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Glo-Ball Basic

Year of design: 1998 | Design: Jasper Morrison

Table/desk lamp providing diffused light. Diffuser consisting of an externally acidetched, hand blown, flashed opaline glass and a die-cast aluminum threaded ring nut with alodine plating finish. 30% fiberglass reinforced injection-molded polyamide base. Gray painted, die-cast aluminum diffuser support.

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