About LUME

It started in a cramped apartment in Brooklyn, 2019. Marcus Chen — a former industrial designer with a side passion for neon art — was frustrated. He had spent thousands on wall decor that felt lifeless, generic, and forgettable. One night at 3AM, fueled by too much coffee and an obsessive idea, he wired together his first LED art piece: a glowing portrait of David that pulsed with color.

His roommates stopped in their tracks. "Where did you get that?" they asked. When he said he made it, they wanted one too. Then their friends wanted one. Then strangers on Instagram started asking. Within weeks, his kitchen table became a makeshift studio, and LUME was born.

What drives Marcus isn't just art — it's the transformation. He's seen a dim, soul-crushing home office become a creative sanctuary. A teenager's bare bedroom become a vibrant expression of identity. A couple's first apartment go from "just fine" to "we never want to leave." That feeling — when someone sees their LUME piece light up for the first time and their face just changes — that's why he does this.

Today, LUME has delivered over 5,000 handcrafted pieces to homes, offices, bars, and studios across all 50 states. But every single piece still starts the same way: with Marcus and his team, obsessing over every LED, every color gradient, every shadow, until it's perfect.