About Us

Shakúff is the leading custom lighting partner for high-end residential clients and interior design studios. We've brought singular artistry, craftsmanship, and imagination to each collaboration, prioritizing our clients' vision and experience since 2007.

Philosophy

Craftsmanship is the repetition of technique in efforts of perfection.

Craftsmanship is the repetition of technique in efforts of perfection.

Shakúff’s design philosophy is simple: we see creation as an act of collaboration. Each fixture we create for a client is a synthesis of mutual discovery, planning, and genesis so that each piece represents an alignment of vision. Our own collections seek to discover and enhance the natural beauty of light, never distorting or overpowering it.

More than an art, we believe glass blowing is a craft. Through dedication and practice, we’ve achieved a process that results in beautiful sculptures of light.

Every piece is crafted carefully by hand. With our experience come dependable, yet refreshingly unique designs.

Our Process

Artisans

We’re proud to help preserve ancestral knowledge and share it with new communities.

Creation

We’re proud to help preserve ancestral knowledge and share it with new communities.

Each fixture is designed by expert engineers and is hand-made, hand-blown, and hand-fused.

We partner with artisans from around the world who have mastered their crafts over decades to bring their awe-inspiring skill and creativity to the public. The techniques they use are passed down through generations.

Materials

Our chief material is light itself.

Light meets gold

Our chief material is light itself.

Lighting is key to all kinds of illumination, bringing both a room itself and the people in it together.

All of our fixtures are made from the highest quality glass. Unparalleled in craftsmanship, our glassblowers create individual masterpieces by inflating molten glass into a bubble, which they then stretch, twirl, and shape into stunning, surprising shapes.

Combining hand-blown glass with lustrous materials such as bronze, marble, and brass allows us to play with juxtaposition in form to create lighting fixtures that are both ethereal and grounded.

Customization

Each piece is tailored specifically for you and your singular space.

Each piece is tailored specifically for you and your singular space.

At Shakúff, we take a client-centered approach by focusing on customization. Whether commissioned or from our collection, each piece is tailored specifically for you and your singular space.

Our clients come to us for custom projects seeking flexibility - both in design and technical ability - as well as ease. Through thoughtfulness and candid communication, we’re able to solve delicate problems and deliver unique solutions that meet our client’s dreams while relieving them of the work.

The now-iconic pieces in our online shop are all carefully described and customizable in order to make discovering and choosing lighting that accommodates your space quick and effortless.

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The Founder

“I collected all sorts of stuff – rocks, shells, fruit pits, sticks – and made up games that kept me and my friends entertained for hours. I loved figuring out how to meet people’s needs in the most creative and ambitious ways I could.”

Joseph Sidof Founder, CEO, and Creative Director Joseph Sidof is Shakúff’s guiding light.

“I collected all sorts of stuff – rocks, shells, fruit pits, sticks – and made up games that kept me and my friends entertained for hours. I loved figuring out how to meet people’s needs in the most creative and ambitious ways I could.”

His active imagination has led him on a fascinating journey, steering him toward the arts from a young age. He’s had an interest in bringing the organic indoors since he was a child collecting stones and shells on the beaches of Israel, fascinated by how natural beauty can enhance a home and bring people together. Joseph further developed his eye for color and shape as a costume jewelry designer. 

His instant fascination upon witnessing glassblowers at work in Israel sparked his life’s work, as he realized that lighting plays with the same materials as jewelry but on a bigger scale. He fell in love and set out to create a collective of artisans devoted to adding beauty to everyday life through their glass art. 

The most rewarding part of his job is the opportunity to discern individuals' innate talents and adeptly position them in roles that allow them to grow both professionally and personally. He nurtures this skill constantly, through workshops and courses, and takes an active leadership role in his community. Like the brilliant installations he’s dedicated his life to, he shines brightest when fostering connections. 

He finds inspiration in his beautiful wife and five children every single day.

The Team

Jess Nha CEO Assistant / Client Relations
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Erno Saller Senior Engineer
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Dovid Schack Junior Engineer
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Dina Lewis 3D / Rendering Designer
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Loren Alliston Production Manager
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Nicole Arena Sales & Business Development
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Samantha Goldberg Sales & Business Development
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Elizabeth Diaz Production Logistics
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Camilo Prieto Production Foreman
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Sophia Han Product Designer
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Maddie Sullivan Office Coordinator / Customer Relations Specialist
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Our Process

We’ve streamlined the customization process into four simple steps to bring you attainable bespoke fixtures that are limited only by your imagination.

Stockists

Not based in New York? Find our pieces at select shops across the country.

Press

Read what leading architectural, design, and business magazines have to say about Shakúff.