Anglepoise + Margaret Howell released
Anglepoise and Margaret Howell have announced two new exclusive colours for the Type 75 Anglepoise desk lamp.
Launched in Paris at the flagship Margaret Howell shop in Place de la Madeleine, the new colours, Seagrass and Saxon Blue, complement the existing Yellow Ochre Edition to create a stunning 3-piece Type 75 Anglepoise + Margaret Howell Collection.
Type 75, designed in 2004 by British industrial product designer Sir Kenneth Grange, reinterprets the original 1930’s design, which has similar qualities to the essence of Howell’s men’s and women’s clothing – simplicity, functionality, authenticity and timelessness.
Anglepoise products are characterised by a pioneering perfect balance mechanism invented in the 1930’s and an engaging kinetic form, producing flexible and functional decorative lighting. From the creation of their iconic Original1227 desk lamp and the introduction of Grange’s Type Collections, to their recent collaborations with Paul Smith and Margaret Howell, design integrity remains at the heart of this quintessentially British brand.
Howell, who has flagship shops in London, Paris, Florence and Tokyo that sell clothes and a selection of home products, comments: “I feel I’ve lived with Anglepoise most of my life – school homework under the light of an original black square based Anglepoise, and later acquiring various coloured styles designed in the 1960s and 70s. One favourite, rescued from a skip, is a Yellow Model 90, later to inform the choice of Yellow Ochre for the re-modelled Type 75 lamp.”
“Now, collaborating with Anglepoise, we have added Saxon Blue and Seagrass to Yellow Ochre to make an exclusive colour range for the Type 75. We chose colours that we felt would act as accent colour and sit well in both a domestic and working interior.”
