Wall Lamp Elba Black

The construction is a metal base carrying one or more shades, and every shade adjusts. Light can be put where it is wanted, rather than spread across the room and hoped for.

That makes it a practical fitting before it is a decorative one, though it is neither plain nor loud about it. It works in an office and in a bedroom, which is a wider range than most lights manage.

The colours stay neutral throughout, so the fitting joins whatever palette a room already has. Functional minimalism is the phrase for it: as little as possible, and all of it doing something.