Cosy Lighting

Good lighting can completely change how a room feels. While brighter, focused light has its place, cosy lighting is about creating warmth, depth and atmosphere, using softer pools of light to make a space feel comfortable and inviting.

Rather than relying on a single overhead light, try layering different sources around the room. A table lamp can bring a gentle glow to a side table or reading corner, while our wall lights can add useful illumination without taking up floor or surface space. For light from above, explore our pendant and ceiling lights, which can help define dining areas, kitchen spaces and quieter corners of the home.

For particularly soft ambient lighting, the Type 80 collection offers a different take on the Anglepoise approach to light. Designed by Sir Kenneth Grange, Type 80 is characterised by its conical shade and distinctive halo light-escape, allowing a secondary glow to spill around the shade as well as directing light where it is needed.

The Type 80 designs with Opal Glass shades soften this effect further. The glass diffuses the light to create a comfortable, even glow, making designs such as the Type 80 T1 Table Lamp particularly suited to bedside tables, living rooms and relaxed reading spaces. The Type 80 Opal Glass Pendant can bring the same warm ambient lighting from above.

If you need something more directional, our desk and table lamps make it easy to position light closer to where you’re reading, working or relaxing. Combining focused and ambient lighting throughout a room gives you more control over the atmosphere and lets the space change naturally from day to evening.

Explore our cosy lighting collection to find Anglepoise lamps that bring together practical illumination, considered design and a warmer quality of light.

For more inspiration, explore our guide to creating cosy lighting at home, with simple tips on layering light, choosing warm ambient lighting and creating a softer atmosphere for darker evenings.