Anglepoise 1227™ Original Mini Desk Lamp

$275.00 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

When automotive engineer, George Carwardine chanced upon a formula for a new kind of spring, he had created the blueprint for a groundbreaking articulated task lamp that could combine ultimate flexibility with perfect stability. Two years later the Original 1227™ desk lamp was born. Today, this highly adaptable and engagingly anthropomorphic light, is a point of pride of Carwardine's native Britain. It has been referred to as a minor miracle of balance. Two thirds the size of the iconic Original 1227™ Desk…