Jeremy Pyles studied Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin where he discovered his love of photography and lighting. In 2003 he created Niche. Frustrated with the lighting options available for his Manhattan home furnishings store, he and his partner there then teamed up to create the hand-blown pendant called the `` Stamen ''. The light fixture became swiftly into the store's most coveted item and in 2005 they debuted a line of 10 different lights at ICFF with a range of figures ranging from flattened spheres to glass bells. There are currently over 20 different pendant figures and a wide variety of chandeliers, each one designed by Jeremy and uniquely brought to life through a complex and exhaustive development process.