{"id":3492,"date":"2026-05-18T18:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightingnewsnow.com\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T18:23:31","slug":"behind-the-design-with-quorums-david-patton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightingnewsnow.com\/?p=3492","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Design: Quorum\u2019s David Patton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This experienced industrial designer believes creativity must be rooted in the needs of customers and the demands of cost ratios. He also knows that \u201ccrazy\u201d ideas ignite a company and keep it growing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Julie A. Palm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an experienced industrial designer of consumer goods, David Patton knows creativity must be informed by customer needs, manufacturing feasibility and cost ratios. But he also knows that to move a company forward, you\u2019ve got to explore the riskier ideas, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like to keep 10% to 20% of what I always like to call \u2018crazy.\u2019 We don’t really need a reason to do this, but we’re just going to try it and see what happens,\u201d says Patton, who joined Fort Worth, Texas-based lighting producer Quorum<\/a> about 2 \u00bd years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quorum\u2019s Ondine<\/a> is an example of a collection that arose from the crazy. Named after the mythical water nymph, the 10-inch sconce features lotus-inspired elements and builds on the company\u2019s earlier Del Rey sconce. Both were designed to be used alone or to be grouped together for dramatic wall displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At left, David Patton. On the right, the Ondine wall sconce can work alone or be grouped to create artistic displays of light and sculpture.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited and proud of this. \u2026 I haven\u2019t bragged about (company president) Jose (Lopez) yet, but he hired me and he\u2019s been an excellent partner. He\u2019s given me the latitude to just do what I do and try things,\u201d Patton says. \u201cAnd so, we created what I\u2019m calling a decorative wall mount. It\u2019s not a typical sconce. It\u2019s more like if you took a ceiling mount and put it on the wall. It has that kind of architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to take the light experience further,\u201d Patton continues. \u201cWhat if we played with atmospherics? \u2026 What if we bounce the light and let the shadow and the way that it filters through the water glass be part of the overall visual experience of this piece? That was the impetus for the Del Rey. And then I just wanted to take it a little bit further with Ondine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is worth it\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patton is best known for co-inventing and patenting the first \u201cdesktop converter\u201d and launching standing desk company Varidesk. People with back pain and other health problems found the standing desk \u201clife changing\u201d \u2014 and let the company know, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI keep those letters in my desk. If I\u2019m feeling down,\u201d he says, \u201cI break those out and I remember, \u2018This is worth it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He brings a similar sense of mission to lighting design. \u201cPeople who\u2019ve been in the lighting business for a long time \u2013 and it\u2019s not their fault \u2013  can take the lighting mission for granted,\u201d Patton says. \u201cThe light fixture solves the consumer issue as long as it turns on and off because ideally you want to light a room. That\u2019s the primary need for a light fixture. But there are so many other ways that a fixture transforms a mood \u2014 by the way it looks, the way it transmits light, the temperature of the light. There are so many things that affect human psychology that I have always found (lighting) fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026It\u2019s easy to phone it in and to say, \u2018A fixture is a fixture.\u2019 But that\u2019s where I find joy and the creativity. It\u2019s one of the reasons I wanted to come back to come back to lighting \u2014 because I think there’s so much still yet to be done,\u201d he continues, referencing an earlier stint at Craftmade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patton describes the Quorum as occupying \u201ca unique middle space\u201d in the lighting market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal is to pair sophisticated product design with attainability. \u2026 We want to have sharper pricing. We also want to couple that with deeply relationship-oriented service, which is something that Quorum was known for long before I came here. And I love that about Quorum because I’m a relationships person, too,\u201d Patton says. \u201cWe\u2019re able to do that first part by leveraging really smart industrial design so that we can maintain the quality that customers expect, while we eliminate lazy cost buckets. We’re not doing that through diminishing quality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Patton says, the company looks for ways to, for example, reduce packaging costs or make smart material swaps, such as fabricating a piece rather than die casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are all these touchpoints along the way that really don’t have anything to do with how people think of the product but that ultimately make a huge difference when we get to the final cost of an item,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer-sparked creativity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design process at Quorum starts with business strategy, including consumer research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the biggest lessons that I\u2019ve learned in my entire career that I always go back to \u2014 and, I think, I ultimately need to have a sign on my wall that says, \u2018Listen to your customers.\u2019 That’s the best possible thing we can do, and I\u2019m talking about everyone, from the rep to the dealer \u2014 anyone who is giving you feedback.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they gather and process data, the Quorum design team, which includes Patton and three other designers, evaluates the company\u2019s existing lines. \u201cWe look for holes and we look for ways that we can make our line more efficient and more attractive to the different channels that we\u2019re operating in. And we do all of that before we ever put a single pencil to paper because we need to know what we\u2019re going after.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then come the \u201csprints,\u201d as the design team focuses on a specific product line (such as outdoor lighting) or market channel (such as lighting showrooms), filling in holes in the line or meeting new customer needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll do a lot of sketch work,\u201d Patton says. For him, that often starts with pencil and paper or his tablet. \u201c\u2026 And maybe take a few days where we\u2019re just in studio doing that, getting stuff on the walls. Then we\u2019ll start to break that down. How are these concepts addressing the needs? And then we\u2019ll eliminate things that really don\u2019t (and) perhaps keep things that don\u2019t, but that fall into that crazy category: There\u2019s no business justification for it, but we want to keep thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, sketches go into design software for modeling and mechanical drawings. Then the team prepares a design brief that goes to factories. \u201cIt\u2019s a complete design intent document of what we\u2019re looking for,\u201d Patton explains. As samples are made and production starts for those products, the design team begins a sprint into another category and channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As director of design, Patton\u2019s calendar can fill up quickly with strategy meetings and other responsibilities. Still, it\u2019s important to him to continue to design, so he blocks out time on his calendar \u2013 ideally, four hours a few times a week \u2013 specifically for creative work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut my team has probably 80% to 90% of their time open to explore,\u201d Patton adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiration can come from almost anywhere, but Patton often finds himself looking backward to move the company\u2019s designs forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the most interesting sources of inspiration for me, believe it or not, are in history,\u201d including previous design movements and styles, he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a piece coming out soon that I can\u2019t really talk about, but it\u2019s based on a very specific need that people without a lot of money had for light fixtures. I think I\u2019ve created a modern multi-use fixture that is directly inspired from historical pieces. It\u2019s never really been done in the market before \u2014 not in modern times.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tilbrook design, available in two pendants, offers a modern update on traditional materials and forms.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Patton also loves making trips to Maison & Objet<\/a> in Paris and visits to the city\u2019s famed antiques market. Closer to home, he likes to browse the Dallas Design District<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it\u2019s easy for a designer to get caught up in creating buzz-worthy lighting, Patton and Quorum\u2019s design team focus on turning the creative spark into revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur process really helps us slow down, evaluate and make sure that (something) is really going to serve the business. Because as much lighting as there is in everybody\u2019s line, there\u2019s only so much room,\u201d Patton says. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to make sure you have the best things in there that serve your customers. It\u2019s a long way of saying that we put some guardrails up to save us from our own impulses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of recent introductions illustrate Quorum\u2019s design process. Tilbrook, a two-pendant line, was an effort \u201cto show more decorative than we\u2019ve shown in the past\u201d and to create \u201csome solid, tasteful basics,\u201d Patton says. The pendants feature gold-banded clear glass bell shades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTilbrook<\/a> is one of those classic, Colonial American designs with a modern cleanliness to it,\u201d he says. \u201cSo, it\u2019s very familiar, but it’s also different and feels fresh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the High Point Market in April, the company expanded its Favo <\/a>LED line, part of its Oxygen brand. The group, featuring opal glass staggered with brushed brass, now includes a sconce and multiport fixture, in addition to the two original pendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The multiport pendant is the latest edition to the Favo line, which also includes a single pendant and a new wall sconce (center).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was inspired by classical Japanese architecture. Think shoji screens and (Toyo) Ito architecture,\u201d Patton says. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun to take that inspirational concept and translate it in a modern way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s ahead from Quorum? Patton says customers can expect to see more modern versions of crystal chandeliers, more white opal glass (based on customer requests for less clear glass) and re-interpretations of traditional designs for cleaner looks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re seeing less ultra-clean designs that lack personality,\u201d he says, discussing general lighting design trends. \u201cI think people are wanting more personality to come back, which is why they\u2019re pushing for traditional to return. And I think it\u2019s why they\u2019re fed up with coffee can ceiling fan designs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was personally very shocked to come back to the industry and see how many coffee cans that there were,\u201d Patton adds. \u201c\u2026 We\u2019re already experimenting. We\u2019re going to have a new flight of fans where we\u2019ve basically taken the coffee can and we\u2019ve added to that, like with decorative turnings. We\u2019re adding leather to it and other things that are going to make it richer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quorum has been around for 45 years, and Patton and his team are committed to advancing the company in terms of great design rooted in customer needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want people to know that Quorum is different,\u201d Patton says. \u201c\u2026 We\u2019re committed to growing and being able to service a broader spectrum of customers than maybe we did in the past. \u2026 Come by. Look at the showroom. See for yourself. I\u2019m happy \u2013 the whole team is happy \u2013 to walk you through and share what our vision for the future is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quorum\u2019s New Look Aims to Inspire Showrooms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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