The inspiration for Santiago Roqueta’s Basica Table Lamp (1987) was literally sitting in front of him when a wooden cylinder he had salvaged from someone else’s trash rolled out onto his work table. In the cylinder’s simple form, Roqueta saw the possibility for a table lamp crafted with clean lines and natural materials. Topped by a light-diffusing parchment shade enclosed with leather stitching, the Basica was born. The reinforced nickel base, though no wider than the birchwood neck, is heavy enough to stabilize what appears to be a lamp barely balancing on the table supporting it. The amber glow coming from the un-dyed parchment covers the surrounding surfaces in warm ambient light. Bulb (not included): incandescent 100W/110V/E26. Made in Spain.