The desk lamp is the one light in the office you touch every day. It should light the page and the keyboard and stay out of the screen, and it should look like it belongs on the desk when it is off.

What office lamps include

Table lamps for the desk and the shelf: the Angelica, Ora, Arabella, and Velina table lamps, and the Dara and Vera rechargeable lamps for a desk that sits away from the wall. All share materials with the office ceiling lights and sconces.

How to choose

Put the lamp on the side opposite your writing hand so your hand does not shadow the page. Keep the bottom of the shade at about eye level when seated. A rechargeable lamp suits a desk in the middle of the room. Every lamp we make is on the table and floor lamps page, and the wall-mounted option is on the office wall lights page.

Pairings

A desk lamp plus a pair of sconces behind the desk covers the page, the face, and the room, and none of it reflects in the screen. The ceiling options are on the office ceiling lights page.

Every lamp here plugs in or charges, and every one dims.