Our design team had a lot of fun making our lamps. One exclaimed, "It's like playing with blocks." Fortunately, the result is a very mature-looking and stylish lighting fixture with black 'blocks' and gold details. The Totem has a velvet lampshade. It is now a lamp with only the advantages of the old-fashioned table lamp. Think of advantages such as that beautiful light distribution and how it contributes to your total interior, even when switched off.