Photos: Innovators: Designer Brendan Ravenhill

Brendan Ravenhill handles a chandelier prototype in his Echo Park studio.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Upstairs, Ravenhill notes the wood relief on his new Grain pendant.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Matt Hunt assembles components for a light. All parts are sourced out to local manufacturers in Los Angeles.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The Pivot chandelier (starting at $5,000), with spun-aluminum shades, hangs in Ravenhill’s living room.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Furniture designer Brendan Ravenhill is captured underneath the Grain pendant he designed in his Echo Park home.   (Christina House / For The Times)

The Grain pendant lamp features a wood grain impression on the inside of the spun aluminum shade.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The La Buca chair, left ($495), and the Black Chair ($460) line up in the window of Ravenhill’s live-work space.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The Hood chandelier in white oak ($3,000).  (Christina House / For The Times)

At the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York in 2013, Ravenhill demonstrates how his pliable Cord chandelier ($2,000) pendant is like a toy.   (Michael Nagle / For The Times)

Osteria La Buca interiors, which Ravenhill redesigned, feature his chandeliers and La Buca chairs.   (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)