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My friends know there’s one rule when they walk into my apartment: Don’t touch the overhead light switch. If you do, I’ll probably stop you. The moment the sun starts to disappear, I make my nightly circuit, switching on the table lamps, floor lamps, and anything else that casts a softer glow. Whether I’m scrolling on the couch after work or having friends over for drinks, every lamp earns its keep in my small New York apartment. But few have earned a permanent spot quite like the Bocci 14p Portable.
At first glance, it’s a simple object: a sphere made of two cast-glass hemispheres with a small point of light inside. The sepia tone gives off a glow reminiscent of candlelight, while tiny bubbles and subtle irregularities in the glass make each one slightly different. The portable 14p comes in three different colorways, and each has three brightness levels. Cupped between two hands, the lamp has a satisfying weight—something that I find myself absentmindedly picking up, even when I don’t have anywhere to move it.
Because it’s cordless, it rarely stays where I left it. It follows me around the apartment: onto the coffee table when friends come over, balanced on my window ledge afterwards, then onto my nightstand before bed. It isn’t the brightest lamp I own, but it’s the one I reach for most often. And somehow, wherever it ends up feels like exactly where it belongs.
