Debuting at Sight Unseen’s Offsite Online, Soft Geometry’s Ello lamps began as a personal photo series in which the California design duo documented plays of light on glass, water, skin, dust, and other surfaces. They decided to try to recreate in object form the moments when the light diffused and glowed, picturing frosted sugar jellies as a visual reference, and found that quality in resin formed in a textured silicone mold. The lamp’s tubular stack can be built to any height, and its singular bend is a small ode to Eileen Gray’s Bibendum lounge.

See press coverage for the Elio Lamps at Offsite on Dezeen, Sight Unseen and Design Milk