
Light is the symbol of the winter holiday par excellence, so a lamp is certainly a welcome and useful Christmas gift for the home office corner or the living room.
In this article WOW offers a selection of technical and decorative lamps, for every environment and every taste, for design addict and smart workers; even on a limited budget.
Ledvance: call with perfect light.
Whether it’s a business conference or a chat with distant relatives and friends, video calling has become a daily routine.
To illuminate the face in the most effective way, can be useful the Mobile Camera Light Ring by Ledvance, a circular lamp with integrated smartphone holder; it exists in a table version (€ 26.90) or with a long floor stand and remote bluetooth control (€ 64.90).
Herman Miller: powerful light with a small footprint.
Herman Miller’s Lolly personal light is perfect for the home office and in any work environment, it has a long-lasting LED light source. It is compact and space-saving, equipped with a tilting head, charging ports and touch-sensitive brightness adjustment settings.
It maximizes efficiency by minimizing energy: after four hours of inactivity, the high-powered light will automatically shut off to conserve its energy. So the light lasts longer, helps the environment and saves money. The USB-A and USB-C ports allow you to recharge all devices (€ 275).
Luceplan: evanescent and rechargeable, even outdoor.
Nui Mini by Luceplan is a rechargeable table lamp, extension of the outdoor Nui family lamps, designed by Meneghello Paolelli.
The crystal base creates a sophisticated effect of reflections and makes the lamp light and evanescent; the hat has three colors (sand white and dove gray). It is resistant to outdoor atmospheric agents. It recharges like a smartphone and has an autonomy of up to 12 hours (€ 255).
Kreon: Gehry’s poetic luminous cloud.
The Cloud lamps by Kreon, designed by Frank O. Gehry, are available in various sizes and models (including floor and suspension).
It has a voluminous but delicate paper-like shade made of Nomex (non-woven fabric with fire resistant, antistatic and acoustic properties). Its irregular sculptural shape, marked by ripples and bulges, suggests a cloud or a snowball.
Each lamp is unique because the structure of the folds can be changed by pressing it. The price varies according to the size (Baby Cloud € 238).
Olev: ultra matt finish and personalized light.
The Makà battery-powered table lamp by Olev, designed by Mark Sadler with Olev Design Lab, is available in elegant ultra matt finishes, in black, white, burnished, gold and titanium, hand-painted in Italy.
It has an industrial look and offers the highest degree of lighting customization: a button, under the head of the lamp, activates the Dim to Warm technology, to adjust the intensity and color of the light (€ 360).
Catellani & Smith: by candlelight.
The lamp-candlesticks by Catellani & Smith designed by Enzo Catellani have evocative names and suggestive shapes: Gemma has a base in raw iron with a wax saver and a 30 cm aluminum disc; it is available in gold, silver or copper (323 €); Miracle has a 75 cm flexible tube structure (€ 201).