Crosland + Emmons

What Crosland + Emmons does

Crosland + Emmons is a privately held boutique lighting studio founded in 2018 and operating from Savannah, Georgia, that designs and produces handmade ceramic sculptural lighting fixtures. The company is the sole commercial vehicle of founder-artist Dana Castle-Duguay, a mostly self-taught ceramicist who hand-builds each piece from white clay and stoneware, kiln-fires them, and finishes them with various glaze applications including glossy, velvet, matte, and chalky white finishes. The product portfolio comprises four core categories — Multi Lights (multi-strand sculptural fixtures priced $6,800-$19,800), Pendants ($3,400-$4,900), Sconces ($2,700-$5,285), and Lamps ($2,000-$2,600) — with each piece intentionally embracing asymmetry and imperfection as design elements.

The core technology is hand-craft rather than industrial process: multi-strand ceramic constructions, sculpted organic forms, and bespoke configurations (drop length, ceramic size, metal finishes) are all executed manually. The company sells primarily direct-to-consumer through its e-commerce website, with pricing on a one-time unit basis excluding packaging and shipping. A separate Trade program serves interior designers and design professionals, and the company has cultivated co-development and specification relationships with named design firms including Ali Budd Interiors and Hilary Matt Interiors. Marketing is driven by editorial coverage in tier-1 design publications (Architectural Digest, LUXE Interiors + Design, dwell, Business of Home, Interior Design, HGTV, MyDomaine, Modern Luxury) and NYCxDesign award recognition in 2020 and 2022.

The business model is fundamentally a single-artisan luxury craft studio: revenue is generated one piece at a time, with no disclosed wholesale, licensing, or contract manufacturing streams, no institutional funding, and a 1-10 employee headcount. Customer segments are high-end residential consumers seeking sculptural lighting as art objects, and trade buyers (interior designers) specifying fixtures for client projects. The company's product positioning explicitly rejects mass production, which structurally caps volume growth and ties business outcomes directly to the founder's personal artistic capacity.

Name

Crosland + Emmons

Legal name

Crosland + Emmons

Website

https://croslandandemmons.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Crosland + Emmons is a Savannah, Georgia-based boutique studio founded in 2018 by Dana Castle-Duguay that designs and hand-builds ceramic sculptural lighting fixtures (Multi Lights, Pendants, Sconces, Lamps) for high-end residential consumers and interior designers via direct e-commerce and a dedicated Trade program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Handmade Ceramic Lighting

NAICS

Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335131)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Commercial Luminaires (High-bay, Low-bay, Troffers, Downlights) (IMAGAIAA)

Keywords

• Handmade ceramic lighting
• Sculptural pendant fixtures
• Artisan lighting design
• Ceramic wall sconces
• Bespoke light fixtures

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Custom Ceramic Lighting Sales: One-time purchase model for handcrafted sculptural lighting fixtures. Products are made to order with customization options for drop length, ceramic size, and metal finishes. Pricing excludes packaging and shipping.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Crosland + Emmons is a boutique sculptural lighting studio that hand-builds ceramic lighting fixtures from white clay and stoneware, kiln-fired with various glaze finishes. The studio offers four core product categories—Multi Lights, Pendants, Sconces, and Lamps—sold directly to consumers via their e-commerce website and to interior design professionals through a dedicated Trade program. Each piece is intentionally imperfect, bespoke, and designed to function as both illumination and sculptural art.

Product overview

Crosland + Emmons is a boutique sculptural lighting studio offering hand-built ceramic lighting fixtures. The product portfolio consists of four core product categories: Multi Lights (multi-strand sculptural fixtures), Pendants (hand-sculpted hanging lights), Sconces (wall-mounted fixtures), and Lamps (table and sculptural lamps). All products are intentionally imperfect, hand-built from white clay and stoneware, kiln-fired, and finished with velvety or glossy white glazes. Each piece is bespoke, emphasizing organic forms, texture, and the artist's hand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi Lights Multi-light ceramic fixtures featuring multiple sculptural strands, cuffs, and individual light sources; designs include Sticks & Stones, Sticks, Inclusion, Bubbles, Duo Cuffs, Duo Chain, Duo Wings, Tunnel, and Channel.
• Pendants Hand-sculpted hanging pendant lights made from white clay and stoneware, featuring organic forms, ceramic chains, and sculptural elements; designs include Pearls, Stacked, Cross + Chain, Circus series, Coil, Lily Pad, Orbit, Flora, and Drift.
• Sconces Wall-mounted sculptural sconces hand-sculpted from white stoneware with textured surfaces and organic forms; designs include Sea Reef series, Stacked Sconce, Light Fall, Eos, Eden, Budd, and Captured Sconce.
• Lamps Table and sculptural lamps hand-built from white clay with velvety glazes and organic details; designs include Garden Vessel Lamp, Fragment Totem I and II, Le Bouton, Pearl Necklace, and The Bonnet.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ali Budd InteriorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative design partnership between Ali Budd of Ali Budd Interiors and Crosland + Emmons Lighting resulting in the Budd Sconce. This three-layer ceramic sconce with hand-sculpted bud-like floral elements began as a simple sketch and evolved into a luminous work of art, combining interior design vision with artisanal lighting craftsmanship.
• Hilary Matt InteriorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior design firm that has installed Crosland + Emmons lighting in their projects, including a Miami-based residential project featuring the company's sculptural lighting fixtures.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Apparatus Studio: New York-based designer and maker of high-end sculptural lighting, furniture, and objects. Most directly comparable to Crosland + Emmons as a premium artisanal lighting brand specifying into luxury residential and hospitality interiors, with a similar aesthetic emphasis on sculptural form and bespoke craftsmanship.
• Workstead: Brooklyn-based design studio producing handcrafted lighting and interiors with a strong interior-designer channel. Comparable to Crosland + Emmons in aesthetic positioning, premium pricing, and reliance on specification-driven sales through design professionals.
• Cedar & Moss: Small-batch designer lighting brand offering artisan-made fixtures through DTC and trade channels. Comparable to Crosland + Emmons on boutique scale, designer/consumer customer segments, premium pricing, and curated product catalog.
• Allied Maker: Long Island-based studio producing handcrafted designer lighting and home goods with a focus on artisanal materials and small-batch production. Direct peer given overlapping price points, made-to-order model, designer channel, and emphasis on craftsmanship over mass production.
• Schoolhouse Electric: Portland-based design house offering lighting, hardware, and home goods with strong interior-designer and DTC channels. Comparable on target customer (design-conscious consumers and designers), premium positioning, and reliance on editorial and trade relationships.
• Lindsey Adelman Studio: New York designer known for sculptural, hand-blown and assembled lighting fixtures specified into luxury residential and hospitality projects. Comparable on aesthetic, channel (designer/specification), and made-to-order production model.

Broad incumbents

• Restoration Hardware (RH): Large luxury home furnishings retailer with significant lighting assortment including sculptural and oversized fixtures. Adjacent incumbent competing for the same affluent residential buyer but at dramatically greater scale and with industrial-grade supply chain.
• Holly Hunt: Luxury home furnishings brand offering high-end lighting, furniture, and textiles to the interior design trade. Comparable on designer channel and luxury positioning but with a much broader product portfolio and brand portfolio (including Christiane Lemieux, Lalique).
• Visual Comfort & Co. Large established designer-lighting company offering hundreds of collections across residential and commercial projects. Comparable as a broader incumbent in the designer-specified lighting space but operates at much greater scale, catalog breadth, and distribution depth than Crosland + Emmons.

Emerging players

• Lightology: Online designer-lighting retailer offering a curated catalog of contemporary and architectural lighting. Comparable as a channel for designer-specified lighting but operates as a multi-brand retailer rather than a maker, putting it in partial overlap with Crosland + Emmons' DTC channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/croslandemmons
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/crosland-emmons

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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