Obello Portable Table Lamp - Gubi

Obello, from Danish company Gubi and American designer Bill Curry, is a truly elegant and intelligent little table lamp. Made from a single piece of handblown glass with a glossy lacquer finish in a soft yellow colour – and with built-in rechargeable batteries – the lamp makes picnics, evenings on the terrace or reading a book in a corner of the garden a pure pleasure.

The light was designed by Bill Curry, best known for his iconic Stemlite. The original drawings for Obello date back to 1970 – and the mushroom-like shape of the light reflects the American zeitgeist of that time, with its focus on major technological advances, computers and moon landings, which must have felt like science fiction at the time.

Obello has an operating time of up to 40 hours and recharges in 4.5 hours.