Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Anglepoise lamp has an anthropomorphic charm. Some say it was designed to function like an arm — two straight ...

Dezeen has teamed up with British lighting brand Anglepoise to give six readers the chance to win a special-edition Type 75 Mini desk lamp, in a colour combination designed by Paul Smith. This ...

Founder of the balanced-arm design, the Anglepoise lamp holds the weight of its head with attached springs. Image Courtesy of Anglepoise "You’ve got a friend in me…" sings Randy Newman, in the ...

A candlelit chamber may make for an atmospheric setting in a novel or painting, but as a place to dwell it has its limitations. Who, seriously, would wish to return to a world without light switches?