Lee Broom’s Crystal Bulb Shop Dazzles at the London Design Festival

The streets of East London have plenty of boutiques and galleries, but an old-fashioned general store, complete with a mahogany counter and sawdust floor, is an unusual sight. For <a href="http://inhabitat.com/london-design-week/">London Design Festival</a> 2012, rising English design star <a href="http://leebroom.com/">Lee Broom</a> completely transformed his Rivington Street showroom into The <a href="http://inhabitat.com/the-crystal-bulb-is-a-dazzling-gem-cut-led-light-bulb-made-from-cumbria-crystal/">Crystal Bulb</a> Shop using vintage and upcycled materials. Read on for a closer look!

The fixtures included reclaimed parts of an English pub, previously used for Lee Broom’s highly successful solo show at Milan’s Salone del Mobile.

Props included a vintage scale and other items sourced from flea markets and secondhand shops.

Wooden crates added to the general store feel, along with a mahogany bar and sawdust-covered floors.

The weathered wooden crates were a great contrast to the elegance of the cut lead crystal bulbs.

More than 200 Crystal Bulbs were on display. The detachable lead crystal bulb encases a G9 LED Lamp.

Lee Broom, who started out in theatre school before studying fashion at Central St Martins and then going into interior design, launched his furniture studio four years ago.

This is the third year that Lee Broom has transformed his showroom into a completely new space for the London Design Festival. Last year's space was a sleek and lounge-like salon.

Lee Broom is based on Rivington Street in East London's trendy Shoreditch area, surrounded by boutiques, bars and restaurants.