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I'm usually not attracted to super modern or angular anything, but I do love a good sculptural lamp (I most recently bought an insane Vetri Murano glass egg lamp for the living room, a purchase I don't think I'll ever regret unless my cat knocks it over someday).

The PyraSphere light from Gantri caught my eye, though, as an interesting study in sharp contrast.

I put the lamp on a stool in our home office so I could work and read with soft, dimmable, warm lighting in the evenings. The lamp gives off enough light to fill a large room, but when it's off, it looks as if it were a sculpture or piece of artwork, which I love.

And, because of how portable it is, I also like to plug it in outside on our balcony at night as a complement to our outdoor solar lights. It makes a great conversation piece when we have friends over, and the light isn't so bright that we feel blinded by it. —Sally Kaplan, editor

I know that I've grown up when the highlight of my day, the thing I often most look forward to doing, is turning on my beautiful lamp, nestling into bed, and falling asleep to a podcast.

My ceiling lights are harsh and cold, and I could switch them out to warm light bulbs, but that doesn't change how stale their overhead utilitarian look is. You can think about Gantri's lights as purely expensive lamps, but they're also works of art, with thoughtful, artistic intention behind them. The Konus lamp has a unique, shuttlecock-esque design that I admire every time I step into my room. It never gets old to look at.

It's fun and creative, and also practical. I was initially concerned that this design would limit the way the light spreads, but it actually fills my bedroom with a warm and cozy aura that's frighteningly conducive to bedtime relaxation. I have it on a ledge right above my head, so it's easy for me to adjust the brightness using the dimmer as I sit in bed. —Connie Chen, reporter

I originally wanted to use my Gantri Mellow Fellow Table Lamp as a reading light in my bedroom, but it's sleek design quickly convinced me that it should be displayed in my living room for all my guests to see.

Beyond its aesthetic, the lamp is surprisingly capable of illuminating my admittedly small New York City apartment. My apartment has good natural light, so we usually don't turn on any lights until the sun goes down, but now once the evening arrives, my Gantri lamp lights up my apartment instead of the obtrusive, glare-inducing overhead lighting.

Another added bonus is the dimmer effect. I wake up and head to work earlier than my girlfriend, and I can turn on the lamp just slightly enough so that I can complete my morning routine free from stubbed toes and mismatched socks, without waking anyone up with a blinding bright light. —Danny Bakst, content producer

Because I'm renting (and subletting, at that), I wanted to go for the most neutral design so that when I move, wherever I end up, I can tie this lamp into a new room, which is really a shame because Gantri offers a lot of unique, edgy lamps.

Alas, the practical side of me took control, and I ended up with the Lago, an oblong, ambiance light that does its job to fill a room with relatively dim but effective lighting. I currently have four lights in my bedroom, but the Lago is my primary choice these days. It's small (16 inches tall), so it doesn't throw a ton of light, but it still fills the room warmly.

No one who's seen it yet has been able to guess that it's plastic. And if you tend to be on the clumsier side of the spectrum, like me, it will hurt a little less, and last a lot longer, than ceramic or glass. All in all, Gantri's Lago lamp is a sound investment. —Owen Burke, senior reporter