10 lighting designs to brighten 2026

Ten lighting designs to set 2026 aglow

From leading brands as well as emerging makers, these are the standout lighting designs seen during the past 12 months, as selected by global design director Rosa Bertoli

01. These porcelain lights were designed to mimic paper lanterns

Lee Broom’s ‘Cascade’ lighting for Lladró stood out for its sculptural presence

02. A-POC Able Issey Miyake’s lighting collaboration with Atelier Oï was a tantalising showcase

Comprising a series of table and pendant lamps in fabric and wire, the ‘Type-XIII’ project made its debut at Milan Design Week

03. We met the new light of Jony Ive’s life

Jony Ive’s LoveFrom and Japanese company Balmuda joined forces to collaborate on the ‘Sailing Lantern’, an object informed by nature and precision

04. ‘A small piece of architecture’: BassamFellows reissued Philip Johnson and Richard Kelly’s floor light

The lamp was originally designed for Johnson’s landmark Glass House

05. Tobia Scarpa’s revived wooden lighting for Flos combined ingenuity and visual poetry

The ‘Seki-Han’ lamp, a reissued 1963 design, features an ingenious wooden structure updated with contemporary technology

06. The first-ever lava lamp was reissued, alongside a new giant version

Designer Sabine Marcelis reimagined the 1960s design icon

07. A portable light from Bocci was a luminous marvel

The company debuted the ‘118p’ – a portable lamp with feather-like impressions that are actually ‘stretch marks’ formed during the glass-making process

08. Heatherwick Studio and Tala released ‘Wake’, a bedside light for a calmer start and end to the day

‘Sleep is a fragile thing – we need to treat it as a precious commodity,’ said Thomas Heatherwick of reclaiming bedtime from our phones

09. Gabriel Tan’s rechargeable portable lamp for Louis Poulsen gave us a warm glow

Part of our round-up of companionable lamps for dark evenings, the ‘Rumee 220’ is functional yet expressive

Simple light comprising plug, lightbulb and shade

10. This plug-in wall lamp offered a no-nonsense approach

British designer Dean Edmonds’ practice is rooted in ultra-functionalism

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