Gubi - Bestlite BL5 Wall lamp

Practical Bauhaus wall lamp

With the BL5 wall lamp by Robert Dudley Best, Gubi brings the practical and classic BL series of lamps to the wall.

Mounted on the wall, BL5 is infinitely adjustable. The arm of the lamp can be rotated and swiveled and is therefore able to illuminate any point within its reach. Therefore, the lamp is equally suitable as a reading lamp, as a work lamp or to illuminate a special part of the room. The simple design of the lamp blends into the room and acts either elegantly in the background or as a direct eye-catcher in the center of the ensemble.

The pivotal point is the rotating element on the frame and a ball joint on the head of the lamp. The lampshade can thus be moved to almost any position, allowing the light to be directed optimally and specifically.

When Robert Dudley Best designed the luminaires of the BL series in the 1930s, they were revolutionarily simple and had a clear and unusually functional design language for the conditions of the time. As such, they are still considered examples of classic Bauhaus design today. This was reinforced by the fact that the Briton Robert Dudley Best maintained close contacts with Dessau, Weimar and Berlin, the centers of the German Bauhaus movement at the time.

Even two-time British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had a BL1 lamp on his desk in Whitehall, and many architects and designers worked out great designs under your light.

The BL5 wall lamp from Gubi is available in different colors.