AWARDS
PRESS
Sheridan Road (April 2024)
“…and the sculptural Lake +Wells ceiling fixture … helped to soften the lines of the space.”
Oona Mini Chandelier
Dark Magazine (May/June 2023)
“The Latest in Portable and Outdoor Lighting…”
Vessel Lantern
LUXE Interiors + Design (Summer 2022)
Jax Chandelier
Mountain Living (May 2022)
Joulle Chandelier
Interior Design (May 2021)
"Serene takes on outdoor living"
Passage Lantern
Palm Springs Life (Spring 2021)
Oona Chandelier
Paper City (March 2021)
"Very clever and extremely well executed. Superb craftsmanship and use of up-to-date technology with traditional materials..."
Passages Collection
Darc Magazine (May/June 2018)
Jax Chandelier
Modern Luxury Interiors (Winter 2018)
"THE IT LIST ...meet the makers who are having a moment and shaping Chicago’s design scene for the better."
Lake + Wells featuring Jax Chandelier
Newcity (December 2017)
"The sheer number of designed objects clamoring for our attention may be obscene, but occasionally we find ourselves face-to-face with things that we might love…"
Jax
Interior Design (October 2017)
"Change, as they say, is good.... Frame provides a blank canvas for a client to endlessly tailor the aesthetics of their space"
LUXE Interiors + Design (Fall 2016)
"Meeting of the Minds. The prolific design team behind Chicago's Lake + Wells creates lighting and products with a timeless presence."
Newcity (November 2016)
Chicago’s Designed Objects.
"Conceptually Crafted, Fearlessly Functional, Provocative, Inquisitive.
Riveli Shelving"
Interior Design (October 2016)
"Jax. Standout: Most traditional chandeliers have dangly bits that refract whatever light happens to pass through them. But in Kinsley and Staten’s Jax fixture, each crystal interacts exclusively with its own LED source, conjuring individual starbursts. The component-based system is sold in... sets that quickly lock together to form a (possibly) never-ending constellation."
Modern Luxury Interiors (Winter/Spring 2016)
"Guiding light: Inspired by the romanticism of a lighthouse, husband-and-wife design duo...have developed a light, the Faaro table lamp... The textural glass of the lamp's shade produces a warm glow with a rippled reflection that we think you will agree is poetry brought to life."
C Home (Spring 2016)
Oona Pendant in Kern Home by Architect Daniel Monti and designer Jamie Bush
Konsept Projeler (March 2016)
"Riveli Shelving is an innovative patented system which transforms the shelf from a display platform for art and objects into an object of art, itself."
Interior Design (October 2015)
"Wicked good - fighting the forces of darkness: Mark Kinsley's Faaro lamp in blown glass with concrete base by Lake + Wells."
Interior Design (December 2014)
"Best of Year - Residential Storage: Riveli by Lake + Wells"
DC Homes (Winter 2014)
"Eye-catching: Designs that will make you look twice.
Oona Pendant by Lake + Wells"
AN (August 2014)
"Lending itself to large and small spaces alike, Riveli is ideal for both high-impact wall-to-wall installations and maximizing the space economy for city living..."
Design Bureau (January 2014)
"Interior lighting doesn't always need to be crisp or bright. In fact, these Oona pendants provide so much more with their handcrafted warmth. The smoked glass and hammered copper create a subtle drama between Old World knowledge and modern form."
MMQB (December 13, 2013)
"On the shelf with Riveli: It has the characteristics of an art piece, features of a wall shelving unit and is unique because it fits perfectly in a corporate setting as it does in a retail store..."
Interiors (August/September 2013)
Oona Pendant
Interior Design (April 2013)
"Spotlight on Minimal: Oona pendant fixtures in smoked blown glass and patinated copper by Lake + Wells."
CS Interiors (Fall 2012)
Best Product Design Firm: Lake + Wells
"...we eagerly anticipate the envelope-pushing products this new firm has on its docket."
MMQB (July 11, 2011)
"As a prototype, The Riveli Shelving and Display System was selected by Bernhardt as one of the top ten products to show at ICFF studio in 2010. Now in full production, Riveli was officially launched at Neocon 2011, and just won The Best New Product Award at Dwell on Design in Los Angeles."
Interiors & Sources (May 2011)
"The Riveli Shelving System is the perfect solution for displaying art and accessories..."