Trueing

Trueing is a lighting and furniture design studio in New York, founded by Josh Metersky and Aiden Bowman. The name comes from the verb to true — bringing an object into its accurate, intended shape — and informs an approach that defers to materials, function and the people involved in each project.

Working from a studio in Long Island City, the two designers produce fixtures crafted in-house from precisely worked metal and glass, alongside furniture and limited editions, fusing art-historical references with an engineer’s attention to mechanical connections and systems thinking. Awards include the ICFF Editor’s Award for emerging designers in 2017, an A/D/O residency and a place on Sight Unseen’s American Design Hotlist in 2018.