10 lighting designs to brighten 2026
New lamps that got a glowing review from global design director Rosa Bertoli
| | Ten lighting designs to set 2026 aglowFrom 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 |
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| | 01. These porcelain lights were designed to mimic paper lanternsLee Broom’s ‘Cascade’ lighting for Lladró stood out for its sculptural presence |
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| | 02. A-POC Able Issey Miyake’s lighting collaboration with Atelier Oï was a tantalising showcaseComprising a series of table and pendant lamps in fabric and wire, the ‘Type-XIII’ project made its debut at Milan Design Week |
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| | 03. We met the new light of Jony Ive’s lifeJony Ive’s LoveFrom and Japanese company Balmuda joined forces to collaborate on the ‘Sailing Lantern’, an object informed by nature and precision |
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| | 04. ‘A small piece of architecture’: BassamFellows reissued Philip Johnson and Richard Kelly’s floor lightThe lamp was originally designed for Johnson’s landmark Glass House |
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| | 05. Tobia Scarpa’s revived wooden lighting for Flos combined ingenuity and visual poetryThe ‘Seki-Han’ lamp, a reissued 1963 design, features an ingenious wooden structure updated with contemporary technology |
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| | 06. The first-ever lava lamp was reissued, alongside a new giant versionDesigner Sabine Marcelis reimagined the 1960s design icon |
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| | 07. A portable light from Bocci was a luminous marvelThe company debuted the ‘118p’ – a portable lamp with feather-like impressions that are actually ‘stretch marks’ formed during the glass-making process |
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| | 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 |
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| | 09. Gabriel Tan’s rechargeable portable lamp for Louis Poulsen gave us a warm glowPart of our round-up of companionable lamps for dark evenings, the ‘Rumee 220’ is functional yet expressive |
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| | 10. This plug-in wall lamp offered a no-nonsense approachBritish designer Dean Edmonds’ practice is rooted in ultra-functionalism |
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