LED Mushroom Table Lamp | Modern Amanita Inspired Light For Bedsides, Desks and Bookshelves

The mushroom form is one of the few shapes that is both a recognisable object and a genuinely good lamp. The cap is a dome, which is the classic diffuser shape, and the stem is a column, which is the classic base. The silhouette people find charming is also the one that works, which is why it keeps returning.

What the cap does is contain and direct. All the output goes downward and outward onto the surface, none of it up into your eyes, so a mushroom lamp on a bedside table or a shelf gives a pool of light without a bright point anywhere in view. That makes it comfortable to sit beside for a whole evening. Set it at or below eye level from where you sit, since the whole benefit of a capped shade is that you never see the source directly. Handle it by the stem rather than the cap when you move it.

It suits bedsides, shelves, consoles, desks, and children's rooms where the form does extra work. Position it where the pool of light lands on something rather than the middle of a bare surface. Dust with a soft dry cloth. Buy it now.

• Cap is a classic diffuser dome, stem a classic base
• Charming silhouette that is also good lamp design
• Directs all output down and outward, none into your eyes
• Comfortable to sit beside for a full evening
• Suits bedsides, shelves, consoles, and children's rooms
• Position where the pool of light lands on something