Plug Lighting

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In more than 12 years since its inception, Plug has quickly become an internationally recognized showroom specialized in art and the science of illumination. Lori Bush, IALD, IESNA and Pia DeLeon-Neumayr founded Plug in 1998 to provide the Los Angeles public and design community with the most interesting and innovative lighting products from around the world. Plug has earned its reputation by providing production by the most creative artists and companies using cutting edge materials and technologies available today. The partners travel the globe to find artists who share their vision and their passion for creative, modern lighting design. The showroom features daring and distinctive works from world renowned artists who specialize in this medium, and in several instances Plug is the outlet in the United States to carry these artists' work. Since day one, reaction to the showroom has been overwhelmingly positive. Interior Designers and Architects immediately responded to the collection that Lori and Pia had assembled. Clients quickly began to order works by artists whose names had never been heard in Los Angeles. Many of these artists have gone on to achieve wide recognition and awards for their distinctive and dramatic work. One of the artists carried by Plug is Los Angeles’ own Alison Berger, an extraordinary talent who was awarded the "Elle Deco" lighting designer of the year in 2007, from Elle Decor magazine. She has been featured in New York’s Museum of Art, and the Corning Museum of Glass. Also, Plug carries works by London artists' Bowles and Linares, featured in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Germany based designer Florian Schulz is one of their favorites connecting him to the Bauhaus design movement , founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. While very well known in their native lands, these designers were all but unknown in this country prior to their appearance in Plug. "Insider's List - Artistic Lighting" Fine Living Network The showroom has provided product to a virtual who's who in the Hollywood community including Brad Pitt, Jenifer Aniston, Patrick Dempsey, Ben Stiller, John Legend, Kanye West and Michael Keaton, etc. Also, high profile locations which call for distinctive, superior design, such as Andre Balazs' Standard Hotel in Los Angeles, Ahmanson founders room at the Ahmanson theatre in Pasadena. Plug has begun to win local and international recognition, and has been referred to in Los Angeles Magazine as "The Place for lighting in Los Angeles." Additional products have been featured in Los Angeles times magazine and paper, New York times, Interior Design Magazine, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, World of Interiors, Dwell, Metropolitan Home, Western Interiors, In Style, etc. They have also been featured on television on Fine Living network and E! Entertainment. While Plug is open to members of the design trade, they open their doors to the public as well. In the early days of the showroom, several curious shoppers stopped in thinking that the showroom was an art gallery. Others who discover the showroom frequently hire Plug as a lighting designer.

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