12 Terrific Interior Lighting Trends for 2023
Shells, blues, edgy rattan and wrapped forms were among the latest lighting looks at the spring High Point Market
Suzanne Ennis
6 maj 2023
In the world of decorative lighting, motifs and materials borrowed from nature continue their multiyear reign, and brass, black and white remain the dominant finishes. But this season, lighting manufacturers made those trends feel fresh while adding new looks into the mix. Below, we shine a light on the newest and hottest designs we saw at the spring 2023 High Point Market (held April 22-26 in North Carolina). They are soon to be — or are already — available through your favorite retailer or interior designer.
1. From Sea to Shining Sea
Nature has been the most important story in furniture and decor in recent years, and this season the ocean is enjoying its turn as the central character. In High Point showrooms, we saw coastal palettes, textures, materials and motifs turn up in all categories of furnishings and decor, including lighting.
Shells, sea glass, barnacles and a variety of sea creatures (often in matte-white-finished ceramic, wood or actual shell) festooned fixtures, as illustrated by this new bone china Tulum chandelier designed by Marjorie Skouras for Currey & Co.
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Nature has been the most important story in furniture and decor in recent years, and this season the ocean is enjoying its turn as the central character. In High Point showrooms, we saw coastal palettes, textures, materials and motifs turn up in all categories of furnishings and decor, including lighting.
Shells, sea glass, barnacles and a variety of sea creatures (often in matte-white-finished ceramic, wood or actual shell) festooned fixtures, as illustrated by this new bone china Tulum chandelier designed by Marjorie Skouras for Currey & Co.
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Regina Andrew’s new 37½-inch-wide Clam chandelier from the Coastal Living collection, shaped in clay and cast in resin, is a similar but more sculptural-looking option.
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Lest you think shells are only for casual coastal-style homes, consider Varaluz’s glamorous and versatile new Kalani chandelier, which is made from upcycled kabibe (clam) shells and recycled stainless steel with a low-VOC gold finish.
2. Bodacious Botanicals
Leaves and flowers were big, bold and sculptural in this season’s lighting designs. Another new Marjorie Skouras design for Currey & Co., the Bismarkia wall sconce with a trendy white gesso finish casts striking shadows on the wall behind it thanks to its integrated LED light.
Leaves and flowers were big, bold and sculptural in this season’s lighting designs. Another new Marjorie Skouras design for Currey & Co., the Bismarkia wall sconce with a trendy white gesso finish casts striking shadows on the wall behind it thanks to its integrated LED light.
Pretty, softer florals are still popular, often in glass-and-brass or gold-leaf finishes. Regina Andrew’s Dogwood chandelier is a cheerful example (and also features a flower that popped up on textiles and in other designs throughout the market).
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3. Celestial Season
Designers are increasingly mining celestial bodies (and especially the moon) for new looks. Ethnicraft’s new Moonlight wall lamp, which is available in a left or right curve and made with varnished metal and electroplated brass with a bronze topcoat, has an integrated LED light strip that creates a soft glow on the wall. It does remind us of moonlight, but doesn’t the switched-on fixture bear a resemblance to a solar eclipse too?
Designers are increasingly mining celestial bodies (and especially the moon) for new looks. Ethnicraft’s new Moonlight wall lamp, which is available in a left or right curve and made with varnished metal and electroplated brass with a bronze topcoat, has an integrated LED light strip that creates a soft glow on the wall. It does remind us of moonlight, but doesn’t the switched-on fixture bear a resemblance to a solar eclipse too?
4. Smoky ’70s
The Boba chandelier, which debuted at the market, is the latest from the Ilumine collection by Vanessa DeLeon for Kalco Lighting. Its sexy ’70s vibes, smoked glass globes, wrapped-leather arms and colored glass elements are all on trend.
The Boba chandelier, which debuted at the market, is the latest from the Ilumine collection by Vanessa DeLeon for Kalco Lighting. Its sexy ’70s vibes, smoked glass globes, wrapped-leather arms and colored glass elements are all on trend.
5. Rockin’ Rattan
Recent lighting collections have overflowed with rattan, woven grasses and other natural fibers, and there were still plenty of variations of those looks at market. What felt freshest this spring were unexpected colors and forms, which in some cases made the material almost unrecognizable.
For example, Arteriors’ Tamara sconce is made from gray-stained buri midrib (derived from a type of palm tree) that looks like steel.
Recent lighting collections have overflowed with rattan, woven grasses and other natural fibers, and there were still plenty of variations of those looks at market. What felt freshest this spring were unexpected colors and forms, which in some cases made the material almost unrecognizable.
For example, Arteriors’ Tamara sconce is made from gray-stained buri midrib (derived from a type of palm tree) that looks like steel.
And this Machina light from Varaluz’s new collection for the Smithsonian pays homage to the early days of flight with its propeller-like shape. The sharp angles of its 70% recycled steel frame contrasts with the earthiness of the sustainable hand-woven sulihiya (or rattan) of the “blades.”
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6. Blue Moods
White, gold and black may have been the most common colors for light fixtures at the market, but when manufacturers did splash out with color, they often chose blue (and, to a lesser extent, green).
For example, Currey & Co.’s popular Pierrepont pendant, pictured here, is now available in navy.
White, gold and black may have been the most common colors for light fixtures at the market, but when manufacturers did splash out with color, they often chose blue (and, to a lesser extent, green).
For example, Currey & Co.’s popular Pierrepont pendant, pictured here, is now available in navy.
Regina Andrew’s flush-mount Ombre Wood fixture, made of wood beads, shows the lighter end of the spectrum. (Wood bead chandeliers and ombre are two other design details we spotted in multiple places.)
7. Shape Shifters
Flexible designs were popular at the market this season, and that extended to the lighting category too. Several lighting manufacturers offered chandeliers comprising multiple pendants with adjustable cord lengths. And a few invited users to get even more hands-on.
Kalco Lighting’s new Flint collection, which includes this five-light drop pendant as well as a three-light option and coordinating sconce, was particularly cool — and practical to boot. Its natural alabaster stone and LED cylinders, which are suspended by jewelry-like chains, can be arranged and rearranged to suit virtually any space using decorative ceiling anchors.
Flexible designs were popular at the market this season, and that extended to the lighting category too. Several lighting manufacturers offered chandeliers comprising multiple pendants with adjustable cord lengths. And a few invited users to get even more hands-on.
Kalco Lighting’s new Flint collection, which includes this five-light drop pendant as well as a three-light option and coordinating sconce, was particularly cool — and practical to boot. Its natural alabaster stone and LED cylinders, which are suspended by jewelry-like chains, can be arranged and rearranged to suit virtually any space using decorative ceiling anchors.
8. The Bronze Age
The Brazing sconce from the new Denise McGaha collection for Wildwood introduces another finish trend: dark and patinaed metal, including bronze and blackened steel. Here, an antiqued mirror backplate pairs with a bronze metal sconce body.
The Brazing sconce from the new Denise McGaha collection for Wildwood introduces another finish trend: dark and patinaed metal, including bronze and blackened steel. Here, an antiqued mirror backplate pairs with a bronze metal sconce body.
Varaluz’s Cannery table light, made of an ombre galvanized steel, has a rustic-meets-industrial look.
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9. Picture This
Perhaps thanks to the rise of traditional interiors among younger consumers, classic picture lights were presented alongside product debuts and collection favorites last month.
The Fifi picture light from the newly debuted Ariel Okin x Mitzi Tastemakers collection has a sweet scalloped edge. It’s pictured here in navy but is available in white and brass and in multiple sizes.
Perhaps thanks to the rise of traditional interiors among younger consumers, classic picture lights were presented alongside product debuts and collection favorites last month.
The Fifi picture light from the newly debuted Ariel Okin x Mitzi Tastemakers collection has a sweet scalloped edge. It’s pictured here in navy but is available in white and brass and in multiple sizes.
10. Wrap It Up
One of the notable trends of the spring collections was a distinctive shape that one might call an elongated wrapped form.
This fixture — Kalco’s integrated LED Cape sconce in ivory and beige leather — has a brass clasp that resembles a buckle on a handbag.
One of the notable trends of the spring collections was a distinctive shape that one might call an elongated wrapped form.
This fixture — Kalco’s integrated LED Cape sconce in ivory and beige leather — has a brass clasp that resembles a buckle on a handbag.
Here’s that shape again, in the Denise McGaha collection for Wildwood. This one, the Stockman sconce, has contrasting brass and bronze petals and comes as a pendant and chandelier too.
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11. Loving the LEDs
Integrated LED fixtures, which have LEDs built right in, are ever-improving, and they’re giving lighting designers the opportunity to create pieces that would have been impossible to achieve with regular bulky, hot incandescents. Consequently, the selection of integrated LED designs gets more dazzling every season.
Corbett Lighting’s jewelry-inspired Celeste chandelier, for example, is made of clear cast-glass beads strung on LED tubes with a vintage brass finish.
Integrated LED fixtures, which have LEDs built right in, are ever-improving, and they’re giving lighting designers the opportunity to create pieces that would have been impossible to achieve with regular bulky, hot incandescents. Consequently, the selection of integrated LED designs gets more dazzling every season.
Corbett Lighting’s jewelry-inspired Celeste chandelier, for example, is made of clear cast-glass beads strung on LED tubes with a vintage brass finish.
The Raffi chandelier from the Lisa McDennon collection for Hinkley takes advantage of the coolness of LEDs as well as their small size. Hand-wrapped with traditional basket material, the light offers bohemian style and a lot of light in a distinctive slim profile.
This airy aged brass Welland chandelier from Hudson Valley Lighting evokes planetary orbits or an atomic model with its open geometric LED shapes.
12. Extraordinary Craftsmanship
As we explored the lighting showrooms and looked up close at the latest collections, we were struck by the artistry that went into both the design and manufacturing of many of the fixtures. That emphasis on and respect for original design and craftsmanship may transcend a trend (at least we hope it does), but it deserves a shout-out either way.
Any of the pictured designs could illustrate this last trend, but one fixture that debuted at the market really embodies the theme: the graceful Floret pendant by Vermont-based Hubbardton Forge.
Designed by the company’s Ori Goldberg and made in collaboration with the master glassmakers at Asheville, North Carolina’s Lexington Glassworks, the fixture combines hand-forged metal — available in a variety of finishes — with handblown glass.
Tell us: Which of these designs would light up your life? Share in the Comments.
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As we explored the lighting showrooms and looked up close at the latest collections, we were struck by the artistry that went into both the design and manufacturing of many of the fixtures. That emphasis on and respect for original design and craftsmanship may transcend a trend (at least we hope it does), but it deserves a shout-out either way.
Any of the pictured designs could illustrate this last trend, but one fixture that debuted at the market really embodies the theme: the graceful Floret pendant by Vermont-based Hubbardton Forge.
Designed by the company’s Ori Goldberg and made in collaboration with the master glassmakers at Asheville, North Carolina’s Lexington Glassworks, the fixture combines hand-forged metal — available in a variety of finishes — with handblown glass.
Tell us: Which of these designs would light up your life? Share in the Comments.
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I'm light shopping right now, and have actually run into almost all of these trends. Some of them, like curved LEDs seemed very European, so it's interesting that the trends are the same in the US. I'm seeing lots of wall lights like #3, smokey glass (#4) and whatever #7 is which I cannot warm up to. I wish I could find the second one, the "flowers" are gorgeous. Good feature, Houzz.
First, I am feeling lucky that items of nature are popular new themes, because that's what I love. Botanicals, celestials, shells, reeds, all lovely... and me. Seems like berries would be a natural progression. Love raindrops too.
I'm enthralled by the possibilities created by LED lighting technology. I'm thoroughly enjoying artistic creativity blossom in lighting application. I can hardly wait to select new lights for each room I tackle and am so disappointed when the low ceilings require wafer lights. 🫤 But even they are more fun with adjustable color temperatures.
A new area of interest for me is finding lights that cast interesting patterns on walls and ceiling. I always liked Moroccan lights for that. I am glad to see the concept expanding. Moroccan lights cast beautiful patterns AND are lovely to look at in daylight. I'd love to see that in new light fixtures. I wish the on-line lighting sources would include a picture of the light cast by each fixture.
Beautiful!!