Block Lamp [SEP] designer
Block Lamp
The Block Lamp is a lightfitting designed by Finnish designer Harri Koskinen, and produced by Design House Stockholm. It is a seemingly simple design of a lightbulb held inside two shaped pieces of clear glass, measurements 10.2 x 15.9 x 8.9 cm (4" x 6.3" x 3.5"). After designing the lamp in 1996, Koskinen first went to Iittala, who turned him down. The Block Lamp has been part of MoMA's permanent collection since 2000, and has been showered with design awards including
Anglepoise lamp
The Anglepoise lamp is a balanced-arm lamp designed in 1932 by British designer George Carwardine.
History and development.
George Carwardine (1887 - 1947) was a car designer and, at the time he invented the Anglepoise lamp, a freelance design consultant specialising in vehicle suspension systems. While developing new concepts for vehicle suspensions, he created a mechanism which he recognised had applications in other fields. He particularly saw its benefits for a task lamp. Despite many claims to the contrary, his concept had