Floating Lampshade Feels Properly Magical

Paul Cocksedge Studio’s Shade Reimagines How We Experience Illumination

In a design world obsessed with sleek fixtures and high-tech gadgetry, Paul Cocksedge Studio has quietly created something that feels almost like a whisper. Shade, a new limited-edition lighting artwork is a lamp that seemingly defies gravity.

It’s a gentle rethinking of what it means to illuminate space and a poetic invitation to reconsider the architecture of everyday things.  

The Art of Light Made Invisible

At first glance, Shade seems impossibly light. There’s no chunky hardware, no visible cords, no traditional ceiling fixture pulling focus. Instead, this piece blurs the boundary between object and environment.

The lampshade itself is suspended from the ceiling by wires so thin they feel imaginary, and the light source originates from a discreet LED on the floor. That upward light gently fills the paper form with a soft glow that feels like sunlight at dusk.  

In Cocksedge’s own words, the starting point for Shade was a simple practical question: how to eliminate the clutter that usually comes with light fittings. The answer became something that feels almost dreamlike.

The piece uses both floor and ceiling, yet in the finished experience it appears unconnected to eithe

“Shade started as a purely practical problem: how to rid ourselves of the clutter usually connected to light fittings. The solution turned out to be quite mysterious and dreamlike. It utilises floor and ceiling both, but appears unconnected to either.”

– Paul Cocksedge.

Shade is available in limited quantities on Cocksedge’s website, retailing for £824.00.