PERCH TABLE LIGHT BY UMUT YAMAC

The PERCH TABLE LIGHT BY UMUT YAMAC is the most intimate piece in the Perch Light family — a single origami-style bird perched at the top of a slim brass stem, its translucent body glowing warmly from within, its form designed to be set in motion with the lightest touch of a hand. Where the branch pendant commands a room from above, the table lamp invites you to come close and stay there. 

A Bird That Moves 

The bird at the top of the PERCH TABLE LIGHT BY UMUT YAMAC is mounted on a swivel joint, allowing it to sway when nudged. The movement is not theatrical — it is the unhurried shift of a real bird adjusting its weight on a perch, the kind of thing you notice from the corner of your eye and spend a moment simply watching. The polycarbonate and synthetic paper body renders the same origami-fold geometry as the rest of the Perch Light family: angular folded wings, a sharp gold beak, and a long tapered tail with a gold tip that anchors the form at its lowest point and picks up the tone of the brass stem below. 

When lit, the polycarbonate body transmits a warm, diffused glow rather than directing a beam. This is not a reading lamp in the conventional sense — it is a presence. The quality of light it produces is closer to late afternoon sun through a window: warm, soft, and unhurried in the room it occupies. 

Specifications 

• Width: 8.7 in / approx. 22 cm 

• Height: 24.2 in / approx. 61 cm 

• Depth: 9.8 in / approx. 25 cm 

• Weight: 8.82 lbs / approx. 4 kg 

• Frame: Steel and aluminium with warm gold / brass-tone finish 

• Bird: Single; polycarbonate (PC) and synthetic paper with gold beak and tail-tip 

• Light: Warm diffused glow through the polycarbonate bird body 

• Base: Circular weighted brass-tone base for stability 

• Care: Dust with a soft dry cloth; avoid pressure on bird body 

At Home on a Desk or Bedside Table 

At 24.2 inches tall, the PERCH TABLE LIGHT BY UMUT YAMAC is present and visible without imposing. At 8.7 inches wide, its footprint is compact — it occupies the space of a glass and a book, no more. The circular brass base is weighted at 8.82 pounds, making the lamp stable regardless of whether the bird is at rest or mid-swing. The warm gold of the stem, base, beak, and tail against the white of the bird places it naturally among brass hardware, pale oak surfaces, cream walls, and the kind of warm-toned interior that values objects chosen with care. 

It belongs on a bedside table in a room furnished with attention, on a writing desk where something quietly alive in the corner helps thinking along, or on a shelf as an object that earns its position not through scale but through detail.