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 pearl white lacquer finish – and with built-in rechargeable batteries – the light 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 lamp reflects the pioneering American spirit of the time, with its great 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.