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47Thousands of Australians did their homework under the glow of these lamps, or used them as fashionable interior lighting.In 1932, British inventor George Carwardine designed a table lamp that used springs to hold the lamp in di%u00a0erent positions. It became known as the Anglepoise lamp. With the mechanism clearly on show, it was an undeniably modernist lamp. Its industrial nature saw it adapted all over the world, and it became the inspiration for the Studio K desk lamp, designed by Bill Iggulden for his company Planet Lighting (in Bellingen, New South Wales) and released in 1962.The lamp quickly became a staple for both home and o%u00a0ice, and its range of bright colours saw its popularity soar %u2013 particularly in the 1970s, when aqua, lime green, burnt orange and mission brown were all the rage. Thousands of Australians did their homework under the glow of these lamps, or used them as fashionable interior lighting. The lamp also YEAR 1962DESIGNER Bill IgguldenMANUFACTURER Planet Lightingpicked up the inaugural Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design, and they were displayed all over the world %u2013 at the Louvre in Paris, MoMA in%u00a0 New York and even Karen%u2019s bedroom in Burwood.The lamp was briefly re-released for its fiftieth anniversary in 2012, and vintage examples fetch good prices in all the usual places, but they are also occasionally given away on Gumtree by spring-cleaning boomers.In 1964, the Planet K Lamp was adapted for medical use, and medical and surgical lighting makes up the majority of Planet Lighting%u2019s business today.