Nader Gammas designs lighting fixtures through a dynamic interplay of form and function—adding, subtracting, expanding, and refining until design and technology, reason and emotion, converge.
A distinctive storyteller, Gammas begins each piece with a single point of intrigue. From there, concepts and materials are layered like building blocks—balancing limitations with possibilities, boundaries with innovation—to shape a final work that is both thoughtful and richly dimensional.

Clay shaped without a mould, on a black patina base

The two Vessels floor lights are the odd ones out, and the best way in. The 'Vessels Scarlet' and the 'Vessels Vespa' each carry a shade of unglazed ceramic, built by hand with no mould, so the wall thickness, the lean and the surface differ from one to the next. The base is metal under a black patina. Nader Gammas is known for brass, and here he sets it aside: the clay does the diffusing, the metal does the standing. The Oblist lists both among its ceramic floor lamps.

Nader Gammas is Syrian-American and trained as an architect. He began designing lighting in 2017, while working as an architectural consultant in Dubai; he now lives in the United States and has his collections produced in the UAE. His own account of the method is additive: start from one point of intrigue, then layer concept and material until form and function stop arguing. The fixtures that result are built to order, and the product pages give finishes, dimensions and electrical details.

Patinated brass is the material he comes back to. The 'Bubbles Curved' chandelier hangs shades of slumped glass from a curved brass frame; it wants a dining room, a double-height entrance or a hotel lobby, and it sits among the modern chandeliers at The Oblist. The 'Wind Single' pendant belongs to the Wind series begun in 2018: vertical rectangles of blackened brass holding small points of light, here as a single drop over an island, a bedside or a reading chair. The 'Tower' wall light turns the same vocabulary upright for a corridor or a staircase. One piece of furniture, the Daybed Sofa, applies the architect's hand to seating: low, linear, built for a studio or a gallery.

Six Nader Gammas pieces are currently listed, all made to order. Architects and interior designers specifying his chandeliers, sconces or floor lights for residential, hospitality or office projects can order through the Trade Program, which also handles custom configurations.