Sabine Marcelis is known for museum installations in which light moves through resin and glass in ways that feel almost geological — work that has appeared in the Design Museum, the Victoria and Albert, and design weeks across Milan and Basel. The VARMBLIXT collection for IKEA takes that same material intelligence and prices it at £55. The orange glass lamp is mouth-blown, so each piece varies slightly. It functions as both a table lamp and a wall fixture. Built-in LED, 25,000-hour lifespan, no bulbs to replace ever. IKEA reports one sells every five minutes in the US alone — which says something about appetite for design that doesn’t ask you to justify the expense. A smart dimmable version with twelve colour presets arrives in April 2026. The risk with democratised design is that it loses the intention. This lamp changes a room in exactly the way a more expensive object would.
£55 — ikea.com