Lighting

Swedish lighting brand Wästberg has released the w241 Faro, a portable and rechargeable lamp designed by architect Sir David Chipperfield. Inspired by traditional lighthouses, the lamp comes is suitable for indoor and outdoor use, featuring a 20-hour rechargable battery, seamless dimmer, and wide glare-free light dispersion.

The Theia lamp was designed by Mathias Hahn, a German designer based in London, in 2016 for Marset, a Spanish lighting company founded in 1940 in Barcelona. It has a swivelling design with two intersecting half-spheres, one positioned horizontally and the other vertically.

In 2024, Louis Poulsen, the Danish lighting manufacturer, celebrates its 150th birthday by re-issuing its most famous designs. Based on the works of Arne Jacobsen and Poul Henningsen, the anniversary collection uses Pale Rose on the inside of the shades instead of white, with matt white on the outside, and brass detailing.

Industrial designer Inma Bermudez, based in Valencia, Spain, has designed the FollowMe portable lamp for the Barcelona-based lighting company Marset. The original FollowMe lamp features a tilting opal diffuser and a white matte polycarbonate body with an oak plywood handle.

Danish design company Karakter has created a portable version of the original 1978 Lari lamp by Italian architect, sculptor, and industrial designer Angelo Mangiorotti. The Lari Mini lamp consists of a single mouth-blown piece of glass with the same rippled effect as the original, and sits on a powder-coated aluminium base.

TAF Studio has designed the Kori Collection of lamps for Finnish furniture company Artek, which architect Alvar Aalto founded. Kori translates to 'basket' and refers to the core element of the light fitting, designed to create a soft and diffuse light. The collection includes a table, floor, and three pendant lights, available in a deep matt white powder-coated finish. The floor and table lamps are also available in bright matt orange. The Kori Collection is manufactured in Italy, with the die-cast light basket made from recycled aluminium. Artek

British designer John Tree produced the Apex lamp collection in his first collaboration with the Danish furniture company HAY. The series of four lamps is inspired by the classic Banker's light and features folded steel shades in six colours. HAY

Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen, founded in 1874, is releasing a new colour palette of five pastel shades for the classic AJ lamp. The original AJ lamp was designed by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen in 1957. The new shades reflect the colours in the watercolours painted by Arne Jacobsen and include Warm Sand, Soft Yellow, Dusty Blue, Warm Grey and Electric Orange. Louis Poulsen

Swedish lighting company Wästberg will launch the Pawson w223 lamp at Euroluce 2023 in Milan. The John Pawson designed lamp, with its distinctive profile, is produced in two contrasting versions, solid marble and matt aluminium with a hollow interior. Wästberg

The Bell range of lighting, designed by Tom Dixon, features a super polished reflective finish allowing it to take on the atmosphere of its surroundings. Bell is formed from pressed steel and plated in Brass, Copper, Chrome, Iridescent PVD Blue and Glossy Black. Tom Dixon

The Amp lamp was designed by Simon Legald for Normann Copenhagen. The design of the Amp range of small lamps was inspired by the tube amplifiers of the 1960s. The lamps are made from marble and gold/green or smoke/black glass lampshades. Normann Copenhagen

The lighting products manufactured by Vipp feature a powder coated steel lamp shade with 1539 perforations.  This together with matte glass allows for a soft diffused light. Vipp

Designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977, the Atollo Lamp was awarded the Compasso d'Oro in 1979 and has become part of the permanent collections of the world's major museum of design. Atollo's secret probably lies in the geometrical construction of its shapes: the cone on the cylinder and the semisphere above all. Oluce