BILL

CURRY

American designer Bill Curry (1927-1971)

captured the zeitgeist of the 1960s and ‘70s

with his iconic lamp designs. From his unique

Los Angeles vantage point at the meeting

point of art, design and engineering, during

an era defined by the space race, pop culture

and a new forward-looking optimism, he

translated the wonder and delight he saw

around him into simple yet intelligent ideas

with clear visual narratives. Credited with

developing the first ‘total look’ lamp forms –

eliminating the base-bulb-shade concept and

instead exploiting the bare bulb in a playful,

self-contained unit – he was recognized as

one of California’s leading designers by the

time he died at the age of just 43.

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