Herman Miller blog: Lifework » home office light http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework Lifework Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Smart Light http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/smart-light/ http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/smart-light/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:26:54 +0000 Cerentha Harris http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=4129
“There’s a battle going on, a never ending battle with cords. We’ve come close to declaring peace, but we’re still not quite there. We’ve come across many great quick fixes for cable management, and designers are still releasing products — when will it end?

T’Light is the newest product to join the fight against unruly cords. It’s an LED light, charging station and charging dock all in one. It certainly looks promising and we’re happy to see that it serves more than just one function.

T’Light has a 3 watt LED lamp on top that will provide about 50,000 hours of light. It’s really the base that is where it gets good and starts to sound a little promising. There’s a built in iPhone dock for charging — we appreciate this because we own an iPhone, but we’re not sure it was smart the T’Light to only offer one model. What about Android users?

Besides the iPhone dock, there’s a USB port and a jack for charging laptops — but no adapter for a Macbook which we think is odd. The T’Light isn’t cheap either, it’s selling for $90.

So, the search continues for an all around, universal cable management system that packs a few extra charging punches too.

[via Gizmodo]

By Kristen Lubbe”

This story appears in partnership with Unplggd, a site for people who embrace technology and design in their home.

]]> http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/smart-light/feed/ 0 The Garage Conversion Continues http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-garage-conversion-continues/ http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/the-garage-conversion-continues/#comments Sun, 30 May 2010 01:04:22 +0000 Heather John http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=4041
The Edison Bulb is the lighting equivalent of a 4-inch Christian Louboutin pump. A light is made for lighting. A shoe is made for walking. Neither the Edison nor Louboutin achieves its design function all that well. (Louboutin himself once told me that some of his shoes were made simply for wearing in bed.) However, both objects are brilliant at being beautiful. More on Louboutins another time, but let’s focus on how pretty these simple MIT Cage lights are from Schoolhouse Electric, in matte bronze and hanging from the pitched ceiling by a simple brown twisted cord. You can find the carbon-filament Edison bulbs at specialty lighting stores, where the clerk is likely to roll his or her eyes when you ask for them. But your eyes will thank you not only for the very soft, calming glow these bulbs cast but for their sheer beauty.

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