Anglepoise

There are classics such as the Anglepoise lamp, those ubiquitous green, white and yellow road signs and Moulton shopper bikes, and the show's aim is to reveal the key role, however subtle, that design plays for everyone, tracing an evolution across the past century.

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Newscom In 1932, British automotive engineer George Carwardine patented the design of his articulated task light, the Anglepoise.

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This $3500, eight-foot-high Anglepoise lamp was released to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the original 1227 Anglepoise Lamp.

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Anglepoise still produces Carwardine's design in a limited edition.

Innovative Classics 2008

To Celebrate the 70th Birthday of the Original 1227 Anglepoise Lamp we have created a three times life size version of the lamp which is handmade in England.

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"One of his first animations was about a 'family' of Anglepoise lamps," he says.

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Spammy then took hold of the Anglepoise on the bureau and re-posed it to shine on Dalgleish, hopping back and forth from the camera to make further minor lighting adjustments.

Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

I finished the book in my office late one night, and the light from the Anglepoise lamp spilled into the dark corridor.

Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

The receiver cord wrapped itself round an Anglepoise lamp on the way and brought it crashing down in a tangle of cables, coffee cups and floppy disks.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 1987

I saw a guard usher a woman away from the Strangle Poise lamp, a wicked homage to the design classic Anglepoise lamp that turns on and off when you squeeze its neck.

NYT > Home Page By KAREN ROSENBERG 2011