We were honored to support the Punch Room event this week, organised by Ankle Deep Studios and held at the fantastic Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Claire Sambrook, Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth was inspired after spotting one of Lucy Morrison’s pieces of work in a local coffee shop. After investigating the textural artform, she reached out to Lucy and invited her to teach the Illustration and the Fashion & Textiles students from the University of Portsmouth.

As the Chinese proverb goes, ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…’

In that spirit we’re pleased to announce Anglepoise is exhibiting at this month’s Design Shanghai (3 – 6th June), marking the brand’s first appearance at a design industry event in mainland China.

The exhibition will showcase the complete Anglepoise + Paul Smith collection, the ever popular 90 Mini Mini range and highlights from the Anglepoise + Margaret Howell collection.

Our appearance at the event coincides with the appointment of a new logistics and fulfilment partner in China, working in tandem with longstanding regional agents Arrakis.

Alongside the launch of a dedicated website (www.anglepoise.cn) and WeChat account, this signals the start of an exciting new chapter for this timeless British brand, in one of the world’s oldest civilizations and fastest growing economies.

Shēnɡyì xīnɡLónɡ!

Design Shanghai

3 – 6 June 2021, Address: Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center

Anglepoise can be found at: Contemporary Design Pavilion, Stand C118

https://www.designshanghai.com/

For all Anglepoise China enquiries, please contact:

Arrakis
Building 8, No.622,
Huaihai Middle Road,
Huangpu District,
Shanghai

arrakis@arrakis.com.hk
www.arrakis.com.hk

Alex Li Tingyu 136 3634 5338 / Bettina Zhang Qian 186 2153 8905

Anglepoise is again supporting New Designers and the ND Awards, the leading London graduate design awards, in 2021. Running from 30th June – 10th July, the ND awards is all about celebrating and championing emerging talent and, vitally, it is about connecting industry with young talent and exchanging ideas and creativity.

Here is our brief for this year:

Deep work is hard in our distracted world and it’s even harder after the last year. Making time to focus and switch on your imagination, switch off distractions and improve productivity is a challenge. So too is doing all of this whilst also looking after your wellbeing and mental health.​

​The Anglepoise lamp is loved for many reasons; its form, its function and its ‘everyman’ appeal: there really is an Anglepoise for everyone. It has the ability to illuminate and demarcate – something we have all needed help with in the last 12 months as work, study and leisure have bled into one.​

​We already make some of the best task lights that there are for the doers, the makers and the creators. But what lies ahead? Given a blank sheet of paper, where would you take the humble task light? We would like you to design a task light that creates an environment for deep, productive work and supports wellbeing. ​

​You can be as creative as you like but it must be commercially viable and well-engineered.  

The Details

The Prize​

£500 worth of Anglepoise products and 4 mentoring sessions​

​Award criteria​

Please consider the commercial viability of your design. Think about the customer when creating your response to the brief and pay close attention to the creative pointers we have given in this pack…if  you answer just one question, think, as Sir John Hegarty says: “will the planet thank you?”​

​Application​

We don’t want to make your life unduly hard – we know you have a lot on your plate – but here are a few pointers:​

• If you are using Powerpoint, limit this to 10 slides max.​
• It’s a design project and you are a designer – we want to see slick visuals That doesn’t have to mean high tech though – we love a pencil drawing! Additionally, renders, videos and even animations are encouraged and welcome.​

​The closingfor entries is 28th May. For more information, please go to: https://www.newdesigners.com/

As it’s Mental Health Awareness week (10 – 16 May) we want to share how we as a business have adopted better ways to help our team manage their mental wellbeing in a truly challenging year. This year’s awareness week is themed around Nature because research has found that more than half us feel that being close to nature improves our mental health.

“I think that’s due to us being more ‘in the moment’ after everything that has happened in the last year. We are appreciating our surroundings more and nature helps us gain some much needed perspective in our daily lives” says MD John Purnell.

We will also be holding our usual ‘Tea & Talk’ – in the office for those able to do so safely and online for everyone else – so that we can gather and chat, or just listen. Even as a small business, we prioritise team wellbeing and try to embed an ethos of good mental health awareness. We have recently invested in the MHFA

Anglepoise is hosting its first pop up shop in its hometown of Portsmouth on 16th – 18th October! You’ll find a wide selection of heavily discounted Anglepoise lights at Hotwalls, the creative quarter that has transformed the historic coastal fortifications into an exciting hub for makers, artists and creatives.

On sale products include not-quite-perfects, samples as well as some discontinued lines.

We will be running a Covid-compliant shopping experience so this might mean we operate a queuing system.

Opening hours

Studio 7, Hotwalls

Point Battery & Barracks, Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, PO1 2FS.

Friday 16th Oct 13:00-17:00

Saturday 17th 9:00-17:00

Sunday 18th 11:00-16:00

How to Find Us

An Anglepoise has always been a light for life. Since its early days, prizing both form and function in equal measure, it has been an illuminating friend that has moved with its owners through life. From lighting up homework and hobbies to homes and offices, it is – and always has been – much more than a lamp.