Anglepoise lamp
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The Anglepoise lamp was designed in 1933 by the British designer George Carwardine.
Carwardine was a motor car designer who applied his engineering skill to build a lamp which mimicked the joints of the human arm. The joints and spring tension allow the lamp to be placed in a wide range of positions and remain stationary without the need for clamping. The original Anglepoise was manufactured by Herbert Terry & Sons in 1934. The design is characteristic of the functional approach to office and domestic design that was dominant in the 1930s.
The design was extensively copied and is still in use today. The arm has been employed in other devices where it is necessary to hold an object stationary at a convenient point in space, notably the copy holder for typists and in some applications, the computer display screen.
[edit] See also
- Industrial design
- Luxo L1
- Balanced arm lamps
- iMac G4 - also known as the "anglepoise"-macintosh.
[edit] References
- The Design Museum Page on the lamps and its development / history.
- www.anglepoise.co.uk Makers home page
- BBC Culture Show Great British Design Quest
