New and Notable Lighting Looks for 2023
Nature maintained its reign while smoky glass and brass turned on the lighting drama at the fall 2022 High Point Market
Smoky and wavy glass elements were bright new spots in the lighting collections presented in October at High Point Market, the U.S. home furnishings industry’s biggest fall event. Meanwhile, the natural materials and black, gold and white finishes that have dominated the last few seasons showed no signs of dimming. Below, we look at these and other enduring and emerging lighting trends that stood out in the showrooms last month and are poised to shine well into 2023.
In addition to Champagne-soaked finishes, dark smoked glass made a big splash both in 1970s-inspired designs (which were all the rage) and in more modern looks. Eichholtz’s Nuvola wall lamp is an opulent, architectural take on the trend.
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Arteriors’ Roman chandelier channels one of the season’s big design trends — references to classical architecture — into smoky, seedy textured glass paired with vintage-finish brass medallions.
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Antiqued mercury glass is having a moment too, and for transitional-style rooms it offers an updated yet classic look. The Emerson Bell Jar pendant from Regina Andrew for Southern Living, pictured here, pairs the finish with oil-rubbed bronze hardware in a big, bold shape.
Stunning Stone
Wildwood’s marble Liguria lamp incorporates another material that was hugely popular across furnishings and accessories categories at this market: bold stone.
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Wildwood’s marble Liguria lamp incorporates another material that was hugely popular across furnishings and accessories categories at this market: bold stone.
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While cool white Carrara marble shaped into monolithic forms and accents is still ubiquitous, lamps with strongly veined colored stone, like the Liguria, and backlit light-toned stone, like Wildwood’s Barletta, represent refreshing evolutions of the trend.
Natural Inspiration
Nature remained front and center in both form and finish at High Point this season. Woven material — rattan in particular — featured big in many collections, particularly mixed with other finishes, added as accents and shaped into simple, oversize forms.
The birdcage-like Becki Owens for Hudson Valley Lighting Jordan chandelier, which is made from natural rattan and accented with brass metalwork, is a good example.
Nature remained front and center in both form and finish at High Point this season. Woven material — rattan in particular — featured big in many collections, particularly mixed with other finishes, added as accents and shaped into simple, oversize forms.
The birdcage-like Becki Owens for Hudson Valley Lighting Jordan chandelier, which is made from natural rattan and accented with brass metalwork, is a good example.
Caned details and inserts are still going strong too. Hudson Valley Lighting’s Florina pendant light has petals of natural rattan caning trimmed in white cotton.
When not woven, natural material was often wrapped around fixtures, as exemplified by the detail on the Mindy table lamp pictured here (another Becki Owens design). Leather-wrapped lighting fixtures also abounded.
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Moon Lighting
This season, the moon is a rising mini trend within the larger trend of borrowed-from-nature forms. At the market, it inspired cratered, matte finishes; dark, celestial palettes; and literal lunar-inspired designs, such as this Selene sconce by Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting, which was inspired by the Greek goddess of the moon.
This season, the moon is a rising mini trend within the larger trend of borrowed-from-nature forms. At the market, it inspired cratered, matte finishes; dark, celestial palettes; and literal lunar-inspired designs, such as this Selene sconce by Fine Art Handcrafted Lighting, which was inspired by the Greek goddess of the moon.
Coastal Accents
Many of this season’s designs nodded to the sea as well. Capiz shells, for example, added a naturally glamorous iridescence to many fixtures, including this Melisa chandelier from the new Megan Molten x Mitzi Tastemakers collection.
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Many of this season’s designs nodded to the sea as well. Capiz shells, for example, added a naturally glamorous iridescence to many fixtures, including this Melisa chandelier from the new Megan Molten x Mitzi Tastemakers collection.
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We didn’t see any fish, but we did see a lot of coral-shaped designs, including this Sea Breeze sconce by Wildwood — which, as part of the brand’s Select program, can be custom-painted in any Benjamin Moore color.
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Organic Shapes
Botanical motifs were still in full bloom at the market, both in perfectly replicated flowers and more abstract, organic forms, like the handcrafted Japanese-plum-blossom-inspired glass shades on this Ume pendant by Vermont-based Hubbardton Forge.
Botanical motifs were still in full bloom at the market, both in perfectly replicated flowers and more abstract, organic forms, like the handcrafted Japanese-plum-blossom-inspired glass shades on this Ume pendant by Vermont-based Hubbardton Forge.
Eco-Friendly Materials
Natural, recycled and recyclable materials — including glass, grasses, wood and recycled metal — were integral to many lighting designs, as they were in all categories of home furnishings at the market. Varaluz’s Pinion chandelier, for example, is made from recycled steel that’s covered with an eco-friendly, hand-applied Zen Gold finish.
Natural, recycled and recyclable materials — including glass, grasses, wood and recycled metal — were integral to many lighting designs, as they were in all categories of home furnishings at the market. Varaluz’s Pinion chandelier, for example, is made from recycled steel that’s covered with an eco-friendly, hand-applied Zen Gold finish.
Gold, Black and White
While color is making a huge comeback in interiors in general (and we did see flashes of that here and there within lighting), matte black and white and soft gold or brass continue to be the dominant finishes on light fixtures, individually and in combination.
The vintage gold leaf, black and white Adara pendant from Corbett Lighting puts the three together to stunning effect in a stylish, Art Deco-inspired silhouette.
While color is making a huge comeback in interiors in general (and we did see flashes of that here and there within lighting), matte black and white and soft gold or brass continue to be the dominant finishes on light fixtures, individually and in combination.
The vintage gold leaf, black and white Adara pendant from Corbett Lighting puts the three together to stunning effect in a stylish, Art Deco-inspired silhouette.
In addition to Art Deco and Art Moderne, midcentury modern design influenced many of the gleaming golden fixtures, including this Sacramento chandelier by Arteriors.
This gorgeous Freesia sconce by Corbett Lighting has a vintage brass finish and a fresh-looking folded geometric form. After several seasons of rounded and amorphous forms, here and there angles and edges (especially in accessories and patterns) are sprinkling in some contrast.
Tiptop Table Lamps
Table lamps are key to layered lighting, and layered lighting is key to a finished room. Fortunately, the options at this fall’s High Point Market were on point — especially those with totemic and sculptural, cutout forms, like this Four Hands Cuit table lamp.
Table lamps are key to layered lighting, and layered lighting is key to a finished room. Fortunately, the options at this fall’s High Point Market were on point — especially those with totemic and sculptural, cutout forms, like this Four Hands Cuit table lamp.
For those who taste leans more traditional — or traditional with a modern twist — there are plenty of options this season.
Reminiscent of a Chinese vase, the Regina Andrew Royal table lamp is at once timeless and stylish thanks to a flash of crystal at its base.
Reminiscent of a Chinese vase, the Regina Andrew Royal table lamp is at once timeless and stylish thanks to a flash of crystal at its base.
Integrated LED Lighting
Arteriors’ Sadie task lamp reflects another trend that showed up in lighting designs both classic and uber-modern: integrated LED lights, which have LED arrays built right into the fixture. With their low heat output (which makes them suitable for embedding into furniture and pairing with delicate fabrics), their longevity and their ability to be used in skinny, linear and ribbon-like shapes, they’ve become darlings of many lighting designers.
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Arteriors’ Sadie task lamp reflects another trend that showed up in lighting designs both classic and uber-modern: integrated LED lights, which have LED arrays built right into the fixture. With their low heat output (which makes them suitable for embedding into furniture and pairing with delicate fabrics), their longevity and their ability to be used in skinny, linear and ribbon-like shapes, they’ve become darlings of many lighting designers.
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Perhaps the most exciting trend to emerge at the fall 2022 High Point Market, which closed Oct. 26, was a renewed emphasis on glass. But we’re not just talking about clear, classic lamp bases. We mean color-infused, wavy, seeded, ribbed and all-out sexy glass, like this ombre Kyoto chandelier from Corbett Lighting.
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