Hi!

We are an artist-led neon design studio offering custom neon, luminescent art objects, creative services and home goods, brought to you with warmth and love.



GLO is the vision of founder and artist Lena Imamura, whose exuberant and inviting artistic voice defines our approach to art, design, and home goods.

Raised at raves in New York City, Lena has been playing with light her entire life, making kinetic sculptures and wiring light bulbs since she was a kid —a practice she honed at Cooper Union in her adulting years.

She makes work that truly can’t be put in a box. Unless you buy it. :)

We lovingly design and fabricate our glass neon works by hand in our Two Bridges studio and shop.

We also do so much more than neon.

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Our mission is to – Light Up people's lives by redefining the boundaries of art and design, merging sculpture and light to create experiences that are on another wavelength.

Our home in NYC’s chinatown is a place for our team and community to come together and make big ideas GLO. Come visit us!

Come see us!

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How we got G/L/O-ing :)

Long before we opened our first studio and storefront, an artist named Lena created a custom neon piece as a centerpiece for her dear friend Sas’s baby shower. The bright idea of combining words with light was born as “Name Glo.”

Since then, Lena and Sas have built GLO Studio into a full-service design studio and workshop collaborating with blue-chip artists, institutions, brands, agencies, and event planners to light up the world.

  • Lena Imamura of GLO Studio on CNBC Small Business Playbook

    GLO's Moment to Shine on CNBC ✨

    08/11/25

    In August 2025, our founder Lena Imamura was a featured speaker at CNBC's Small Business Playbook, a live virtual event sponsored by Mastercard. Her segment, "GLO's Moment to Shine," was...

    GLO's Moment to Shine on CNBC ✨

    08/11/25

    In August 2025, our founder Lena Imamura was a featured speaker at CNBC's Small Business Playbook, a live virtual event sponsored by Mastercard. Her segment, "GLO's Moment to Shine," was...

  • New York Times Sunday Routine feature on GLO Studio founder Lena Imamura

    The New York Times Spends a Sunday with GLO Stu...

    06/23/25

    We made The New York Times! In June 2025, the Times featured our founder and artist Lena Imamura in its Sunday Routine column, the series that follows newsworthy New Yorkers...

    The New York Times Spends a Sunday with GLO Stu...

    06/23/25

    We made The New York Times! In June 2025, the Times featured our founder and artist Lena Imamura in its Sunday Routine column, the series that follows newsworthy New Yorkers...

  • Neon Signs Texas

    Neon Signs for Gyms and Fitness Studios 🥊

    04/09/25

    A neon sign gives a gym energy before class even starts. We made a rainbow X for SBX Boxing in New York and LED signs including "Ready. Sweat. Go." for...

    Neon Signs for Gyms and Fitness Studios 🥊

    04/09/25

    A neon sign gives a gym energy before class even starts. We made a rainbow X for SBX Boxing in New York and LED signs including "Ready. Sweat. Go." for...

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