Bestlite - BL1 Desk Lamp

 

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In the time when it was designed by Robert Dudley Best it was revolutionary plain and for the at that time proportion about a clear and unfamiliar functional design. Probably because of that but also because Robert Dudley Best had closely contacts to Dessau, Weimar and Berlin, it counts as Bauhaus-Lamp.

The BL 1 Desk Lamp was designed in 1930. It stood at the desk of the secondly British prime minister Winston Churchill Whitehall and many architects and designers worked under its light.

Especially as working lamp, the BL 1 convinces, because it can be adjusted stageless, rotatable and slewable and can light up every corner. Pivotal point and lynchpin are the rotating element on the base and a ball joint at the lamp head. The lamp shade can be put in every wished position, through which the light can be adjusted to how you wanr it. A safe and strong stand makes the heavy ground plate at the foot of the lamp.

The foot of the lamp shade is available in three powder coated colours (black, white and creme). The frame and the adjustable lamp arm are matt chromed.

Design: Robert Dudley Best

Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) studied at the Düsseldorf School for Industrial Design and later on at the Furniture Atelier in Paris. 1930 he designed his revolutionary lamp in the Bauhaus style and counts to the most famous British designers since then. Designer Robert Dudley Best

Honoured with: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

The first address in modern art... in 1929 the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors for the first time. Since that time the museum in New York belongs to the most important collections of modern art and design. Designaward Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)