Luxo L-1

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Some may ask, why not just get an Anglepoise lamp? It's the most renowned adjustable task light on the market and the design is very similar. I find the Luxo L-1, designed by Jac Jacobsen in 1937, a logical alternative to the spring-balanced style pioneered two years earlier by George Cawardine, and an equally classic example of utilitarian lighting. Variety is the spice of life after all. 

—Luxo