Photo: Girmano Borrelli

LC Shutters

Louise Campbell 2012

The key feature of any lamp – the naked light bulb – may be

effective, but it is also merciless. The more light it gives, the more

potentially destructive it is to its surroundings. Its hard light blinds

the eye and does nothing good for the atmosphere in a room.

The job of a good lamp is to transform the light from the bulb

before this light meets its surroundings. To disperse the rays with

purposeful direction, leading them to exactly where we need them

and to waste as few rays as possible in the process. To create light

which is as comfortable as it is useful, for both eyes and souls.

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