--- title: "Robert Dudley Best" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/robert-dudley-best" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Robert Dudley Best ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:17:30+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Robert Dudley Best - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/robert-dudley-best) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/robert-dudley-best) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/robert-dudley-best/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/robert-dudley-best/contributions) Address: ## Robert Dudley Best Products by Robert Dudley Best [![Bestlite walllamp adjustable](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-walllamp-adjustable/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-walllamp-adjustable-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-walllamp-adjustable) [Gubi Bestlite walllamp adjustable](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-walllamp-adjustable) [![Bestlite walllamp height adjustable](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-walllamp-height-adjustable/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-walllamp-height-adjustable-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-walllamp-height-adjustable) [Gubi Bestlite walllamp height adjustable](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-walllamp-height-adjustable) [![Bestlite wallamp](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-wallamp/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-wallamp-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-wallamp) [Gubi Bestlite wallamp](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-wallamp) [![Bestlite tablelamp big](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-tablelamp-big/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-tablelamp-big-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-tablelamp-big) [Gubi Bestlite tablelamp big](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-tablelamp-big) [![Bestlite table lamp](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-table-lamp/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-table-lamp-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-table-lamp) [Gubi Bestlite table lamp](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-table-lamp) [![Bestlite Pendant lamp](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-pendant-lamp/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-pendant-lamp-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-pendant-lamp) [Gubi Bestlite Pendant lamp](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-pendant-lamp) [![Semi Ø60](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/semi-O60/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/semi-O60-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/semi-o60) [Gubi Semi Ø60](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/semi-o60) [![Semi Ø47](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/semi-O47/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/semi-O47-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/semi-o47) [Gubi Semi Ø47](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/semi-o47) [![Semi Ø30](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/semi-O30/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/semi-O30-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/semi-o30) [Gubi Semi Ø30](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/semi-o30) [![Bestlite floor lamp](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/g/gubi/produkte/bestlite-floor-lamp/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/bestlite-floor-lamp-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-floor-lamp) [Gubi Bestlite floor lamp](https://www.stylepark.com/en/gubi/bestlite-floor-lamp) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/robert-dudley-best) Biography The BestLite lamp was designed in 1930 by the english designer Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984). Robert Dudley Best fully understood the importance of seeking inspiration internationally. He studied at the Düsseldorf School of Industrial Design and the Interior Design Atelier in Paris. He was connected to the Bauhaus movement and a personal friend of Walter Gropius. Within a short period of time the BestLite lamp proved a great success and was proclaimed the first Bauhaus manifestation in the UK by the leading British publication Architects Journal. During the second World War BestLite achieved the status of a national treasure when Winston Churchill had a lamp standing on his desk in his air-raid shelter beneath Whitehall. Robert Dudley Best is now recognised as one of the great English designers of the 20th century. Today - more than 70 years since it first went into production - the BestLite lamp remains an elegant example of styling that adds warmth and character to any room. Understated and unpretentious, this series of sturdy yet elegant lamps, started out with the BL-1 table lamp as the archetype. Since then several models have been added, but all of them designed with the same simple array of elements: the high gloss chrome pole, the pivoting arm, and a variety of coloured metal shades. Very few changes have been made in the range of models and colours, but details such as the wire and the switch has undergone necessary changes. The lamp has become a design classic, and is exhibited at the Design Museum in London.