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Pia’s Picks: these lamps look like they’re made as one piece
by Pia Seidel
Pia's picks: lamps that celebrate cables instead of hiding them
29.9.2025
Translation: machine translated
What if cables no longer had to be concealed, but were part of the concept from the outset? Lamps that cleverly integrate rather than conceal cables could be the solution.
Cable. Nobody wants to see them, but without them it's often impossible. For many years, I tried to conceal them - behind furniture, in cable ducts, under carpets. But maybe I should think the other way round: welcome them instead of banishing them.
Perhaps the problem is that they are often not integrated into the design concept. Some designers have recognised this - and deliver lamps that manage the balancing act: they legitimise cables by using them as a design element. This approach gives the lamps a unique character.
Celebrating the necessary evil
An example: the «Orey» collection from Kave Home. Here, the power supply is not simply hidden, but integrated into the shape of the lamp. It winds elegantly along the stand like a vine and thus becomes a style element.
Hello cable clutter
It's time to rethink. Cables are not the problem. They are just misunderstood design victims that have received too little love so far. Who knows, maybe one day I'll no longer see them as a disruptive factor, but as an opportunity to personalise rooms.
Until then: switch on the lights, show the cables proudly - or at least integrate them cleverly.
In the series «Pias Picks» you will regularly see my favourite finds. They are things that I don't need but adore anyway.
Header image: Kave Home
Pia Seidel
Senior Editor
Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.
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