The advent of the internet has brought once disparate cultures closer together and encouraged the cross pollination of ideas. As a result we are seeing product designs that are cultural hybrids, blending an array of global influences. Here, traditional materials and lighting archetypes from Asia are blended with western design elements to create new contemporary lighting.

Made up of a thin metal lacquered structure in different colors and a lampshade in cotton or linen fabric, the new Balloon Lamps by Giorgia Zanellato for Atipico are inspired by classic Chinese lanterns

Kimu’s New Old Light is a hybrid design that combines a traditional Chinese paper lantern with a western-style, industrial enamel shade.

Featuring traditional bamboo strip weaving over chinaware, a technique that originated in the Sichuan Province, the ZH Lamp series by Chinese designer Xian Zhang was produced in collaboration with three bamboo craftswomen.

French designer Iona Vautrin’s Doll lamp for Foscarini takes it's name from the Japanese Kokeshi dolls whose long slender body and oversized heads are clearly reflected in the lamp's dome-shaped, blown glass diffuser and colorful plastic stem.

Made from strips of bamboo covered in paper and painted orange inside, the Leone series of lamps by Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai were made in collaboration with a Singaporean craftsman who ordinarily make masks for traditional lion dances.