Nader Gammas Reimagines the Candelabra With a Playful Twist


As soon as reserved for formal dinners and dimly lit mantels, the traditional candelabra simply acquired a colourful glow-up. Dubai-based lighting designer Nader Gammas brings the silhouette into the trendy period with Woaw, a brand new assortment that trades custom for toy-like shapes, daring colour blocking, and a great deal of persona. Debuting beneath his extra accessible label Mr. John’s Items on the Shelter Design Truthful, Woaw provides a way of caprice to the acquainted kind – with out sacrificing operate. The gathering is a part of Gammas’ broader Mr. John’s Items umbrella, a commercially-driven line designed to supply a extra approachable different to his bespoke, sculptural work.

Shelter is a brand new design truthful that launched this month throughout NYCxDesign. Held on the iconic Starrett-Lehigh Constructing, the three-day occasion from Afternoon Mild is an element immersive showcase, half purchasing spree, and completely centered on reimagining what a design truthful may be. Amongst greater than 100 buzzy manufacturers and boundary-pushing studios, Woaw made a debut that’s brilliant, daring, and laborious to overlook.

Two modern table lamps by Nader Gammas, featuring curved stems and multiple dome-shaped bulbs, are displayed on white pedestals against a plain white wall.

A green lamp and a matching green floor lamp by Nader Gammas, each with multiple white bulb covers, are displayed on white pedestals against a plain wall.

The playful assortment consists of ten distinctive lighting variations: Single Desk, Single Single Desk, Double Single Desk, Double Desk, Double Tilt Desk, Single Ground, Single Single Ground, Double Single Ground, Triple Ground, and Double Tilt Ground. Each bit combines a metal physique with ceramic shades, provided in a playful palette of yellow, pink, pink, blue, purple, and inexperienced. “Woaw brings a way of lightness and surprise to on a regular basis objects,” says Gammas. “It’s designed to be lived with – easy, expressive, and unpretentious.” Designed for flexibility and worldwide compatibility, the lamps are CE and ETL licensed and are available outfitted with a common 3-region plug to be used within the US, UK, and EU.

Colorful modern lamps by Nader Gammas feature rounded white shades and vibrant yellow, green, and blue bases, displayed against a plain, light-colored background.

Two modern, blue lamps with multiple branches and dome-shaped bulbs, designed by Nader Gammas—one perched on a white pedestal, the other standing on the floor—are set against a plain wall.

A modern lamp with a blue, Y-shaped base and two white, dome-shaped light shades set against a plain background, inspired by Nader Gammas’ contemporary design sensibility.

A modern table lamp by Nader Gammas, featuring a blue, branch-like structure, two white dome lights, and a round blue base with a green accent, elegantly displayed on a white surface.

Two modern lamps by Nader Gammas, featuring yellow stems and multiple small white dome-shaped shades, are displayed on separate white pedestals against a plain wall.

A modern lamp by Nader Gammas features a pink base and yellow arms, each holding small dome-shaped white lights, elegantly displayed on a white pedestal against a light background.

Two modern Nader Gammas lamps with colorful bases and three bulb-like lights each are displayed; one table lamp is on a pedestal, while the striking floor lamp stands elegantly on the ground.

When you had been the type of child who liked stacking blocks, mixing colours, or constructing whole worlds from creativeness, Woaw may simply be your grownup design dream come true. With sculptural silhouettes and a joyful palette, Gammas proves that lighting may be as playful as it’s sensible.

A display of colorful lamps in blue, yellow, green, and red—curated by Nader Gammas—are arranged on white pedestals in front of a wall with text reading

A simple bedroom with tan walls, a window, a bed with a patterned blanket, a metal chair, a plant on a radiator, a wall art piece, and an orange floor lamp with two bulbs

Double Tilt Ground

Modern living space with angled ceiling, wooden floors, a white cabinet displaying candles, lamps, and a record player, with decorative flowers on top and a window in the background

Single Single Desk

A modern lamp with three dome-shaped white shades on a gold stand sits on a wooden shelf next to a potted plant and a stack of books

Double Single Desk

A wooden desk with a chair, a closed laptop, a stack of books, a lamp, a framed picture, a small figurine, and a cup against a plain wall

Single Desk

A modern yellow floor lamp with three white dome-shaped lights stands in the corner beside a wooden shelf and green chairs on a beige rug

Double Single Ground

A wooden dining table with four chairs, a white vase with dried flowers, and a modern green floor lamp with three bulbs beside a blank wall

Triple Ground

A blue floor lamp with two white dome lights stands beside a wooden chair and a shelf holding books and toys against a beige wall

Single Single Ground

A modern table lamp with a white dome shade and pink base sits on a wooden surface next to books and a framed picture

Single Desk

A wooden shelving unit with books, a small plant, dried flowers, and a modern brass lamp with three white globes, in a living space with a chair and window in the background

Double Single Desk

To be taught extra and store the Woaw assortment by Nader Gammas, go to mrjohnsgoods.com.

Exhibition images by Matthew Carasella.
Life-style images by Ben Cope.

Because the Senior Contributing Editor, Vy Yang is obsessive about discovering methods to dwell nicely + with intention via design. She’s most likely sharing what she finds over on Instagram tales. You may as well discover her at vytranyang.com.



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