in the 1930s, Hongell presented a first version of what would become his most famous creation, the handblown glass series Aarne. In 1954, he won the gold medal at the Triennale in Milan with Aarne. The Aarne glass series is produced by Iittala.

Jeremy Pyles founded Niche Modern in 2003 with his wife Mary Welch. Frustrated with the lighting options available for Niche, their Manhattan home store, Pyles and Welch created their first hand-blown pendant for the shop. The Stamen Pendant became the store's most sought after item, so in 2005 the husband and wife team expanded their fleet, debuting a line of ten different glass pendant lights. Niche Modern has since expanded its line to include more lights, glassware, and other tableware items. Pyles earned his BFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993.

Seth Parks Glass, located in Los Angeles, CA, specializes in designing and creating custom hand-blown art glass lighting and sculptures. A glass blower with almost 10 years of experience, Seth designs and makes all of his work in our Los Angeles studio. His expert quality American-made pieces are unique and collectible works of art that can be found in high-end homes, galleries, and businesses worldwide. Working closely with designers, architects and homeowners, Seth creates functional works of art that match the space for which they are designed. Clients can be involved in every step of the process and are welcome to visit our studio to watch their pieces being created.

Established in 2009, UUfie is an architecture and design practice working globally. UUfie’s works span the fields of architecture, interior design, art, landscape, furniture, and product design. Through a rigorous conceptual and intellectual approach aimed at dialogue and collaboration, UUfie explores the expressive quality of space, object and materials. Inspiration is not singular but drawn from many influences around the world. Every project is unique, yet can be unified by working in a highly participatory and collaborative method, with clients, engineers, fabricators and specialist consultants all contributing from the beginning of a project to completion. While continuing to push for innovation and experimentation, the studio aims to ensure to address the specific features and potential of a particular situation, embracing them into the project while responding to the requirements of the program. Current projects include the Ports 1961 flagship store (Shanghai, 2013-2015); the Printemps Haussmann renovation (Paris, 2013-ongoing); and Lake Cottage (Bolsover, Canada, 2011-2013), a two-story family home along the Kawartha Lakes that references the idea of a tree house. Notable furniture and object designs include a collection of hand-blown glass objects that balance on their centers of gravity like upside-down eggs; as well as Peacock-S and Peacock–L, a set of chairs inspired by the natural plumage of their namesake.