The self-serve platform leverages Gantri's expertise in design, prototyping, onshore manufacturing, and shipping for a seamless, end-to-end product design process
Written by Michael Keane
May 12, 2026
Today, California-based lighting company Gantri announces the launch of Gantri Made, a first-of-its-kind product development and digital manufacturing platform. Launching in tandem with NYCxDesign, Gantri Made is set to revolutionize the design industry with a speedy, cost-efficient, and sustainable process for designers and brands to easily create and scale high quality lighting products without the high costs, long timelines, and complexities of traditional manufacturing. Launching alongside the platform are three fresh lighting designs from Rarify, RAD, and Haworth, all developed on Gantri Made.
In a world where traditional manufacturing is slow, costly, and complex, Gantri Made offers a streamlined alternative. Through its pioneering platform, small-to-mid-sized home brands, contract furniture makers, and independent designers can bring fully functional, UL-certified products to market in as little as 3 months — a process that traditionally takes up to 18 months alongside a six-figure investment.
With an upfront investment starting at ~$10K, Gantri Made reduces expenses through minimized inventory costs, no MOQs or tooling, simplified development, and minimal design change fees. With a one-time upfront fee per design and charges for units ordered only, designers can save on unsold inventory and hidden manufacturing fees. The reduced timelines and minimal up-front investment costs empower brands and designers to explore new categories and entirely new product lines with lower risk.
The end-to-end service brings a new level of speed and ease to every step of the product development and manufacturing process — from ideation to delivery. At the start of the design process, Gantri Made offers designers unprecedented access to the Gantri Design System, including a full range of Gantri's material and components library and a platform to concept fully functional products in CAD — no sourcing or tooling required. At every step, Gantri Made supports design agility and scalability with a flexible solution from prototype to small run to full production.
When designs are complete and ready to go to market, Gantri Made ensures built-in UL certification, seamless Shopify or backend systems integrations, order fulfillment handling, and even custom branded packaging for an effortless operational service. Every order is manufactured and fulfilled in California at the Gantri Digital Factory with a made-to-order drop-shipping model for a more sustainable and affordable solution.
Launching with Gantri's proprietary materials selection, Gantri Made also offers exclusive access to their digital manufacturing process and Gantri Plant Polymers. These include an opaque blend polymer engineered to withstand high temperatures and finished with a premium water-based paint that's beautifully smooth and soft to the touch, as well as a translucent blend with light-diffusive particles, allowing light to shine through beautifully while showcasing the stunning and unique abilities of digital fabrication.
Suitable for a variety of design solutions, Gantri worked to develop their distinct blends of Gantri Plant Polymers, both derived from non-GMO sugarcane. Every product developed through Gantri Made is manufactured onshore in San Leandro, California. Their U.S.-based manufacturing ensures quality, sustainability, and tariff-free supply chains while eliminating shipping delays.
"Gantri Made is the first step in bringing our vision for the future of product manufacturing to life. Sustainable solutions and great design have been at the forefront of our mission since the beginning. We're excited to invite designers at every stage — from large-scale brands to up-and-coming, independent talents — into our world with Gantri Made, offering them a clear, confident path to a more sustainable and inspiring future."
Ian Yang, Founder, Gantri
For its inaugural launch, Gantri Made has partnered with Rarify, RAD, and Haworth to bring three unique lighting designs to life, demonstrating the platform's capabilities.
Rarify, the independent, designer-led source for vintage and contemporary design, has utilized Gantri Made to create its first-ever original design, Cube One™ — a modular lamp featuring a Gantri-made lighting unit housed within a cubiform frame of vintage and new components from iconic design brand USM Haller.
RAD leveraged the platform's design flexibility to create a long-considered lamp design, the Little Dot Table Lamp. Using a design language intrinsic to their brand, RAD implemented perforated materials — inspired in part by the gridded perforations on architectural facades designed by Jean Prouvé — to produce a fresh take on the traditional lamp form of column and shade.
A three-piece collection from Haworth, designed in collaboration with the women-owned and led design studio PROWL, pushes the boundaries of Gantri Made's digital manufacturing process with the Rae, Luna, and Beam lamps, available in a wide variety of colorways. Each piece in the collection is unique yet finds common inspiration in architectural facades and tiles, featuring subtle fluted details, softly curved silhouettes, and nuanced transitions for a refined, sculptural look.
Gantri Made challenges manufacturing models and empowers a new generation of creators to thrive in a more sustainable, agile, and design-centric way. Make it simple with Gantri Made.
Gantri is an award-winning manufacturer of sustainable lighting products. We specialize in design-forward lighting that combines high design with everyday functionality. Our lighting is made of Gantri Plant Polymers — our proprietary, plant-derived materials that are biodegradable and durable. We manufacture all our products on-demand in California using an innovative digital manufacturing process, enabling us to produce high quality lighting at a more accessible price point. At Gantri, we're shaping the future of lighting — where sustainability, design, and innovation coexist without compromise.
Rarify, the independent, designer-led source for vintage and contemporary design (featured on Apple TV's Severance and in Forbes, Dwell, Hypebeast, and more), has partnered with Gantri Made to debut their first original product, Cube One™. Rarify's national team has amassed one of the world's largest collections of authentic, coveted furniture design during the last 15 years. Based in the center of Philadelphia and New York City with an 80,000 sq ft design archive in central Pennsylvania, Rarify has become known for their high-end curation for private clients, architects, and building projects. With a following of over 215k design enthusiasts on Instagram, the company also provides educational videos on design for free to the public.
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