Mayday 

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This light is so useful. You won't know how you managed without it. With its 5 metre long cord you can plug it in and move it almost anywhere in a room. Use it as a downlight or hang it as an uplight, or just stand it on its rim and let it glow.

We can't recommend this light enough. As it is so highly portable, it is especially useful to students or anyone living in rented accommodation.

Whilst the polypropylene shade only comes in white, the handle comes in a choice of two colours: Black or Orange. Mayday can be used with a normal E27 screw fitting incandescent light bulb, may also be used with an energy saving light bulb (which will not get so hot!).

Mayday is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Grcic Quote 'You can hang it up lie it on the floor, kick it. I always have lamps knocking around in my office and at home but I could never be bothered to fix one to the ceiling' explains Konstantin Grcic.

It is a clever unpretentious product, well suited to our increasingly nomadic ways of living.

As much of a tool as a lamp, not dissimilar to a garage mechanics inspection lamp, it is both utilitarian and sophisticated.

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