Today’s contemporary lighting designs range from sleek and minimalist to bold and sculptural. This diversity — along with cutting-edge materials and production techniques — shone at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), held in May at New York City’s Javits Center.
We’ve compiled a selection of standout fixtures that illustrate five key lighting trends from the show. Scroll down to see what caught our eye. If something catches yours, you can reach out to your designer or the maker or manufacturer directly for more information.
1. Nature-Inspired
Lighting fixtures inspired by the natural world were abundant at ICFF 2025. This continues a years-long trend of incorporating plant and animal motifs and materials in interiors — with a recent emphasis on marine life — that we also saw reflected in the lighting collections at the recent High Point Market.
Among our favorites at ICFF was this chandelier from Larose Guyon. It’s part of the Canadian design studio’s modular Abysse collection, which was inspired by the seabed and its creatures. The graceful chandelier features handblown glass “bubbles” suspended from seaweed-like dark brass chains. Surrounding the lighting element inside each bubble, a textured globe reminiscent of an urchin softly diffuses the light.
Read more: https://www.houzz.com/magazine/5-contemporary-lighting-trends-to-know-in-2025-stsetivw-vs~181744737