Seki-Han floor lamp by Tobia Scarpa, Flos

The return of a little-known 1963 design, renowned Italian architect and designer Tobia Scarpa’s Seki-Han floor lamp has been respectfully updated to create a modern piece of lighting poetry. A pair of wooden blades that conceal a central LED source, the design comes in its original vertical form, as well as in a new horizontal suspension format. In an update to the 60s original, the ash wood timber rotates to vary the intensity of the light, turning the structures into living artworks that emit warm, symmetrical glows.

Criosfera by Giulia Foscari, Artemide

Created by Giulia Foscari, Venetian architect and founder of UNA / UNLESS, a design studio and non-profit platform which explores extreme environments, Criosfera is at once a decorative lighting collection and an ecological call to arms. The floor, suspension, and table lamps put Antarctica in the spotlight, their cylindricality referencing the scientific instruments used to extract and analyse ice cores. Comprising layers of recycled glass with an LED centre that diffuses light while concealing its source deep within, Criosfera is both a captivating object and a piece of activism, reminding us of our planet’s environmental crises and urging reflection and action to protect them.

Fragile by Jaume Ramírez, Marset

The aptly named table lamp by Barcelona-based designer Jaume Ramírez has grown up into a full collection, with a new size, wall and pendant version on the horizon. With its three delicate elements – the sphere, the cone and the illuminated cylinder – the piece makes geometric forms weightless and pure by playing with transparent glass and the idea of structure and softness, substance and suspension. Choose to include both shapely shades or just one on the ceiling light, which spans in size from single pendants to chandelier-like compositions.

Asteea by Sofie Refer, Nuura

A floral-inspired shade by Danish lighting designer Sofie Refer has blossomed into an extensive family at Nuura, the rippled bell-shaped reusable acrylic forms held softly by satin brass and organically illuminating the room without dazzling. Designed as a single table, wall, ceiling or pendant lamp, as well as larger, highly expressive three- or nine-piece chandeliers, the sensuous creation evokes ethereal glowing meadows or petals caught adrift on a breeze.

Charm (with Glo), Penta

We’ve long called lighting ‘the jewellery of the home’, and now comes an official lighting accessory, an adornment to add to pendant lights to make them more impactful and unique. Charm is a decoration attached to the cable of Penta’s iconic Glo range, acting as its namesake charm on a bracelet would to personalise and accentuate the base piece. It comes in mini- and micro- sized balls made from high shine borosilicate glass in silver, black, gold, bronze, rose gold or green, created to slot in, bead-like, among Glo’s crystalline spheres to further bounce brilliance around and create a delicate, one-of-a-kind lighting landscape.

MAP by Geckeler Michels, Lodes

Brightness boundaries? Not here. Berlin design studio Geckeler Michels’s MAP lighting system for Lodes is something of an explorer, made up of various light points on the wall or ceiling (or wherever you may need them) connected by fabric tape fitted with conductors stretched between them that act as a graphic power supply. The shining points become stylised constellations with endless compositional possibilities to suit their specific environment.

Gräshoppa Fabric by Greta M. Grossman, Gubi

The Gräshoppa Table Lamp by Swedish designer and architect Greta M. Grossman has been a perennial lighting design classic since its inception in the 1940s, its minimal insect-like shape with its elongated conical shade an instantly familiar silhouette for design fans. The lamp has been updated with a fabric shade that transforms it into something fresh and almost unrecognisable. The handmade natural canvas shade sits atop the distinctive angled stem and round base, bringing volume where before the light was compact and diminutive, the update inspired by an early prototype.

Topan VP13 by Verner Panton, &Tradition

Danish design legend Verner Panton’s 1959-conceived Topan has been given a fresh lease on life with a reissue as a floor and table lamp. Spherical lacquered or plated aluminium in Chrome, Grey Beige or Vermillion Red supported by an oversized transparent tubular acrylic stand, the piece becomes sculptural, as well as both whimsical and surreal, as well as distinctly Space Age-style futuristic.

Comet by Simona Sbordone, Brokis

Brokis’s fiery red Comet pendants by Simona Sbordone are linear designs inspired by the tail of a comet in the night sky. The colour a standout amongst the collection’s other neutral tones, each vivid red handblown glass streak is embedded with grains of sand to gently diffuse light and accentuate the electric, out-of-this-world feel.

Asteria by Alberto & Francesco Meda, Foscarini

Asteria by Alberto and Francesco Meda for Foscarini comes in just two tones: titanium and dark red. The pared-back take on the chandelier becomes stately and personality-filled wearing red, its curved aluminium arms concealing glowing LED strips which add to the warmth along with the richness of the colour.

Claretta Table Lamp, Contardi

Portable and powerful defines the Claretta Table Lamp by Contardi. With its cordless, rechargeable form and ribbed plexiglass diffuser, this lamp shifts seamlessly from intimate dinner table glow to softly lit reading nook, indoor or out.

Iride Floor Lamp by Ico Parisi, Cassina

Originally conceived by Ico Parisi in the 1970s, the Iride floor lamp it channels that era’s bold experimentation and larger than life design approach. Its stacked aluminium discs seem to float effortlessly, encircling a warm, ethereal light that shifts from soft ambience to radiant brilliance.

Multi-lite Wall by Louis Weisdorf, Gubi

As if the Multi-lite by Gubi didnt already shine brighlty enough amongst Gubi's collection of Scandi classics. Let us introuce the brand new wall version of this renowned luminary solution, still offering that same flexible glow synonymous with the original there is an extra layer of luxury is applied with a coat of chrome that turns this style accessory into a statement.

Panthella 250 by Verner Panton, Louis Poulsen

Sitting among a sea of bright hues of Louis Poulsen’s Panthella 250 Portable Lamp by Verner Panton is a lone streak of chrome. A single metallic finish amid a rainbow of tones, chrome dresses up the concave body of the light, the polished surface distorting the reflections of its surrounds and creating a dynamic and hypnotic aura.

Trois Rois by Herzog & de Meuron, Artemide

A playful table light perched on three feet, The Trois Rois lamp by Herzog & de Meuron for Artemide is presented in lively Purple and Red Velvet, along with silvery aluminium, the shade metamorphosing the design from colourful and quirky to streamlined and chic – with a characterful twist.

Bon Jour Unplugged by Philippe Starck, Flos

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Flos’s Bon Jour Unplugged table lamp by Philippe Starck has been given a set of new colours, of which Chrome (and Black Chrome) make a statement in the midst of mostly pale pastels. Change its mood with interchangeable crown-like diffusers in fabric, rattan and amber and transparent.

Trace by CTO Lighting (coming soon)

The oversized Trace series by CTO Lighting creates incredible visual impact as its sweeping strands tumble and turn through the air alongside each other. Each sculpted bronze section is gently lit at both ends, for pared-back contemporary chandeliers and striking compositions.

Bianca by Dainelli Studios, Contardi

Falling through space in a helix formation, Twist has been added to Contardi’s Bianca collection by Dainelli Studios. A fluid design that feels organic yet structural, it’s made up of wirelessly connected tubular light sources and feels as if it’ll start spinning at any moment.

Idyllium by Carlotta de Bevilacqua, Artemide

Seemingly winding around and into itself, the Idyllium light by Carlotta de Bevilacqua for Artemide feels like one continuous gesture. Available as both a suspension and self-supporting floor lamp, the piece guides light in every direction, creating something filled with motion that blurs the boundary between art and practical lighting objects.

Drape by Jamie Wolfond, Moooi

“The essence of my design vision lies in material interaction, where the tension and flow of elements create a poetic dance of form and function," says designer Jamie Wolfond of his movement-filled Drape Light for Moooi. Created after years of exploration, the piece is a mesmerising just-rippled-by-the-wind interplay of light and shadow.

Free-floating floor lights

Where has that floor lamp got to? Well, it’s not in the corner where it’s been for years, and we, for one, are glad it’s made a break for it. Long consigned to be tucked into the edge of the room, floor lamps are now finding space in the room they are more worthy of, where they can be appreciated from all angles. Next to the away-from-the-wall sofa? Spotlighting a lounge chair? Casting a pattern across a cluster of plants? With designs getting only more beautiful, they deserve a slice of the limelight too.

Multi-room signature

The same light appearing in more than one room in the house? What is happening? It’s called a signature light, and it pulls us through space and links one area to the other, in the same way a thread of colour does. Think of your chosen design (or family of designs) as your glowing calling card.

Linearity in the living room

If you’ve grown accustomed to seeing horizontal lights hovering over a kitchen island or dining table and lengthy wall lights on either side of bathroom mirrors, it’s time to shake things up a bit. Increasingly, elongated lights are stepping out of their traditional zones, finding freedom to stretch and pulling the eye along walls, ceilings, and open plan areas, like luminous architectural features.

Down low in the living room

Pendants are hanging lower and lower in the living room, and the mood it creates is one of intimacy, cosiness and allure. Muted halos of brightness draw people together around conversation areas that you want emphasised, as well as accentuating surrounding textures, colours and objects. And no, you don’t need to mind your head, you’re not walking over the sofa or through the coffee table.