By James TarmyBloomberg
Neon lights have been beacons of industry and modernity since they were introduced in the early 20th century. One hundred years later, though, their method of production can still be painstakingly artisanal.
In Kingston, New York, Lite Brite Neon keeps this tradition alive. Founded in 1999 by Matt Dilling, 38, the company has crafted the ubiquitous millennial, pink-neon signs for Momofuku Milk Bar, art pieces designed by such superstars as Glenn Ligon, and the colossal, 8-foot-high red letters for conceptual artist Mary Ellen Carroll’s Indestructible Language installation in 2006.
“Working with neon is an alchemical process where we actually take darkness and mold it into light,” Dilling says. “It’s both very creative and very scientific, very abstract and very concrete.”
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