How To Choose a Desk Lamp?
Posted on May 13, 2009
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Lots of people while buying a desk lamp always ask how to choose a desk lamp. In general, desk lamps can be divided into two types: desks for work and décor desks for home things. So, let’s start with the first type of lamps. As a rule they are used by children to do homework and by businessmen at offices. It doesn’t matter what one does the eye is always strained and therefore it is fraught with high fatigability, degradation and eyes illnesses. That’s why one should be responsible with lamp purchases.
Ophthalmologists advice to have the lamp with non-powerful light – some 40-60 watt. Remember that shit white color reflects the light and thus if your lamp is too powerful your eyes will be tired quickly. That’s why you’d better choose spherical plafond desk lamp. In that case the light fallen to the table won’t be direct but reflected from the inner lampshade surface.
It is especially comfortable when the lamp is equipped with capacity regulator. Work desk lamp should be 30-45 centimeters in height and higher than monitor. It’s certainly better to use halogen lamp that produces soft and ambient lamp.
But we don’t only use lamps at offices. They can be put in the bedrooms or be a perfect living-room decoration. In fact there is no room where the lamp will be unnecessary. So how to choose a desk lamp fro home?
Usually table lamps are developed by designers into a special line that also has the same theme chandeliers, wall lamps and floor lamps. Buying one or more lamps from one line you reach the perfect décor effect. But certainly one can choose lamps for different purposes by various designers.
So what quality should the lamp has? First of all it should be good designed, it should have good material and form quality. The price also consists of technological process expenses. The shape complicity also plays a major role.
The thing is: if you have money you’d better by famous masters’ lamps for a pretty good wow. If your budget is not high don’t worry. There are high quality lamps that are even 5 times cheaper. But remember that one should buy lamps at specialized shops where you can watch it, try and get the necessary information about it.
Ingo Maurer Birdie’s Nest Unique Quality Table Lamps Review
Posted on April 30, 2009
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Ingo Maurer was born in Germany in 1932. He studied graphic design in Munich and then immigrated to the USA> There he worked as a free designer and in 1966 he returned to Europe and opened his own design studio. Soon his first lamp called “Bulb” was invented. This lamp won the prize from the French Ministry of Culture. Lamps by “Ingo Maurer gmbh” are presented in numerous museums of the modern art, they got lost of prizes for design and are sold all over the world.
Unique quality table lamps design by Ingo Maurer is totally unique, provocative and lively, bold and unforgettable. Ingo Maurer is not a person that makes unique quality table lamps he is a person whose works are considered to be the objects of the modern art and design.
Ingo Maurer agency employs 36 talented lighting art designers. The company created dozens of lighting projects for theatres, restaurants, facades, show-rooms and all that jazz. Every project ahs its own style, character and zest. Moreover the agency easily develops office designs of lighting pieces.
Ingo Maurer Birdies Nest is one of the most popular lamps by Ingo Maurer. The Birdies Nest ceiling light has been designed by Ingo Maurer. Birdies nest is specially developed for low ceiling rooms. The lamp has classic innovative design and unique idea. The creative model is stylized for the flock of birds. It is made of metal, the birds wings are of goose quill. The chandelier contains 12 low-voltage bulbs, three built-in transformers, clear and red wires.
Alessi Lamps Facts
Posted on April 17, 2009
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It’s not surprising that staying in Italy you will find at least one piece by Alessi in the Italian kitchen. According the famous designer Philip Stark words (“ALESSI est un merchand de bonheure”) Alessi is a happiness seller.
Alessi was founded in 1920 in Crusinallo in Piedmont region among 
the Romance churches and baroque chapel along Lake Orta. It kept producing brass plates for some 50 years. But then this laboratory turned into one of the most advanced factories in Italy or according to Alberto Alessi words it has become “a laboratory that researches the applied arts field”. Alessi is a real Guru, theoretic and a design advocate among conservative and traditional trends.
Alessi lamps producing put the beginning of the art revolution and now Alessi Company is considered to be elite of the Italian design. The first Alessi era product was the espresso coffee machine by Richard Sapper. It was created in 1979 and became a tribute of Alfonso Bialetti that invented new coffee cooking process. Alessi kitchen dish line «La cintura di Orione» (“The belt of Orion” by Richard Sapper) was also developed according to the famous French and Italian cooks ideas.
Besides Alessi lamps that impress lots of people all over the world the company is famous for its everyday stuff design. Let’s take the simplest one. Alessi Lupita Dog Bowl is a funny and useful bowl that is very functional and always brings good mood for dinner. The bowl contains removable and washable dish with a stainless steel feature and a heavy plastic base that prevents from the knocking over process. The Lupita Dog Bowl is available in both in orange and blue.
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And finally those names are Philip Stark, Ron Arad, Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Mark Newson, Ettore Sottsass, Jasper Morrison, Richard Gluckman, Michael Graves and Stefano Jiovanni made the company really the strongest one at the market.