What your lamp reveals about you

15 types of lamps – and what they say about your design style

Lamps are much more than just a light source. They set accents, create atmosphere—and reveal who you are. Some speak of restraint, others of courage, poetry, or futuristic thinking. We've curated 15 iconic lamp styles and translated them into design personalities.

Find out which vintage lamp or design classic suits you best.

1. The Quiet Sculptor

Your style is calm, reduced, sculptural.

You don't like volume, but presence – clear shapes, muted colors and handcrafted substance.

📌 Typical lamp: Sculptural design lamp in neutral tone

2. The Glam Minimalist

You love shiny surfaces, clean lines and luxurious restraint.

Your home is immaculately curated – you prefer strong accents to excess.

📌 Typical lamp: Glass or metal lamp with vintage flair

3. The Timeless Classic

Your style is mid-century meets museum.

You appreciate design icons – but never for the sake of fashion. Quality, attitude, and a sense of form are the focus.

📌 Typical lamp: Poul Henningsen, Louis Poulsen, iconic classics

4. The Bold Minimalist

Your style is bold, playful and colorful.

You love filling rooms with character – full of energy, not full of things.

📌 Typical lamp: statement piece in color or unusual shape

5. The Tech Aesthete

You are precise, analytical and futuristic.

You combine high-tech with aesthetics and love light as a design system – functional and focused.

📌 Typical lamp: Modular, adjustable, technically sophisticated

6. The Playful Iconoclast

You love anti-rules and strong contrasts.

Your space can be loud, wild and ironic – you think in objects rather than categories.

📌 Typical lamp: Memphis style, geometric and colorful

7. The Dark Classicist

Understatement with depth.

You love black, chrome, structure – nothing decorative, but a lot of impact.

📌 Typical lamp: Simple metal or ceramic lamp in a dark finish

8. The Rational Optimist

You combine logic with ease.

For you, good design is functional and beautiful – but never random.

📌 Typical lamp: Transparent or structurally designed lamp

9. The Neo-Futurist

You think forward, not back.

For you, design is a promise – reduced, well thought out, but sensual.

📌 Typical lamp: glass and chrome, clean lines, futuristic elegance

10. The Romantic Modernist

You are emotional, but never cheesy.

You love poetry in form, colors with soul and design with history.

📌 Typical lamp: pastel tones, soft lines, mid-century or Danish design

11. The Soft Brutalist

You love rough materials – but with sensitivity.

Your space is structured, tactile, grounded.

📌 Typical lamp: Visible construction, plaster, concrete or metal

12. The Vintage Entertainer

You host dinner parties. Your lamp represents glamour and glamour, and grand evenings with new and old acquaintances. Think of Yves Saint Laurent in Marrakech in the 1970s.

📌 Typical lamp: lacquer colors, color blocking, Space Age or Memphis

13. The Bauhaus Thinker

You are conceptual, analytical and design-conscious.

Form follows function – but please with precision and poise.

📌 Typical lamp: steel tube, clear geometry, grid structure

14. The Organic Minimalist

You like it tidy but warm.

Your interior is soft, flooded with light, made of natural materials.

📌 Typical lamp: textile, rattan, paper or glass in organic form

15. The Emotional Collector

You live with things that move you.

It’s not styles that are important – but stories, memories, feelings.

📌 Typical lamp: mix of eras, colors and meanings

Conclusion: Lamps are more than just light

Whether an expressive icon or a quiet sculpture – every lamp brings attitude into the home.

Find out which style suits you – or discover your next statement.

📌 Check out our curated selection of vintage lamps in the shop .