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STEMLITE COLLECTION

1962

Designed by Bill Curry

The Stemlite Collection comprises Stemlite Floor Lamp H150, Stemlite Floor Lamp H110,

Stemlite Table Lamp H70, Stemlite Table Lamp H42 and Stemlite Pendant.

On the bright side

The Stemlite was the first ‘total look’ lamp, a pioneering

new typology conceived by American Designer Bill Cur-

ry, which replaced the traditional base-plus-shade form

with a single self-contained unit. With a background in

aerospace, Curry captured the zeitgeist of 1960s and ’70s

America from the space race and the jet age to new pop

trends, when he set up his own Los Angeles studio, Design

Line, in 1962. He imagined playful ‘new norms’ made

possible by emerging technologies and conceived inno-

vative, bold, and colorful lighting collections

fit for a new

era of optimism. The Stemlite was inspired by the strong,

organic, yet slender stems that support flower heads in

nature. It comprises a die-cast metal base, evocative of a

tulip-stem, topped with a mouth–blown glass globe, and

a simple cylinder-shaped rotary switch underneath that

gently rolls between the fingers from “on” through “off”.

Today’s Stemlite remains true to Curry’s designs, com-

prising three of the original heights: two table heights,

one of which was originally conceived as a floor lamp and

the original floor lamp height. A second, taller floor lamp

has been added and a pendant light has been engineered

by simply flipping the original design upside-down. The

visual consistency across the collection and carefully cu-

rated color palette offer the opportunity to combine the

lights in any combination making them ideal for resi-

dential, commercial and hospitality settings alike. Their

subtle organic form complements bold modern interior

spaces as well as more traditional surroundings.

he Bestlite design was conceived by Robert Dudley Best

who was highly influenced by the Bauhaus. Eighty years

on, the Bestlite design stays close to its industrial roots

and true to its original design. Bestlite is held in perma-

nent collections at both the Victoria & Albert Museum

and the Design Museum in London. Loved by architects,

designers and design aficionados throught its 80-year his-

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