Layla Table Lamp by Serena Confalonieri for MM Lampadari.

Layla is the new table lamp designed by Serena Confalonieri for the artisanal Italian lighting brand MM Lampadari. Presented at this year’s Milan Design Week, Layla was inspired by the shape of old oil lamps and nightstand lights.

The name Layla derives from the Arabic word ليلى (laylah) which means “night” and suggests the use of the lamp within private spaces, the perfect thing on hand for the time between wake and sleep. This is translated into a warm and reassuring object that fosters an intimately domestic atmosphere.

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These glass table lamps are handblown and characterized by their playful shape. The finishes chosen by Serena diversify the upper part, transparent and monochromatic, from the lower one, opaque and striped. The lamps light up in their entirety—in the upper part the light is more direct, filtered only by the colour of the transparent glass, while in the lower part the opaque glass allows only a part of it to pass, transforming it into a translucent body. The result is a kaleidoscopic mix of colours, a perfect dialogue between form and decoration.

Riffing on the theme of sleep, Serena interpreted the concept for the collection launch, recreating a world between reality and dream to capture an ethereal and surreal atmosphere.

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[Images courtesy of Serena Confalonieri. Photography by Stefania Zanetti.]