As an interiors editor, every time you're invited to preview a brand's upcoming collection, your eyes are peeled for which piece will be the viral 'sell-out' design. Last season, for M&S, it was an amber glass table lamp that somehow seamlessly straddled the world of vintage Murano glass lighting, with a distinctly contemporary feel. It quickly sold out, restocked, sold out, restocked, and sold out again.
So you can imagine my excitement when I saw that the high street retailer has released a reimagined version of the same lamp — this time tapping into the retro-leaning 'mushroom' lighting trend. "As a team, we’ve been really inspired by the idea that lighting should do more than simply illuminate," Connor Woskett, one of M&S' homeware designers, tells me. "Our latest collection explores sculptural shapes, beautiful materials, and the way light interacts with surfaces."
