Often the best designs come from the most unlikely sources: an inventor of WWII fighter planes’ undercarriages went on to create the collapsible baby buggy; an aspiring artist stuck in secretarial work came up with Liquid Paper; and a car designer named George Cowardine’s research into vehicle suspension systems resulted in the Anglepoise Lamp—that ubiquitous shape-shifting accessory for both office and home. He found that his 1932 design of balanced weights held in place by springs and levers could be usefully applied as a task lamp that allowed its user to direct light from a variety of angles. Its form-follows-function shape has a distinct elegance synonymous with architects, graphic artists, interior designers and other creative professionals—always a guaranteed way of securing style points for any product. While the lamp itself has remained relatively unchanged since its 1934 debut, the Anglepoise brand was given a high-end overhaul in the early 2000s to communicate the quality and prestige of Carwardine’s original design amid a market swamped with cheap imitators. Over seventy years since the Anglepoise was first unveiled, it still makes a striking mechanical statement whatever the environment.
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