Aurora Task Lamp

Aurora started on a rented workbench in Portland, with a pile of rejected CNC offcuts and a question: why do so many “nice” lamps still feel disposable?

We spent eighteen months on the hinge. Not the shade, not the LED board — the hinge. It should hold at any angle without sagging in year three. The arm is machined 6061 aluminum, anodized in three quiet finishes, and the diffuser is a custom opal polycarbonate that kills the dots without killing the color.

This campaign funds the first production run of 800 lamps. Tooling is paid. The remaining cost is finishing, assembly jigs, UL listing, and a packaging system that uses no plastic foam.

If we hit the stretch goal at BDT 90,000, every backer at the lamp tier and above receives a matching USB-C puck that docks under the base for phone charging.

We are two designers and a retired lighting engineer. We will ship from Oregon. We will not vanish after the campaign — the spare parts list is public, and the LED module is a standard form factor you can replace without sending the lamp back.