Paper lamps and paper lights

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Paper lamps for natural accents and soft light

Pendant lights Floor lamps Table lamps

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Paper lamps – bestsellers

Artemide Tolomeo Mega Terra

13 d

recommended retail price € 995,- 30 % € 696,50

Artemide Tolomeo Sospensione Decentrata

72 h

recommended retail price € 620,- 30 % € 433,99

Artemide Tolomeo Basculante Lettura

6 d

recommended retail price € 515,- 30 % € 360,51

Artemide Tolomeo Mega Terra LED

72 h

recommended retail price € 1.215,- 10 % € 1.093,49

Ingo Maurer Zettel'z 5

72 h

recommended retail price € 981,- 15 % € 833,-

Artemide Tolomeo Basculante Parete

6 d

recommended retail price € 360,- 30 % € 252,-

Artemide Tolomeo Parete Diffusore

3 weeks

recommended retail price € 360,- 20 % € 289,-

Vitra Akari A Pendant Light

72 h

€ 1.258,-

Ingo Maurer Yoruba Rose LED

5 weeks

recommended retail price € 1.236,- 15 % € 1.050,-

Vitra Akari A Pendant Light oval

available from July 2024

€ 619,-

Artemide Tolomeo Basculante Terra

6 d

recommended retail price € 650,- 30 % € 455,-

Vitra Akari 10A Floor Lamp

5 weeks

€ 819,-

Artemide Tolomeo Sospensione Diffusore

4 weeks

recommended retail price € 835,- 10 % € 751,50

Artemide Tolomeo Mega Sospensione

4 weeks

recommended retail price € 470,- 10 % € 423,-

Graypants Scraplights Arcturus Pendant Light

3 weeks

€ 8.795,-

Vitra Akari 16A Pendant Light

5 weeks

€ 628,-

Vitra Akari UF Table Lamp

17 weeks

€ 499,-

Artemide Tolomeo Mega Parete

72 h

recommended retail price € 640,- 30 % € 448,-

Vitra Akari N Table Lamp

17 weeks

€ 338,-

Ingo Maurer Samurai Table Lamp LED

3 weeks

recommended retail price € 1.689,- 15 % € 1.435,-

Ingo Maurer Babadul LED

5 weeks

recommended retail price € 1.668,- 12 % € 1.469,-

Ingo Maurer Wo-Tum-Bu 1

3 weeks

recommended retail price € 1.689,- 15 % € 1.435,-

Vitra Akari D Pendant Light

72 h

€ 409,-

Artemide Tolomeo Basculante Tavolo

6 d

recommended retail price € 355,- 30 % € 248,50

Vitra Akari BB3-33S Floor Lamp

5 weeks

€ 2.828,-

Graypants Scraplights Nest Pendant Light

13 d

recommended retail price € 470,- 19 % € 379,-

Vibia Balance Arc Lamp

13 d

recommended retail price € 3.195,- 5 % € 3.035,-

Santa & Cole TMM Wall Light

72 h

recommended retail price€ 250,- 28 % € 179,93

Graypants Scraplights Sun Pendant Light

3 weeks

€ 4.575,-

Vitra Akari UF4-L10 Floor Lamp

5 weeks

€ 2.094,-

Vitra Akari 14A Floor Lamp Application picture

Paper lamps – light and airy design meets diffuse light

Paper lamps are decorative furnishing elements that exude lightness even in voluminous form. Due to the translucent lampshade or body, the light shines pleasantly soft and gentle, without dazzling. This creates a cozy light atmosphere in your home.

Since paper consists largely of rapidly renewable raw materials, with a paper lamp you are relying on a sustainable product with Far Eastern flair. The paper luminaires are wonderfully suited to implement the Japandi furnishing trend at home, where natural materials and simple shapes predominate.

At light11 you will find stylish paper lamps for different rooms and applications. Discover ceiling and pendant lamps as well as floor and table lamps and choose between Japanese and Italian lamps, among others. Our designer lamps are made of various high-quality papers and are available in many attractive shapes. Browse through our assortment and buy a paper lamp to bring cozy light into your four walls!

Paper lamps for different rooms

Vitra Akari N Table Lamp Application picture

Nursery

With our paper luminaires you can create a pleasant lighting atmosphere in various rooms. In the children's room, the kids will certainly enjoy paper luminaires in designs suitable for children, which illuminate the whole room or certain areas in it. In the bedroom, design lamps made of paper inspire with their cozy light and create a cozy ambience in which you can relax well just before falling asleep. In the living room, depending on the design, you use lamps made of paper as room, zone or mood lighting and at the same time enjoy a great eye-catcher. In the dining room, on the other hand, paper lamps above the dining table will provide glare-free light for dinner.

Bedroom

Graypants Scraplights Hive Pendelleuchte Application picture

Living room

Artemide Tolomeo Sospensione Decentrata Application picture

Dining room

Paper lights for different applications

If you want to illuminate a room evenly, large paper lamps with diffused light are a good choice. Small paper lanterns that gently diffuse their light in all directions work well as mood lighting. Are you looking for a lamp for cozy lighting at dinner? Then anti-glare paper dining table lamps are recommended. You can also find stylish paper lamps for the bedside table or windowsill, with which you can create small oases of light in the room.

Ingo Maurer Zettel'z 6 Application picture

Room lighting

Ingo Maurer Koyoo LED Application picture

Mood lighting

Le Klint Snowdrop Pendant Light Application picture

Dining table lights

Bedside lights

Vitra Akari 7A Tischleuchte Application picture

Windowsill lights

Various types of paper luminaires

Graypants Scraplights Moon Pendelleuchte Application picture

Pendant lights

Santa & Cole TMM Floor Lamp Application picture

Floor lamps

Artemide Tolomeo Basculante Tavolo Application picture

Table lamps

Paper lamps from all over the world

Vitra Akari BB3-33S Floor Lamp Application picture

Japanese lamps

Artemide Tolomeo Mega Sospensione Application picture

Italian lamps

Special and high quality paper

Vitra Akari UF Table Lamp Application picture

Washi paper

Artemide Tolomeo Parete Diffusore Application picture

Parchment

Lamps made of paper in popular shapes

Graypants Scraplights Disc Pendelleuchte Application picture

Round

Le Klint Model 375 Table Lamp Application picture

Ball

Santa & Cole Comodín rectangular Application picture

Flat

Frequently asked questions to our lighting experts

Our store manager gladly answers frequently asked questions on the subject of paper lamps.

Anja Schuh

What are the advantages of paper lamps?

Le Klint Shibui Pendant Light Application picture

Luminaires with lampshades made of paper are particularly characterized by their lighting effect. Due to the translucent shade, the light shines gently glare-free and diffused, creating a cozy ambience. Another great advantage is the naturalness of the material: paper lamps are mostly made of rapidly renewable raw materials such as wood and other plant fibers, which makes them sustainable products. Speaking of sustainability: You can also get lampshades from us as

spare parts for your paper luminaire

. In this way, you extend the lifetime of your lamp and take a resource-saving path.

Another feature of paper lamps is their generally low weight. Therefore, ceiling and pendant lamps made of paper are also well suited for suspended ceilings. Thanks to the many different shapes and colors – from geometric to organic and from black to white – paper lamps also harmonize with different home styles. Our Japandi paper lamps, for example, are perfect for the Japanese-Scandinavian interior trend. But our paper lamps also fit perfectly with other interior styles, from modern to country house.

Which bulbs are suitable for paper lamps?

For paper luminaires, we generally recommend LED light sources. This is because LEDs, unlike incandescent and halogen lamps, generate only a small amount of waste heat, which increases safety enormously. In addition, we advise you to use matt light sources, as this prevents shadows from forming on the paper shade.

Tip: For a particularly cozy ambience, use

LED bulbs with dim-to-warm-technology

. Then the dimmed light shines through the lampshade darker and warmer.

How are paper lamps made?

Ingo Maurer Wo-Tum-Bu 1 Application picture

To produce the paper shades of the designer lamps, different processes are used. These depend, among other things, on the type of paper. Particularly high-quality products are made by hand. This applies, for example, to Washi paper. This is handmade translucent paper from Japan, which has a smooth and a rough side. Japanese paper is made from bast fibers of low woody plants, which are cut at the beginning of winter. The manufacturing process is approximately as follows:

The branches are removed and bundled. Then the bark is loosened with the use of steam and stripped with knives.
The bark bast is boiled in wood ash liquor, watered, and then beaten with woods so that a fiber pulp is formed.
The fiber pulp is boiled with clear water and, if necessary, with the addition of plant mucilage.
The substance is scooped with a bamboo sieve and placed on a pile as a sheet of paper.
Moisture is removed by light pressing, then each paper sheet is hung on the wall and brushed.

Artemide Tolomeo Mega Terra with dimmer Application picture

Traditional Japanese paper lanterns in lampion design are made of

rice paper

. This is obtained from straw, which remains after the rice harvest. For this purpose, the fibers of the straw are broken up and then boiled to a pulp, from which the paper is subsequently scooped. To make the paper more robust later, cellulose fibers are usually added.

Some lamps are characterized by a shade made of

parchment paper

. This is a cellulose paper that is made greaseproof and wet-strengthened with the help of chemicals. The process is approximately as follows:

The pulp fibers are ground, creating greaseproofness.
The pulp is converted into paper and treated with sulfuric acid. This is necessary to achieve one hundred percent greaseproofness.
The excess acid is washed out in several water baths.
Finally, the paper is dried.