Alexandra Verity Randall (born August 1982) is an English lighting designer and artist. She is known for her use of unconventional materials in large-scale

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, such as

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and salvaged materials. Her studio is based in London.

Early life and education

Randall is from Berkshire. She first attended the

Chelsea School of Art Chelsea College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art and design university in London, England. It offers further and higher education courses in fine art, graphic design, interior design, produ ...

where she studied sculpture and later

Falmouth College of Art Falmouth University is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth C ...

where she completed an MA in Professional Writing.

Career

In 2006, Randall started her career as a lighting artist and designed her first piece, the award-winning Bakelite Telephone Lamp In 2007 Randall's work started making its way into the marketplace in stores such as

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and

Harvey Nichols Harvey Nichols Group Limited ( trading as Harvey Nichols) is a British luxury department store chain founded in 1831 by Benjamin Harvey; it is headquartered at its flagship store in Knightsbridge, London. It sells designer fashion collections ...

. Randall's work normally finds its way into boutique hotels, restaurants and private residences as well as the clothing brand

Ted Baker Ted Baker is a British clothing brand founded in 1988 in Glasgow, Scotland, which traded in shops under the Ted Baker name until falling into administration in March 2024. It was relaunched online in November 2024. The brand is styled as 'Ted B ...

. She has designed much of their bespoke lighting pieces for their international stores. In 2008, Randall started working in the

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medium of

She took the ethical stance to work only with already dead or culled animals and so has worked a lot with

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. Works in this vein range fro
The Carriers
t
The Rat Swarm Lamp‘The most nightmarish lamp ever produced’
an
Squirrel Wall Lights
Randall works collaboratively with the photographer Claire Rosen Their images have won multiple awards. Randall is involved with the charit
Freddie For A Day
creating a large scale cast of the statue of

Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen (band), Queen. Regarded as one of the gre ...

for the benefit of the charity. In 2012, Randall was invited by the boutique Hong Kong based stor
Lane Crawford
to exhibit.

Selected shows

* 201
''Lane Crawford''
Hong Kong * 2011 The memory collection
The Russian club

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* 2011 Guest Speaker- The Day of Light, the

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* 2011 ''Solo show''
''Ken Fulk''
San Francisco * 201
''Tent London''
* 201
‘''The Future Perfect''’
New York * 2009 ''Stuff and Nonsense''. London. * 2009
''100% Design''
, . * 2008 'Where To?' Solo Show. London. * 2008
''Pulse''
, London. * 2008
''100% Design''
, London. * 2008
''Trash Luxe''
, Liberty Department Store, London. * 2007
''Pulse''
, London. * 2007
''100% Design''
, London.

Major artworks

''The Antler Chandelier''
(2010)
''Bakelite Phone Lamps''
(2006)

(2011)
''Duck Desk Lamp''
(2009) *
In Memory Of Freddie
' (2011) *
The Gramophone Chandelier
' (2007)
''Organ Pipe Chandelier''
(2008)
''Pigeon pendants''
(2008)
''The Rat Swarm Lamp''
(2010)
''Saw Blade Chandelier''
(2010)

(2010)

(2011)

References

External links

Alex Randall's website

Watch an interview with Alex talking to Lane Crawford

Watch an Interview with Alex talking to Asia Tatler

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Randall, Alex 1982 births Living people Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts Alumni of Falmouth University Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts Artists from Berkshire British lighting designers People from Reading, Berkshire