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Look Book: The New Mood Makers

IN 2026, LIGHTING is rewriting the mood of the built environment quietly, confidently and with far more personality. Retail embraces minimal infrastructures paired with bold, artful moments; restaurants lean into warm tonal shifts that feel almost candlelit; hospitality spaces glow with sculptural softness and tactility. Fixtures get rounder, materials richer, color rendering smarter. The result? Spaces that don’t just look good but feel good. Lighting becomes the emotional engine of a room, shaping how we move, shop, dine and unwind. It’s soft power with big impact and it’s defining the visual language of the year ahead. — Georgia Mizen


Look Book: The New Mood Makers

LightArt Somari

The collection blends expressive shape with effortless adaptability.

Somari turns illumination into modular poetry. Three sculptural forms – Sphere, Saucer, Cylinder – mix and multiply in luminous color, offering designers endless compositions. Lightweight and sustainably made, the collection blends expressive shape with effortless adaptability, proving that gentle radiance can still command a room.

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MANUFACTURER: LightArt
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


Look Book: The New Mood Makers

Gaspare Asaro Shell

The fixture brings soft, artful shimmer to walls or ceilings.

Shell glows like a whisper from the sea. Cast brass curves around three Murano Sfera globes, reflecting light across its rippling contours. Organic yet opulent, the fixture brings soft, artful shimmer to walls or ceilings, with finishes and enamels that shape its identity anew.

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MANUFACTURER: Gaspare Asaro
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


Look Book: The New Mood Makers

Lighting for Impact C-Channel

Magnetic, clipped or adhesive, it mounts almost anywhere and makes merchandising instantly sharper.

C-Channel is the glow up shelves have been begging for. Magnetic, clipped or adhesive, it mounts almost anywhere (metal, wire, wood, glass, plastic, pegged displays) and makes merchandising instantly sharper. It’s retail lighting that doesn’t need fussing: plug in, light up, sell more.


Look Book: The New Mood Makers

Gloster Ambient Pebble

Made for terraces, pool decks and alfresco tables that run late.


A stone-weighted lamp for spaces that don’t do indoors only. Ambient Pebble pairs a solid base with a powdercoated aluminum shade, then adds remote-controlled dimming like a quiet party trick. Eight light settings, cordless freedom and patio-proof poise – made for terraces, pool decks and alfresco tables that run late.

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MANUFACTURER: Gloster
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


Look Book: The New Mood Makers

Landscape Forms Louis

Installed in sequence, it becomes rhythmic wayfinding. Modernist, social and quietly sustainable.

Louis is a catenary that behaves like urban choreography. Its clean linear profile strings together unobstructed planes of light, guiding pedestrians through “slow velocity” spaces where people linger, talk and actually look up. Installed in sequence, it becomes rhythmic wayfinding. Modernist, social and quietly sustainable.

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MANUFACTURER: Landscape Forms
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


Look Book: The New Mood Makers

Siemon & Salazar Demi Sconce

Its tactile glass diffuses light with a soft, milky hush, cradled by a hand-formed brass armature.

Demi Sconce feels like jewelry that decided to become architecture. Using centuries old sand casting, its tactile glass diffuses light with a soft, milky hush, cradled by a hand-formed brass armature. The result is refined but human. A fixture that reads as craft, history and glow, all at once.

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MANUFACTURER: Siemon & Salazar
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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USAI Lighting LittleTwos NXT

Compact but commanding, NXT shows how small-scale lighting can define a space with confidence.


LittleTwos NXT packs remarkable power into a 2-inch form. Singles, Multiples and Pinhole options deliver precise illumination with advanced glare control, adapting effortlessly across hospitality and retail settings. Compact but commanding, NXT shows how small-scale lighting can define a space with confidence.

 

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MANUFACTURER: USAI Lighting
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Cuvee Created by Cuvée

Offering pieces that feel curated rather than constructed.

Created by Cuvée distils interior designer Bailey Ward’s refined eye into lighting poised between elegance and ease. Thoughtfully layered materials meet approachable luxury, offering pieces that feel curated rather than constructed. It’s elevated, harmonious and intentional for homey spaces.

 

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MANUFACTURER: Cuvee
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Pierborne Emergency Power Vault

The UL924-compliant backup transforms any fixture into emergency lighting, eliminating bulky bug-eye units.

When the lights must stay on, Emergency Power Vault steps in with industrial grace. The UL924-compliant backup transforms any fixture into emergency lighting, eliminating bulky bug-eye units. It’s reliability that preserves design integrity even in moments of darkness.

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MANUFACTURER: Pierborne LLC
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Revelite CL-6

It shapes beams to flatter a single artwork or distribute light evenly across varied forms and sizes.

CL-6 is ceiling lighting with curator energy. Fully adjustable and engineered for control, it shapes beams to flatter a single artwork or distribute light evenly across varied forms and sizes. Sleek enough to disappear, powerful enough to matter, it’s the kind of system that makes the display look intentional, not merely illuminated.

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MANUFACTURER: Revelite
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Ligne Roset Niji

A single, jewel-like light head completes the gesture – soft power expressed through pure, sculptural movement.

Niji arcs with quiet drama. Designed by Studio Shulab, this rainbow-inspired floor lamp shifts focus from shade to silhouette, letting its sweeping curve become the whole performance. A single, jewel-like light head completes the gesture – soft power expressed through pure, sculptural movement.

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MANUFACTURER: Ligne Roset
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Leucos OR

Soft diffusion, shifting contours and a finish that feels dressed for the room.

OR is a line that refuses to stay flat. Designed by Patrick Jouin, overlapping rings interlock into a luminous ribbon. Head on it reads as pure geometry, but in motion the depth reveals itself, like a light sculpture catching a new angle. Soft diffusion, shifting contours and a finish that feels dressed for the room.

 

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MANUFACTURER: LEUCOS
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Sabin’s LINEAR

Modular and expressive, LINEAR lends serene identity to sensory-driven spaces.

Sabin’s LINEAR family unites acoustics and illumination in one seamless gesture. The brand’s signature sewn construction forms quiet, rhythmic planes that shape sound while casting gentle light. Modular and expressive, LINEAR lends serene identity to sensory-driven spaces. Proof that silence can be striking.

 

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MANUFACTURER: Sabin
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Foscarini Eolie Collection

A precise downlight delivers focused glow ideal for restaurants, bars and p-o-s.


This company’s Eolie Collection brings elemental drama to hospitality environments. Crafted from recycled lava, Alicudi, Filicudi and Panarea introduce porous texture and volcanic depth above tables and counters. Unlit, they read as sculptural anchors; illuminated, a precise downlight delivers focused glow ideal for restaurants, bars and p-o-s.

 

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MANUFACTURER: Foscarini
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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Optique’s Perifina

With paintable surfaces, precise color rendering and nearly endless customization.

Perifina rewrites the rules of corner lighting. Curved and Square luminaires deliver seamless, indirect glow across wall-to-wall and wall-to-ceiling intersections – no gaps, no soldering, just smooth continuity. With paintable surfaces, precise color rendering and nearly endless customization, it brings soft architectural clarity to every edge.

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MANUFACTURER: Optique Lighting
PRODUCT CATEGORY: Lighting


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