To launch our Artisan Collection, where we collaborate with talented makers and designers from around the world, we have teamed up with renowned landscape architect Randle Siddeley to create a collection of lamps inspired by his travels to Nicaragua. Randle is taking part in WOW!house 2025, which kicks off at the Chelsea Design Centre in June, so we were delighted to have the opportunity to chat to him about the event, how he introduces light into his garden designs, and the stunning Soho Lighting x Siddeley Ceramics Collection...

ON WOW!house...

I went to WOW!house for the first time last year and it really was “wow”. The avenue of interior designers and the cleverness of going from room to room is fantastic. It’s hugely inspirational; demonstrating the best of what the industry offers.  

Interestingly, more than 35 years ago, there was a similar event, which took place in an actual house on Cornwall Terrace in London. Fleur Rossdale was the inspiration behind it and I remember my father (renowned interior designer John Siddeley) did the sitting room. So to go to WOW!house and see how the concept has gathered more momentum was wonderful. 

ON LIGHTING GARDENS...

When I am designing a garden, I don’t want to see the light source, just the light. I think you can over light a garden; I like to play with shadows. Gardens speak differently at night, they present themselves differently, so don’t miss out on their year-round beauty.  

On SOHO LIGHTING x SIDDELEY CERAMICS...

My ceramics and the Soho Lighting x Siddeley ceramics are all individually handmade and hand painted so all slightly different. I love that they are not mass produced, there are only a select few on sale.  

“The collection is a modern take on classical patterns and nature; embracing the naturally imperfect to create designs that are chic, authentic and unique.”

Their shape is not perfect, which is what is amazing about them. They are pieces of art, beautiful individually or displayed together. Shape is important, it’s unique and organic which is what I find interesting about the relationship between exterior and interiors. Each vase is carved and the undulating lines of the vase form and design is like the terracing of a garden.