Dezeen's favourite lighting designs from February

Springy silicone, candy-coloured resin and second-hand cat figurines are among the materials used to create these shining examples of lamps spotted by Dezeen's design and interiors reporter Jane Englefield over the past month.

Lineair by Baptiste Vandaele for YSM

Belgian designer Baptiste Vandaele looked to the primary colours and understated geometry of the Bauhaus when constructing this dimmable table lamp.

Created in collaboration with Japanese manufacturer YSM, the hooded lighting is made up of only a handful of linear planes in an artful display of understated design.

Boxing Ring Lamp 081 by Matthieu Doucet for KØGE

There is something delightfully playful about this table lamp, wrapped in springy silicone strings to mimic a cordoned-off boxing ring.

Belgian designer Matthieu Doucet created the lamp's lightweight inner structure out of delicate washi paper, which diffuses soft light through its translucent surface and is supported by a stainless steel frame.

For all its credentials as a functioning lamp, half the fun of the product lies in running your fingers along its silicone strands and watching them bounce away from you like the tensioned ropes in a real boxing match.

Flora Lamp II by Marcin Rusak

Polish designer Marcin Rusak has a masterful knack for suspending real flowers in resin, which he forms into tables, vases and cabinets.

At this year's Collect craft fair, currently on show at Somerset House in London, Rusak is presenting one of a series of unique table lamps finished in this trademark style.

An integrated LED light with a dimmable switch illuminates the flowers and leaves encased in matte resin to create truly beautiful lighting that I would kill to own, or, even better, to have made myself.

Trishelf by Place in Place

Trishelf is a collection of stackable wall lamps influenced by the look of architectural partition walls and sunlight seeping through building windows.

Emerging Japanese studio Place in Place created the pieces from sculptural blocks of candy-coloured resin, with E-shaped gaps that allow glowing light to emerge from within.

The blocks can be mounted to the wall vertically or horizontally, stacked in multiples on surfaces or used as bookends. Aside from the eternal visual pull of resin, especially illuminated resin, Trishelf is impressively modular.

Fluid by Nao Tamura for WonderGlass

Japanese designer Nao Tamura has captured the beauty of light passing through liquid with Fluid, a glass pendant filled with water.

Created for Italian brand WonderGlass, the pendant looks a bit like a weighty wine decanter, poised to be poured.

Donut by HAHA Studio

The pleasingly chubby form of doughnuts seems to have universal appeal in lighting design, highlighted by recent popular designs like Sabine Marcelis's bloated Varmblixt lights for IKEA.

Swedish practice HAHA Studio has jumped on this enduring trend with Donut, a compact lamp composed of two stacked solid aluminium rings that can be used as a table, pendant or wall-mounted light thanks to the integrated keyhole fittings on its base.

Buké Lamps by Simon Skinner

Swedish designer Simon Skinner's Buké Lamps were an undeniable star at this month's Stockholm Creative Edition for their brilliant use of unwanted glassware.

Skinner scoured charity shops and flea markets for second-hand bowls, ashtrays and tiny cat figurines, which he stacked on top of each other to create 20 deliciously kitschy table lamps.

Each piece of glassware was sandblasted to create a unified whole, resulting in lamps that look as if they are made of objects suspended in ice. It's a fitting visual metaphor for the pieces, created to freeze the previously discarded homeware in time.

Orbita by Pleto Studio

Ukrainian practice Pleto Studio handcrafted Orbita, a floor lamp with a lumpy base made from a bespoke mixture of clay, hemp fibres, cellulose, wood shavings and mineral powders. The tall, boucle shade was created from 100 per cent natural wool.

Orbita is a smart celebration of the understated beauty of natural materials and raw textures.

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