Nordic Wood & Metal Desk Lamp – White, Green, Yellow or Pink

A desk lamp that pairs a wood element with a painted metal body, offered in White, Green, Yellow, Pink and Black. The wood is left as the visible warm note against the flat painted metal — two materials with entirely different surfaces, one absorbing light and one bouncing it back. The color choice applies to the metal rather than the wood, so every version keeps the same timber tone.

Splitting a desk lamp between wood and metal divides the work sensibly. Metal takes the heat and the structural stress at the joints and the head, where a wooden arm would eventually work loose at its fixings. Wood takes the parts that get handled, where it is warmer to the touch and quieter when set down than bare metal. Painted metal also lets the color be strong without any of it landing on the timber.

It suits a desk, a study table, or a bedside table used mainly for reading. The three brighter finishes read as color in a room and White and Black as neutrals, but the wood keeps all five from feeling cold.

• Materials: Wood and painted metal
• Colors: White, Green, Yellow, Pink, Black
• Form: Desk lamp