Our Favorites from Pooky Lighting, Seen at High Point Market 2026

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Pooky was one of the lighting stops on our Meet the Makers Tour at High Point Market this spring, and it was one of the most memorable showrooms we visited. How could it not be? Their shades are iconic, their bases are diverse, their technology is cutting edge, and their reps are incredible!

The showroom was packed with patterned shades, rechargeable lamps, pendants, and bases that ranged from sculptural and Brutalist-adjacent to super poppy and playful. Pooky’s pieces also solve real design problems because so much of the lighting is cordless, but they don’t look like little utilitarian rechargeable lamps.

Practical yet full of personality, Pooky was one High Point Market showroom we couldn’t wait to share with our readers, so scroll down for a few favorite details from the lighting brand.

All About Pooky Lighting

Pooky is a U.K.-born lighting brand known for colorful, decorative pieces that designers and their clients can actually have fun with. The brand describes itself as being “all about beautiful, decorative lighting” and says it designs “lights that look as though they cost a fortune, but don’t.” We hope this helps explain why the showroom was so easy to love at Market.

The brand came to the U.S. in 2024 with mix-and-match shades, cordless lamps, pendants, sconces, chandeliers, and outdoor-rated pieces. In a Business of Home Brand Studio article from March 2024, Siobhán McGowan writes that Pooky’s arrival gave American designers access to a “riot of materials, colorways and cordless options,” which feels like a pretty accurate description after seeing the showroom in person.

Pooky’s lampshades are particularly stunning. The brand’s shades come in cotton, linen, silk, paper, and card stock, with pleated, hand-stitched, trimmed, patterned, solid, marbled, and printed options. Some feel very traditional. Others are completely strange in the best way. Business of Home also notes that Pooky has thousands of mix-and-match cordless combinations available through its U.S. site, which explains why the showroom looked so diverse and abundant without feeling chaotic.

Designers can start with a playful base and calm it down with a more classic pleated shade, or take a simple form and make it far more expressive with marbled paper, ruffles, ikat, or a saturated silk. Pooky’s head of design and production, Jo Plant, told Business of Home that the brand allows customers to “switch it up and express themselves,” and that is exactly what their pieces seem designed to do.

What We Saw at the HPMKT Pooky Showroom

The first thing you notice when you walk into the Pooky showroom is the ceiling. It’s filled with hanging shades in every possible pattern, color, and texture. Pleated silks, marbled papers, ikats, painterly prints, soft pastels, saturated brights, all suspended at slightly different heights so you can see how each one diffuses light. It felt less like a standard lighting display and more like an installation.

From there, your eye drops down to the walls, which are lined with small alcoves holding cordless table lamps. Each one is paired a little differently. Some are more traditional with classic pleated shades and darker bases. Others are more playful, with bold color combinations or unexpected proportions. It gives you a sense of how flexible the line really is without needing a formal demonstration, although there truly was excellent customer service (as you can see from our photos).

There were also clusters of smaller lamps and portable pieces styled on tables and plinths throughout the space. These felt especially relevant for designers. You could immediately imagine them on a bookshelf, a console, a bar, or a bedside table where adding hardwired lighting might not make sense.

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Pooky Pieces We Adored (In Particular)

The overall effect was layered but not overwhelming. There’s a lot going on visually, but the repetition of form, the consistent scale of the shades, and the way everything is grouped keeps it readable. You’re seeing how the system works across dozens of combinations instead of just one keystone piece. With that said, there were a few pieces we loved in particular!

The Pooky Straight Empire Shade in Roya Hanmade Marbled Paper

The Pooky Straight Empire Shade in Roya handmade marbled paper was probably the easiest favorite. We saw it styled as a pendant, and the marbled paper was gorgeous with light filtered through it. On Pooky’s site, the brand explains that the marbling process involves paints and oils dropped onto thickened water, then raked and stretched before the paper is laid on top. That process means “no two pieces of paper can ever be the same,” which is exactly the kind of detail that makes a shade feel special instead of mass-produced.

The Oscar Cordless Table Lamp in Moss by The Novogratz

We also loved the Oscar cordless table lamp in moss by The Novogratz. The base has this graphic circular form that feels playful but not childish, and the moss green color looked great with the patterned shade we saw in the showroom. Pooky describes it as a cordless table lamp you can take “just anywhere that pricks your fancy,” which is very Pooky. It’s small, portable, and charming.

The Aurora Range of Bases

The Aurora range was another favorite. We adored the colored glass orbs and the square platform at the bottom; the amber and green colorways were instant icons. The glass gives the lamp a more jewel-like quality, while the square base keeps it contemporary and sharp. These would be perfect on a bar, bedside table, bookshelf, or side table where you want a little color and glow without adding a cord.

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