Diffrient Work Light
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Stand up while you're on the phone. Walk to your co-worker's desk instead of phoning or messaging. Do anything but sit all day.
The Diffrient Work Light II maximizes the efficiency of compact fluorescent technology to provide cool, long-lasting illumination. A versatile task light featuring a traditional screw-in socket, the Work Light supports a wide variety of bulbs, including the latest environmentally conscious bulbs. The asymmetric conical shade minimizes glare and optimizes light distribution, while the highly engineered design provides effortless, balanced movement for easy positioning.
Reviews
“Humanscale proves that form, function, and energy efficiency can coexist in design innovation.”
― Buildings
Designer

An industrial design legend, Niels Diffrient has been called “the granddaddy of the ergonomic revolution.”
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Responsible Design

Sustainability is the natural outcome of simple, elegant design.
Find out why 
Features
- User-friendly design promotes cost- and energy-savings
- Developed by legendary industrial designer Niels Diffrient
- 5 year, 24/7 warranty
- Feather-light movement
- No friction knobs or rigid joints
- Reinforced plastic reflector shade cuts glare and stays cool
- Multiple mounting options, including desktop base, clamp,slatwall, direct wall, direct desk and panel mounting options
- Accolades include a Buildings magazine 2008 Editors’ Choice
- Top Product Pick, a Citation of Excellence from the Buildings Product Innovations Awards Program, an iF Product Design Award, and a GOOD DESIGN award
Specifications
- Versatile E26 screw-in socket for a wide variety of bulb options
- 140º vertical and 360º rotational shade adjustability and 360º base rotation allow for infinite adjustability
- Multiple mounting options, including desktop base, clamp, slatwall, direct wall, direct desk and panel mounting options
- Available with single arm or double arm (up to 42” reach)
- 5-year, 24/7 warranty
Bulb Specs
- Ships with energy-efficient CFL:
- 18 or 23 watts (equivalent light output of 75- or 100-watt incandescent bulb)
- 3500 K (neutral white color temperature)
- 10,000-hour life
- End-of-life logic guards against violent failures
- No lead glass
- Rapid start technology
- Bulbs Accepted:
- Up to 26-watt, compact fluorescent bulbs
- Up to 60-watt, type A incandescent bulbs
Sustainability
The Diffrient Work Light is a great example of Humanscale's environmental purpose.
- Made predominantly of aluminum
- Contains 90% recycled content (63% post-consumer, 27% pre-consumer)
- 90% recyclable
- Designed to accommodate the latest energy-efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs
Earn LEED Credits
The Diffrient Work Light can help building projects achieve valuable LEED credits.
LEED FOR COMMERCIAL INTERIORS
Energy & Atmosphere
Credit 1.1
Optimize Energy Performance, Lighting Power
Materials & Resources
Credit 3.3
Resource Reuse, 30% Furniture & Furnishings
Credit 4.1
Recycled Content, 10%
Credit 4.2
Recycled Content, 20%
Indoor Environmental Quality
Credit 6.1
Controllability of Systems, Lighting
LEED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION
Materials & Resources
Credit 3.1
Materials Reuse, 5%
Credit 3.2
Materials Reuse, 10%
Credit 4.1
Recycled Content, 10%
Credit 4.2
Recycled Content, 20%
Indoor Environmental Quality
Credit 6.1
Controllability of Systems, Lighting
LEED FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS: OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE
Indoor Environmental Quality
Credit 2.2
Occupant Comfort: Occupant-Controlled Lighting









