Wall lamps tend to fall into one of two camps. They’re either purely functional fixtures you stop noticing the moment you move in, or purely decorative pieces that look good in daylight and do little else after dark. The gap between ambience and ornament is rarely explored, and most wall lighting ends up forcing you to choose between the two.
Slovenian designer Tilen Sepič’s Eclipse wall lamp sits right in that gap. First designed in 2012 and still in production today, it’s a piece that earns its keep in a room during the day just as much as it does at night, functioning as a sculptural object when the sun is up and something far more atmospheric once it goes down. That’s a harder balance to strike than it sounds.
Designer: Tilen Sepič
Hang the Eclipse during the day, and it reads as a clean circular ring of bent wood, not a lamp in any conventional sense. Available in natural laminated beech, white, or burnt wood finishes, it carries the kind of restraint that suits most interiors without disappearing entirely. It’s the sort of object that sits somewhere between a decorative piece and a quiet architectural presence.
Switch it on, and the lamp’s character shifts entirely. A high-CRI warm-white LED strip runs along the inner edge of the ring, outputting up to 3,000 lm of diffused light that bounces off the wall behind it. At a color temperature of 3,000 to 3,200 K, the warmth sits in the range most people associate with relaxed, residential lighting, enough to settle a room without tipping into amber.
What makes the Eclipse stranger and more interesting than most accent lamps is the shadow it produces alongside the light. The ring casts a deep circular shadow in the center of its glow, one that appears to exist without a clear origin or reference point. A slight gradient in the shadow’s color temperature reportedly mimics the quality of natural afternoon light.
The ring’s distance from the wall isn’t fixed, which is where the Eclipse gets more interesting still. Pulling the frame outward softens and widens the glow; pushing it closer sharpens the effect and deepens the contrast. This single manual adjustment can completely change the mood of a room, and Sepič frames each change as a deliberate act rather than a routine one.
The wooden edition comes in 70 cm and 90 cm sizes, starting from €585 for the 70-cm version, and is a handmade piece by piece in Slovenia with a lead time of three to four weeks. For larger architectural installations, Bazar Noir offers a version in powder-coated aluminium at 120 cm and 150 cm diameters, which pulls the design into more monumental territory. It’s a lamp that genuinely rewards attention, one that gives back a little more the longer it stays on your wall.
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