8 Lighting Trends That Will Be Big in 2026

Earthy, handworked materials such as stitched leather, woven grasses, veined stone, handmade pottery and distressed metal have been important elements of lighting collections at High Point Market for the last several years. But perhaps no natural material has been manipulated in as many ways as glass. Seeded, bubbled, striated, sandblasted, stretched, stained, smoked, clouded and fluted, it continues to add artistry and dimension to fixtures, often in combination with other artisanal elements.

At the fall market, the new horizon for glass seemed to be using it to create the illusion of raindrops, melting ice and flowing water. Currey & Co.’s new Morning Grove chandelier, for example, has long, slender crystal drops that look like icicles hanging from a circle of woven wrought-iron twigs.