As the daylight hours start to wane, it’s time to cozy up our interiors — and these five modern table lamps cast rooms in just the right light. With expressive materials and compelling forms, each one is crafted to make a statement.

With a background in engineering, Danish designer Aleksandar Lazic brings precision, balance and thoughtful material selection to his body of work – which focuses on creating timeless objects that nod to the past while expressing a modern-day sensibility through both form and function. His Reverse table lamp for Audo is a stellar example of this signature approach. 

Simple yet stunning, the composition of the Reverse table lamp from Audo was inspired by 1970s Italian marble tables and the geometric constraints that informed their structure. While the pairing of a half-circle aluminum shade (in black or bronzed brass) atop a conical travertine base has a sense of familiarity, Lazic’s choice of materials elevates its status, with the light diffusing evenly across the unworked stone to highlight its imperfections and pockmarks. A dimmer switch at the top controls the dim-to-warm LED source with a gentle swipe of the finger. 

For Ben, his first-ever table lamp, Vancouver-based lighting designer Matthew McCormick devised a seemingly precarious arrangement of forms and proportions inspired by his young son’s habit of collecting and stacking found objects. A visual representation of childhood self-discovery and adventure, Ben began as a loose interpretation of iconic Dutch peg dolls, which morphed and evolved into its current form as McCormick landed on the perfect combination of shape, proportion and placement. 

Each made-to-order Ben table lamp from Matthew McCormick Studio features two perfectly balanced hand-carved solid stones topped with a hand-blown glass globe, and makes a playful yet sophisticated, sculptural addition to any room. Four standard base options are available: Calacatta Viola marble, Rosso Levanto marble, Black Carmanah marble and Roman travertine.  

Creatives Edoardo Pandolfo and Francesco Palù founded their Milan-based design and research studio 6:AM Glassworks to redefine and contemporize traditional Murano glassmaking while still celebrating the centuries-old artisanal legacy. Named for the time of morning when glassmakers typically ignite their furnaces, 6:AM regularly partners with skilled artisans and designers to bring their cutting-edge creations to life. One such collaborator is Italian architect Hannes Peer, whose Lina and Linetta table lamps are as much statement-making totems as they are functional illuminators. 

Based off a previous Peer design – the Paysage collection – the Lina and Linetta table lamps are each made from four meticulously crafted, hand-textured Murano glass tiles that seamlessly slot together to form a structural diffuser for the dimmable bulb inside (two for Lina, one for Linetta). The uneven surface of the glass panels creates an interesting play of shadow and light and emanates a warm, magical glow. Both Lina and Linetta are available in three standard colourways and can also be customized for personal tastes. 

Copenhagen-based lighting designer Vibeke Fonnesberg Schmidt is known for her stunning hand-crafted lamps made from plexiglass and metal and informed by 1960s Italian design, Art Nouveau and the Bauhaus movement. She recently brought her signature style to Gubi with the new Coppia table lamp, which sits firmly at the intersection of design, art and craft.

A sculptural interplay of geometry, Coppia, meaning couple in Italian, celebrates dualities and pairings by sandwiching two differently sized sets of translucent Plexiglass discs – a first-time material for Gubi – between elegantly contoured stainless-steel bands, which have been tempered and brushed to take on a distinctive bronze glow. The translucent plates of acrylic soften and diffuse light and reflect off the metal in a wonderous way. Curious to behold at every angle, the double-shaded light fixture is held together by small pins rather than glue, meaning that all pieces can be dissembled and recycled or repaired if necessary. The adhesive-free construction also allows for the two-toned Plexiglass components – which are offered in Ivory & Olive, Ivory & Clover and Ivory & Blush – to be swapped out as desired. 

Marie Michielssen, an in-house designer for Belgian contemporary homewares brand Serax for more than 20 years, has added a new table lamp to her ever-popular Earth series of objects and vessels. As with all the other pieces in the collection, the latest Earth table lamp is made entirely from paper mache and is an embodiment of the designer’s “profound love” for paper, print and the reuse of materials. 

Each hand-moulded Earth table lamp from Serax has a strikingly irregular base that is shaped as an abstraction of an arm, lending the light fixture a surrealist and sculptural effect. The drum shade is at once classic and compelling with its natural irregularities and uneven texture. Warm light is diffused along the milky off-white body, highlighting its hand-crafted nature, and a black fabric cord offers a touch of contrast.