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  • Imagery Meets Reality

    Imagery Meets Reality

    We came across a beautifully executed project from Luna Grey Interiors and simply put, fell in love with the finished look. Luna’s approach is based on interactions and imagery with her clients. She takes into account all their needs and...

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  • Behold the Bushwick!

    Behold the Bushwick!

    The Bushwick Lantern continues the MMD tradition of creating new lighting forms out of familiar shapes. Here, four simple frames (Either all black steel, or with black steel horizontal and brass vertical frames) are discreetly connected together to hold in...

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  • The Versatile Banqueting Chandelier at IJorere

    The Versatile Banqueting Chandelier at IJorere

    Several years ago architect Ola Morin-Muhammed opened IJorere (pronounced E-JAW-RAY-RAY) an upscale event space for weddings and celebrations in Elgin, IL, a suburb of Chicago. She made her Tribeca Collection Banqueting Chandelier the focus of the space. "Our chandelier is THE conversation piece of the venue" says...

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  • Zagat's 20 hottest new york restaurants

    Zagat's 20 hottest new york restaurants

    We were very happy to see that The Ribbon - the latest eatery from The Blue Ribbon Group -- made Zagat's list of its 20 hottest restaurants for 2015. Michael McHale Designs provided The Ribbon with over 20 spectacular fixtures,...

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  • Kitchen Chandelier

    Kitchen Chandelier

    We often get pictures from satisfied customers showing off their exciting new chandelier. Unfortunately, most of these pictures are taken with iPhones and come across as pictures of fuzzy light. This one, though, we thought was pretty good: This Tribeca Collection...

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  • High Point Market

    High Point Market

    We are just wrapping up a week at the High Point International Furniture Market in High Point, North Carolina.  It is stunning how much furniture is bought and sold over the few weeks of the market -- billions of dollars worth...

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  • Our Seven-Year Itch

    Our Seven-Year Itch

    Really? Seven years? It's hard to believe that it's been seven years, but that otherwise annoying website/span generator LinkedIn notified me that seven years ago this month, I stopped calling myself a lawyer and started calling myself a chandelier maker....

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