Gitta Gschwendtner's Hugging lamp is a play on the form of a traditional lamp shade. Pleated silk over a metal frame is a conventional way to make such an object, but the designer has subverted the form of the lamp. From one side it looks more or less conventional, but the other side has a deep indent from top to bottom. The indent means the lamp can be wrapped around the leg of a piece of furniture, giving rise to its name. It is one of a series of lamps based on subverted forms of lampshades that the designer initially developed for an exhibition called 'The Uncanny Room'.