ardea+personal+light

ardea personal light

The Ardea are the great herons-those elegant birds with the long, infinitely flexible necks. Inspired by these majestic birds, Yves Béhar designed the Ardea personal light to be infinitely adjustable. Its ingenious neck design lets you direct Illumination right where you need it-on paperwork, a keyboard, or a good book. And like the herons, Ardea is kind to the earth.

Louis Sullivan said it; Ardea embodies it. The lamp's fluid aesthetic is a direct result of its mechanical performance. Flexible hinges at the base and head, continuous with the rigid structure, allow infinite direction of the light and significantly expand both the range of motion and light output. The Ardea neck can extend from a task position of 18.5" to 34.5".

San Francisco designer Yves Béhar, of fuseproject, wanted the Ardea personal light to both reflect nature and have a minimal impact on it. The compact mini-fluorescent 13-watt bulb is a low consumer of electricity. It uses about one-fourth the electricity that an incandescent bulb and lasts three to four times longer. Ardea is made of 12% recycled materials and is up to 84% recyclable at the end of its useful life. It is available in four finish options.
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