Sandlight Quicksand LED Table Lamp

Turn the Sandlight over and coloured sand begins to fall through the liquid inside the glass, settling into dunes, ridges and valleys that never repeat. Backlit by a warm LED, the whole thing behaves less like a lamp and more like a slow piece of moving artwork, the kind that quietly holds your attention for a few minutes at the end of a long day.

The glass rotates a full 360 degrees, so you can start a new landscape whenever you like. The light itself is soft and warm rather than bright, which makes it better suited to a bedside table, a desk edge or a shelf in a living room than to any job requiring real illumination. Acrylic and coated iron give it enough weight, at 1.2 kg, to sit steady without being awkward to lift and turn.

Ten colour combinations are available, pairing green, black, blue, red or purple sand with a black or white frame. It runs from USB or mains depending on variant. As a gift it lands well with anyone who likes design objects, and it is a genuinely calming thing to have on a desk.

• Type: LED table lamp with rotating sand art
• Material: acrylic, coated iron, coloured sand
• Dimensions: 25.6 x 28.3 cm
• Weight: 1.2 kg
• Lighting: built-in warm white LED
• Rotation: 360 degree manual
• Power: USB or mains, depending on variant
• Use: desks, bedsides, shelves, studios