MARTIN HUXFORD STUDIO LTD

What MARTIN HUXFORD STUDIO LTD does

Martin Huxford Studio Ltd (trading as Martin Huxford Studio) is a privately held, UK-based designer-maker of handcrafted sculptural lighting and mirrors, operating from a workshop in Storrington, West Sussex, with the founder and a small team of 1-10 employees. The studio's core technology is artisanal rather than digital: Martin Huxford personally hand-sculpts each original piece in plaster, with subsequent production using hand patination, metal working, and casting in bronze, cold-cast marble, and eco resin, plus natural materials such as walnut, brass, alabaster, and quartz. The product portfolio spans chandeliers (Bibendum family, Glide, Breuer, Facet Alabaster, Shoreline, Fantasia, Lucie, Wilding, Arbour), wall sconces (Downland, Newlyn, Ocean, Contour, Sissinghurst, Miami, Arbour), table and floor lamps (Cerne, Neo, Origin, Sarum, Olympia, Delphos), and sculptural mirrors (Arundel, Venus), with 94+ exclusive original designs protected under common law and certain pieces produced in signed limited editions of 50.

The studio operates a direct, sales-led, made-to-order business model with 6-8 week lead times, quote-based pricing, a £1,100 minimum order value, and no public online purchase option, supplemented by a single US channel partner (Hewn showroom in San Francisco) for West Coast reach. The customer base is concentrated in interior designers and luxury residential/hospitality projects, with marquee specifications including The Whiteley London (Grade II luxury redevelopment), Centre Point show residence in London, the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2025, and trade show collaborations such as the Decorex 2025 VIP Lounge with Tolu Adẹ̀kọ. Marketing is brand-led through editorial press (Homes & Gardens, The English Home, World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, Living Etc, House & Garden), Instagram and Pinterest organic social, an email newsletter, and design trade event participation. All products are CE marked and the business is accredited by the UK Lighting Industry Association Code of Practice, with international shipping to UK and US clients.

Name

MARTIN HUXFORD STUDIO LTD

Legal name

Martin Huxford Ltd

Website

https://martinhuxford.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Martin Huxford Studio is a UK-based, founder-led designer-maker that handcrafts bespoke sculptural lighting and mirrors in plaster, bronze, marble, and brass, selling made-to-order to interior designers and luxury residential and hospitality projects via direct enquiry and a San Francisco showroom partner.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Designer Lighting and Mirrors

NAICS

Residential Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335131)

SIC

Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Finishes & Decorative Installations (Plaster, Stone Veneer, Feature Walls) (IMAFANAM)

Keywords

• Bespoke sculptural lighting
• Handcrafted plaster lighting
• Designer decorative mirrors
• Luxury chandelier design
• Artisan lighting fixtures

Headquarters

HQ city

Storrington

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Bespoke Lighting Sales: Made-to-order sculptural lighting fixtures including chandeliers, wall lights, table lamps, pendants, and mirrors. Products are designed and handcrafted to order in the Sussex studio with typical 6-8 week lead times. Custom/bespoke commissions available with minimum order value of £1100 net.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Martin Huxford Studio designs and handcrafts bespoke sculptural lighting fixtures and decorative mirrors in its Sussex studio. Products are made to order in plaster, bronze, marble, alabaster, walnut, and brass, with a typical 6-8 week lead time and a £1,100 minimum order value for custom commissions. The studio supplies interior designers, luxury residential clients, and high-end hospitality projects across the UK, US, and internationally.

Product overview

Martin Huxford Studio is a British designer-maker of handcrafted lighting and mirrors, operating as a single unified studio practice rather than a platform-based architecture. The product portfolio centers on sculptural lighting fixtures (chandeliers, wall sconces, pendant lights, table lamps, floor lamps) and decorative mirrors, all handcrafted in plaster, bronze, marble, walnut, and brass at their Sussex studio. Key product series include the Bibendum Chandelier family (Chandelier, XL, Oval variants), the Plasterworks collection (Arbour, Shoreline, Fantasia, Amberley, Downland, Cissbury pendants, Newlyn, Ocean, Sissinghurst sconces), the Birdie series (Flight Chandelier, Swing Wall Light, single pendants), the Breuer Chandelier collection (2-arm, 4-arm, 6-arm variants), Glide Chandeliers (standard and Extended), marble lamps (Origin, Neo, Cerne, Totem, Sarum), and the Arundel Sculptural Mirror. All products share a distinctive sculptural, tactile aesthetic emphasizing handcrafted texture and organic modern forms. The company also offers bespoke custom lighting commissions as an add-on service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bibendum Chandelier Elegant multi-shade chandelier inspired by the iconic Bibendum figure, with vertical profile of tightly packed repeated curves between square profile circular frames; available in four sizes from 60cm to 140cm diameter for luxury residential and hospitality projects.
• Bibendum XL Chandelier Major centrepiece 140cm-diameter version of the Bibendum chandelier with Deco-inspired curves, designed for luxury residential and hospitality interiors.
• Shoreline Plaster Chandelier Hand sculpted centrepiece plaster chandelier inspired by open sea, land and sky, rich in textural detail and evoking openness and calm; available in 120cm and 95cm diameter sizes.
• Origin White Marble Lamp Hand cast marble table lamp from a unique series juxtaposing smooth architectural shapes with rough organic textures; produced as a signed and numbered limited edition of 50, hand cast from the original sculpture in white marble finish.
• Arundel Sculptural Mirror Contemporary hand sculpted plaster mirror dramatic in scale, with a simplified cut-out shape paying tribute to Elizabethan heraldic heritage from 16th-17th century grand country houses.
• Sissinghurst Bronze Sconce Bronze wall sconce balancing grandeur with modern simplicity, inspired by Neo-classical design subverted by Bloomsbury Group radical spirit, featuring Greco-Roman twin scrolls and hand sculpted texture.
• Olympia Plaster Floor Lamp Art Deco inspired plaster floor lamp created as a collaboration between Martin Huxford and interior designer Tolu Adeko for the Decorex 2025 VIP Lounge; features a dynamic tapered base with bold geometric angles contrasted by a textured bowl with medallion motifs.
• Cissbury Plaster Pendant Hand sculpted plaster pendant inspired by the Cissbury Ring ancient hill fort, celebrating pure organic curves with dramatic uplighting from a hidden light source inside the bowl; produced as a limited edition of 50.
• Glide Chandelier Chandelier creating a harmonious circle of light with three elegantly shaped walnut arms and multiple shades, handmade in England from natural sustainable walnut and recycled brass, inspired by the drifting shapes of gliders in open skies.
• Glide Extended Chandelier Refined asymmetric walnut and brass chandelier reaching into space with three extended tapering arms, each featuring wide cone-shaped shades; designed as a dining room or entrance statement piece.
• Facet Alabaster Chandelier Major centrepiece chandelier handcrafted in bronze and alabaster, with four decorative faceted bronze pieces positioned around a suspended ring of illuminated alabaster, celebrating the art of modern craft with tactile handmade qualities.
• Custom and Bespoke Lighting Commissions Bespoke custom lighting commissions where pieces can closely follow existing designs or take new creative paths, hand sculpted to order at the Sussex studio. Custom and bespoke orders carry a minimum order value of £1,100 net, with full payment required to initiate production and a typical 6-8 week lead time.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products have been specified for prestigious projects including The Whiteley London, San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2025, and Centre Point London

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Katie Conway Monkhouse / Katie Monkhouse InteriorscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Katie Monkhouse Interiors chose the Cissbury Plaster Pendant for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2025 Garden Apartment. The piece was described as 'Our most asked about piece!'
• Tolu AdekoflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcclaimed interior designer Tolu Adeko collaborated with Martin Huxford for the Decorex 2025 VIP Lounge. The collaboration produced the Olympia plaster floor lamp, a joint design celebrating artistry and handcrafted British design. This was a featured installation in the extraordinary Palomino VIP Lounge.
• Hewn (San Francisco Showroom)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHewn is the San Francisco showroom partner for Martin Huxford Studio, providing retail presence for US West Coast clients attending the San Francisco Decorator Showcase.
• Claudia Riga de Spinoza and Phil WatersoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior designers who specified Cissbury XL Pendant lights for The Whiteley London luxury redevelopment project.
• Angel O'DonnellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterior designer who featured Martin Huxford's Mythic Cerne lamps in the Centre Point show residence in London.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Visual Comfort & Co. Large US luxury decorative lighting portfolio with broad designer and trade channel reach. Overlaps on designer-spec channel and luxury residential customer base, but operates at significantly larger scale and across broader price points.
• Flos: Italian luxury architectural and decorative lighting brand serving high-end residential and hospitality globally. Significant overlap on luxury hospitality spec channel; much larger industrial-scale operation with iconic designer collaborations.

Direct peers

• Apparatus Studio: New York-based luxury lighting and furniture studio with sculptural, material-driven aesthetic targeting interior designers and luxury hospitality. Comparable bespoke custom offering and trade channel distribution.
• Tom Dixon: British luxury lighting and furniture brand with sculptural, designer-led aesthetic targeting hospitality and luxury residential. While more industrialized and at greater scale, it occupies the same British sculptural-lighting category and competes for the same designer-spec audience.
• Cox London: UK-based atelier producing handcrafted sculptural lighting and furniture with a similar maker-led aesthetic and luxury interior design customer base. Cox London operates at a comparable scale in the bespoke sculptural lighting category.
• Porta Romana: UK-based luxury lighting and decorative furniture maker serving interior designers and luxury residential projects. Direct overlap on customer base (designers, HNW clients) and bespoke-to-catalogue business model.
• John Pomp Studios: US-based artisan lighting studio producing handcrafted sculptural lighting with similar tactile, organic-modern aesthetic. Comparable bespoke-only model and luxury interior designer customer base.
• Charles Edwards: British luxury lighting and furniture designer-maker specializing in sculptural bronze lighting and bespoke commissions. Direct overlap with Martin Huxford's customer base of interior designers and luxury residential projects.
• Liaigre: French luxury furniture and lighting design house serving ultra-high-net-worth residential, hospitality, and yacht interior projects. Comparable aesthetic positioning and interior designer spec channel, though at meaningfully larger scale.

Emerging players

• Hewn: San Francisco showroom that already represents Martin Huxford on the US West Coast. Functions partly as a channel partner and partly as a peer in the regional luxury lighting curation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/martinhuxfordstudio
• Pinterestpinterest.com/martinhuxfordstudio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/martin-huxford-studio

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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