One day, back in 1989, Lisbeth and Gubi Olsen were browsing the shops in central Copenhagen when they came across a simple and functional lamp which immediately caught their attention. When they entered the shop, which happened to sell shoes, they were told that the lamp was a Bestlite made by the lighting manufacturer Best [...]
Bestlite Designer Robert Dudley Best
by Gabby Stewardt on January 7, 2011
The History of Bestlite The lamps at Best & Lloyd always played an important role in the life of Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984). Throughout his childhood, Robert Dudley spent much of his time playing at the lamp factory, he was friends with the families that worked there, and in Birmingham he was well known as [...]