Table Lamps Galore!

(Dalu Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide)Table Lamps are very practical light fixtures – sometimes doing double duty in some rooms as they can provide task lighting as well as accent lighting for the room.  In our previous Designer Monthly, Suspended Light, we talked about how hanging light fixtures provide ambient lighting for the room.  Table lamps are more specialized – because of their smaller body, they can only throw light on a small area.  They’re great for specific tasks – reading, doing deskwork, and for providing an accent light in a corner of the room, where a ceiling light may miss. 

The common table lamp usually comes with a lampshade – to control the glare of the lightbulb – and a vasiform shape to hold everything up. Below are typical table lamps made from wood, glass, or ceramic bodies in either vase or urn forms. 

First in the slideshow is the Leah Lamp by Arteriors, a hand-blown purple glass, and great for modern rooms.The Alice Lamp is from Sedgfield by Adams and made of oak.  The Julie Lamp has a lattice pattern on its porcelain body from Arteriors. Both lamps work great in classical-styled homes. Last is the Oakwood Caged Lamp by Arteriors, a combination of glass and metalwork, and complements contemporary spaces. 

(Pimento Table Lamp by Jon Gilmore)By the middle of the twentieth century, the typical vasiform body was being replaced by much more sculptural forms. An example is the Pimento Table Lamp by Jon Gilmore, a wooden tongue-in-cheek rendition of the appetizer.

Our first table lamp above, the Dalu, is a very modern S-curve shape in molded red thermoplastic.  The Dalu Lamp by Vico Magistretti for Artemide was first introduced back in the 1960s and is still being reproduced today.  The green and clear frosted glass table lamp below is by George Kovacs and features a curved body within another curved form.   Both lamps make great accent lights in the room as well as great conversation pieces.

(Kovacs lamp)Another sculptural piece that completely does away with the traditional lamp shade is the Fiorellina lamp by the Italian lighting company, SLAMP.  Designed by Nigel Coates, the lamp uses Cristalflex and Opalflex materials that reflects and diffuses light. Fiorellina is an imaginative take on a sea creature or some futurustic plant. 

(Fiorellina lamp from SLAMP)As new types of light bulbs came into the market, designers developed new forms of light fixtures.  The smaller LED (light-emitting diodes) bulbs give designers the freedom for more creativity, as shown in the Leaf Light below. Designed by Yves Behar for Herman Miller, it's a beautiful expression of flight. 

(Leaf Light from Y Lighting)

Interested in learning more about lighting a room?  Take a look at Sheffield School's Complete Course in Interior Design.  At Sheffield, you will learn how to transform a space, create color schemes, and select furniture, lighting, and accessories.  

Comments

[Lau Mai]

These table lamps are really great! i was surprised with their different designs and i find it beautiful. i think i can match them with my dining room furnitures. they will help give new look to my furnitures.

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[Spice Racks For Kitchen Cabinets]

Lighting design very many kinds. For the election depends on your taste, but adjust to the conditions of your room. I like the model of design drawings from your blog. As inspiration for the lights in my house.

[George Zeed]

Wow, great ideas! Thanks for posting. I was needing some ideas for gifts for Christmas and this was very helpful!

George Z.

[Travis Blackbrid]

Great post!

Travis

[Neal Lacy]

Love all of them!

[Rich Fenton]

The most interesting lightbulbs I've seen are hand blown ones. Almost each one is unique, but wouldn't fit most lamps like the ones shown on these photos!

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[Reproduction Furniture]

love the leaf lamp.

[Bohol Web Designer]

I like the designs of those lamps. As inspiration for the lights in my house too.

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Everything in this full with beauty,

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[Karan Batra]

Although these Lamp Shades are very decorative, I'm not sure how much light they would emit..

[Kristina, Flyer Printing]

With these table lamps, who needs overhead lighting? While not all people will be able to appreciate the artistry and the creativity behind every curve and twist in the designs of these lamps, most will be able to appreciate the aesthetic value at the very least. Usually when people take about "lamps" the first thing to come into mind would be the typical curved body with a bulb in the middle, but these designs show that there are so many more possibilities that could open up with the right conditions. A room's beauty is determined by many different factors, and table lamps like these are one of them.

[Johny G]

These table lamps are simply amazing. One day, when I can afford something this nice, I will buy some. Beautiful lamps.

[Gary Doublespark]

I think often forget and stick any old lamp in a room. This post offers some great inspiration. The first picture has to be the best one.

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Pimento Table Lamp and Leaf Lamp are beautiful and they can be moved to my house now :)

[Jon - wooden spice rack]

I love the leaf light. Very exotic and classy. I maybe prefer the green colored one than red. Nice article

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