You should know us by the company we keep. Here are a few notables:

Please note: We like to show off our interesting corporate customers. Our many private clients are never revealed.

The White House

Beverly Hills Hilton

Choctaw Regional Medical Center, Durant OK

Sir Richard Branson, Mosquito Island, BVI

Diamond Hotel, Manilla

Grand Hyatt Wailea

Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

Kincaid's Restaurant, Honolulu

La Quinta Resort, Walnut Creek, CA

MGM Desert Inn, Las Vegas

Miccosukee Resort, Miami

Outrigger Hotel, Waikiki

 

Derek Marshall Interview with WMUR TV in Manchester, NH

We, at Derek Marshall Lighting, cater to a small but discerning clientele who understand that the primary focus in any interior space is determined by light. We design and manufacture lighting instruments that are working works of art.

We find the finest art glass in the world. Using an array of diamond tools we then cut, grind, polish, drill and form the glass in red hot heat on our own custom built molds.

The petals of glass are then joined with stainless steel fasteners into our unique lighting and tested to more than 100 times their working voltage.

All our lighting is guaranteed against defects in materials and workmanship for ten years. We certify our lighting meets or exceeds UL 1598 requirements and are so labeled.

Derek Marshall Lighting is found around the world where quality of design and construction is of paramount importance. Repeat orders from architects, designers and home owners attest to this.



 

We find the finest art glass in the world for our lighting. You need to see this for yourself. Look at our extensive selection of art glass colors and textures and call us or email us with your choices and we will send them to you right away. No cost or obligation.

Please note, we are fully open and prepared to fill your orders promptly. Our facilities are sanitized with the corona virus virtually non existent in our area.

If you are like most of the people who use my website, you have been looking for lighting that fits your perception of excellent design and construction. If you have tried the other options, the big box stores, Amazon and other suppliers, and have not been moved by what you see, then this site might be what you are looking for. Our designs appeal to a wide range of people, architects, home owners, restaurateurs, hoteliers and facilities managers who need unique, strong and attractive design and first class engineering. We offer a range of color options from the very subtle to the dazzlingly attractive. We make everything to your order and can consider a wide range of options to satisfy your needs. We guarantee satisfaction with a money-back refund for any reason.

For a better understanding of my work, please click this link. A perspective on Art Glass

I both design and make all of this lighting.  Our lights have been installed around the world where people are looking for exquisite design coupled with durable engineering that will withstand the passage of time.  Every piece is made by hand, and every piece bears my personal signature. If you would like to see a selection of the companies we have designed for, click here.

Click on the links to view our collections of chandeliers, wall sconces, and pendants.  We carry an especially curated inventory of American made art glass, and all designs can be produced with any glass you choose.  Be sure to look at the glass image pages.  Our customer service is unequaled, and to that end we are happy to send you samples of any of our glasses for your personal inspection, at no cost.  Call us or email us any time with questions or requests for glass samples. We guarantee your satisfaction.

Good design means, at heart, things should be interesting.  I have always believed this, and this is what I think makes my lighting interesting. Form, texture,and color are extremely important, right from the beginning. To a large extent, I avoid static lines, but in the context of a broader understanding a good form.  To this end, I don’t rely on design being level and plumb, although of course, some of that is essential.  Knowing what is essential and what can be playful is key.  Angles add interest, bias cuts also are important.  The design should not reveal itself too easily.  Some thought and introspection should be demanded. Things that reveal themselves too easily are not seen and soon forgotten.

Some customer installation photographs.

 

Some interesting notes on our art glass: click here

Four Topolino pendant lights over an island and sink in a gorgeous new kitchen

Four Topolino pendant lights over an island and sink in a gorgeous new kitchen

 

My favorite motto…perhaps the only one…

*    Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet in the 17th century

* Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet in the 17th century

 
 

I have been making useful things all of my life. I make things that I like. If you like them too, that is a good thing. Within certain parameters I can adjust my designs to fit in with your plans, but basically my work springs from my head. This does not happen quickly and what you see here represents several decades of work. But this is exactly what I enjoy doing, and making my lighting for you is what motivates me. I have made my work for many places on the globe. We are where architects and interior designers come when they need something special, the interior jewelry that sets off an interior space, whether for the home, the office, restaurants, hotels and medical facilities. We have done them all. More information on my background is available here, should you care.

On a less formal note, let me tell you about what I do, and why.  Feel free to ignore this if all you need to do is to get to the actual lighting itself…but should you care to know more, why I do this and where it comes from, then read on

Sometimes it is better to explain things allegorically, that is, to come to some understanding in a more indirect fashion. In some ways, this will reveal more truth than straightforward explanations.

A few years ago I climbed a local volcano, no longer active for the past several million years.  I was looking for something a friend of mine suggested would be a special experience, and one always wants that.  Following a very small, but significant mountain freshet I beheld this amazing, surprising and beautiful presence:

The yellow Lady Slipper orchid

The yellow Lady Slipper orchid

There, cascading down the mountain, following the small stream were a host of beautiful orchids, group after group, stand after stand, all in perfect form and balance.  These were the yellow cypripediums, not entirely rare in New Hampshire, but unless you know where, and more importantly, when to look for them, you might never see them.

So, this is where I segue into my inspiration for design.  This plant is good design, for sure. It has an intrinsic style that is instantly recognizable as beautiful, because it sits comfortably and naturally in its environment, and because it grabs your immediate attention, making you want to understand it and to see more, and mainly because being the observer of this phenomenon, it makes you feel wonderful.

Here is another example of good design, this time from a different source.  You may think this mundane, but I feel differently. It is, after all, merely a wrench, an item of extreme utility.  But in my mind it exemplifies excellent design. Pick it up… it has a nice heft, fits the hand correctly and goes to work easily. On top of this it has what the Japanese call “tezawari”, a useful word that means it feels good to the touch, something that is important in utilitarian design although it can take many different forms.

 

Here is something different. A customer found a very old, and very dilapidated, French weather vane. They had the foresight to see that this rustic, (and utilitarian in its day) implement might possibly be made into a unique chandelier. They presented me with a significant challenge as most of its tubes were cracked and broken and there was no place to electrify it for a chandelier. The feathers on the arrows were nearly rusted to oblivion. But they liked its rustic quality (what the Japanese would call “shibui”, a wonderful word that is hard to translate but you know it when you see it. ) After a period of about a month, this chandelier was installed in a gorgeous lake house where it will live out the rest of its days.

Custom weathervane chandelier

Custom weathervane chandelier

Well, that is my story so far. Please don’t hesitate to call me and discuss your plans for your lighting needs.

We have a lot of experience and working with our clients is one of the great joys in my life.

Derek


 
10 mm ratchet wrench

10 mm ratchet wrench

Lilia Pendant triple in blue come art glass