Vima Shade Vase Lamp

Somewhere between a table lamp and a piece of turned pottery, this is a shade built on a vase profile — a swelling body drawn up into a narrower neck, the silhouette you would normally expect to hold flowers rather than soften a light source. The shade does its work through its own wall, so the shape you see unlit is the shape the light takes once it is on. Vima belongs in the quieter corners of a room: a bedside table, a hallway console, the far end of a desk where you want a pool of light instead of a working beam. It also suits anyone assembling a set of coordinated printed homeware, since the vase language carries over easily to other pieces sharing the same shelf. Switched off it still reads as an object worth having out, which is more than most lamp shades manage.