George Carwardine Original 1227 Angle Poise Lamp

The 1227 Angle Poise lamp was conceived when automotive engineer George Carwardine created a new kind of spring. The design allowed for a lamp that could combine ultimate flexibility with perfect stability. The Original 1227™ was launched in 1935 and is still in production today. Anglepoise’s history can be traced back to 1855 when Herbert Terry and Sons Ltd manufactured springs. Anglepoise

Carmody Groarke Create Two Pavilions in East Sussex

Architecture

Carmody Groarke create two pavilions in the grounds of a rural family house. One of the pavilions is made of board marked concrete connected to the house by a 40m tunnel. The other is the renovation of the ruins of an 18th century farmhouse, by completing the walls in concrete and adding a new plate steel roof. Carmody Groarke Architects

John Pawson’s Tilty Barn

Architecture/ Interiors

Although this project involved working within an existing envelope, the transformation is a radical one that pushes at the limits of what is covered by conventional definitions of remodeling. A complex of eighteenth-century barns is transformed into a series of residential spaces in which the refinement of the newly inserted elements, full-height glass walls and low white plaster partitions contrasts with the intricate configuration of the original timber frame. Rather than cut inappropriate openings into old walls, the interior is lit by large-scale sheets of glass which sit directly on the ground and make the original pitched roofs appear to float. Tilty Barn, Essex, England 1994-1995. John Pawson.

Alvar Aalto Vase

Design/ Interiors/ Objects

The Alvar Aalto glass vase of 1936 was inspired by waves and a simple organic shape that was revolutionary in comparison to the decorative objects at the time. The Alvar Aalto vase is still mouth blown at the Iittala factory in Finland, whose roots go back to 1881. Iitala

Carmody Groake’s Highgate House

Architecture

This new detached family house creates a strong relationship between its context, its external form and the composition of its internal spaces. Brick is used externally and internally and the sculptural use of brick provides a coherence with the surrounding houses in North London. Photograph Helene Binet. Carmody Groarke