Best, Robert Dudley

Vesoi Close-up 50/ap dim triac Wandlamp zwart-1

Vesoi Close-up 50/ap dim triac Wall Lights black

€520.30

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim Total White Vloerlamp wit-1

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim Total White Floor Lamps white

€786.50

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim Total Black Vloerlamp zwart-1

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim Total Black Floor Lamps black

€786.50

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim painted brass - white - white cable Vloerlamp goud/messing-1

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim painted brass - white - white cable Floor Lamps gold/brass

€937.75

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim painted brass - black - black cable Vloerlamp goud/messing-1

Vesoi Stelo 137/ph dim painted brass - black - black cable Floor Lamps gold/brass

€937.75

Vesoi Zena IP20 2700k Black Wandlamp zwart-1

Vesoi Zena IP20 2700k Black Wall Lights black

€290.40

Vesoi Zena IP20 2700k White Wandlamp wit-1

Vesoi Zena IP20 2700k White Wall Lights white

€290.40

Vesoi Tubetto 50 raw brass - black cable Hanglamp goud/messing-1

Vesoi Tubetto 50 raw brass - black cable Pendant Lighting gold/brass

€369.05

Vesoi U brass 150/sp dim 3 S14d Wall Lights black

€568.70

Vesoi U brass 150/sp dim 3 S14d Brass Wall Lights gold/brass

€701.80

Best, Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) was heir to the world's largest lighting factory, founded in Birmingham in 1840. Despite its proud history, Best felt that the lamp designs produced by the factory were outdated. In 1925, Best visited the International Exhibition of Modern Design in Paris, where many of the designs exhibited were influenced by the work of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.

Inspired by what he had seen, Best began his studies of industrial design in Paris and Düsseldorf, where he became close friends with Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus movement. It was during this time that he made the first sketches of what would become the iconic Bestlite design.