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It took a combination of an engineer dedicated to the technology of springs and a businessman determined to diversify his product range to bring this striking, yet functional lamp to market. Despite the huge technological advances since its creation in Redditch in 1934, even today you’d be hard pushed to find a desk lamp that doesn’t draw on Carwardine’s design.
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