Dezeen Names Ten Best Furniture and Lighting Designs from September 2026 European Design Weeks
The editorial team at Dezeen has curated a selection of ten remarkable furniture and lighting designs showcased during the September 2026 design weeks across Europe, including the London Design Festival, Helsinki Design Week, and Berlin's Currents festival. Noteworthy pieces feature Jake Robertson's Split Lamp, the elongated floor lamp by Wretched Flowers, and Valeria Montero's Membrana lamp. Filippo Muzi Falconi’s Portal of Seedlings earned a spot on the shortlist for the 2026 Wood Award. In Berlin, Llot Llov presented the Throw lamps and Tilo chair, while WINT Design Lab introduced Tracks lampshades. Additionally, Gubi reissued the Lotus Table Lamp, first created by Carlo Nason in 1969. At Helsinki's Habitare, Sistem launched the Tynne acoustic screen for Niimaar, made from leftover oak strips and wood-fibre acoustic filling.
Key facts
- Dezeen selected ten favourite furniture and lighting designs from September 2026 design weeks including London Design Festival, Helsinki Design Week, and Currents in Berlin.
- Jake Robertson's Split Lamp, shown in the With Limitations exhibition hosted by Aram and Design Everything, is made from an aluminium pipe split like a banana peel with zero waste.
- Wretched Flowers, led by Loney Abrams and Johnny Stanish, showed a chainmail-clad floor lamp at the Studio Iron exhibition during London Design Festival.
- Valeria Montero's Membrana lamp uses the membrane from inside an agave leaf, traditionally used for the dish mixiote, as a light diffuser.
- Gubi reissued Carlo Nason's 1969 Lotus Table Lamp, made with the 1920s 'pulegoso' Murano glass technique.
- Llot Llov's 20th-anniversary exhibition took place in a former 1900s window blind factory in Berlin, opened to the public for the first time in decades as part of the Currents festival.
- WINT Design Lab's Tracks lampshades are robotically cut and scored paper folded by humans, shown at the Seetech exhibition during Currents.
- The Tynne acoustic screen by Sistem for Niimaar launched at Habitare in Helsinki, using oak leftovers from sailboat maker Swan and acoustic filling from Aisti.
Entities
Artists
- Jake Robertson
- Loney Abrams
- Johnny Stanish
- Valeria Montero
- Filippo Muzi Falconi
- Mara Bragagnolo
- Carlo Nason
- Verner Panton
- Ania Bauer
- Jacob Brinck
- Felix Rasehorn
- Robin Hoske
- Edward Milton
- Amy Frearson
- Jennifer Hahn
- Jane Englefield
- Nat Barker
- Cajsa Carlson
Institutions
- Dezeen
- Aram
- Design Everything
- Wretched Flowers
- Studio Iron
- All Ears
- Gubi
- Llot Llov
- WINT Design Lab
- Seetech
- Sistem
- Niimaar
- Sitra
- Swan
- Aisti
- EJM Studio
- Collate Lobby
- 2LG Studio
- Wood Award
- London Design Festival
- Helsinki Design Week
- Currents
- Habitare
- Shoreditch Design Week
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Helsinki
- Finland
- Berlin
- Germany
- Murano
- Italy
- New York
- United States
- Manchester
- Tegel Airport
Sources
- Dezeen —