Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port: Silver
Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port: Silver
Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port: White
Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port: White
Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port: Graphite
Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port: Graphite
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Pablo Designs × Pablo Pardo & Fernando Pardo

Pixo Optical Task Light + USB Charging Port

$275

$275

SKU: PLO-PIXO-OPT-SLV

Average lead time: 2-3 weeks

$275

SKU: PLO-PIXO-OPT-WHT

Average lead time: 2-3 weeks

$275

SKU: PLO-PIXO-OPT-BLK

Average lead time: 2-3 weeks


Description

Maximum function in minimalist form—and using minimal energy. Pixo can fluidly rotate 360 degrees both at the head and stem, for a glare-free focus of warm light: just 6 watts of power—making it 90% more efficient than a comparable halogen light source and 40% more efficient than CFLs. One Pixo lasts for 50k hours or 25 years of daily use! If that weren't enough in a task lamp, the base features a USB port to charge mobile devices. And 97 percent of materials that went into making a single Pixo are recyclable making it an environmentalist dream.

For good reason, Red Dot awarded Pixo its 2012 award. Venezuelan-born industrial designer Fernando Pardo designed the light for his twin brother Pablo Pardo, founding namesake of the San Francisco-based Pablo Designs founded in 1993. The mission: "to create designs that deepen the relationship between objects, their users, and their environments." Pixo achieves that without a hitch.

Specifications

Size

  • 16.5" h x 4.9" w x 5.9" d (42x12.5x15cm)
  • Cable length: 71.7" (182cm)

Material

Aluminum, steel, polycarbonate

Technical

  • ETL listed
  • LED
  • Color temperature: 3000K
  • Dimmable
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Brand

Pablo Designs

When it comes to form and light, one of the most consistently innovative resources that continues to further California’s creative legacy is Pablo Designs.
Namesake Pablo Pardo bucks conventional design tropes along with pushing some of the best environmentally considerate and progressive technologies, among them is his proprietary non-glare flat-panel LED. The San Francisco-based firm advanced the market with roll outs of features such as device charging and pairing LED illumination with high-fidelity sound.

Design runs in the Pardo family DNA. His twin brother and their sister are also industrial designers, and their father is a civil engineer whose work took the family of 7 from their native Venezuela to Chile and then Ohio. Pablo started young, tinkering with remote control airplanes in his father’s workshop. As an adult, he designed for both the toy and automotive worlds, finally focusing in on lighting and launching his eponymous brand in 1993. Twin Fernando contributes to the signature collection, including collaborating with his brother on the best-selling Pixo, winner of the prestigious Red Dot prize. That spirit extends to the stable of leading international designers who have also pushed the boundaries of light with original and critically acclaimed work for Pablo Designs, from Peter Stathis and John August to the celebrated Michael McCoy, among others.

“When we set out to create something, we keep in mind that someone has to use it, and interact with it, so the fixture should be intuitive and easily understood,” observed Pablo, a practicing devotee of Dieter Rams’ less-but-better maxim. “Our designs are very simple on the outside, but complex on the inside. We believe that good design should provide a lifetime of service, and now LEDs allow us to do this.”


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