a work area ease of fabrication shipping installation and repair user adjustability and customization various mounting configurations to meet a broad range of applications including but not limited to under cabinet desktop desk clamp or furniture mounted and long life performance in the current invention a plurality of luminaires provides the possibility for a plurality of lighting distributions including but not limited to task wall wash accent and spot further the current invention comprises a means for providing lighting from a plurality of light sources with a plurality of lighting distributions in other embodiments of the current invention the device for work surface illumination comprises a plurality of luminaires with a plurality of lighting distributions each luminaire comprise a mounting structure and an optical element coupled to the mounting structure in addition the luminaire comprises a means for providing light coupled to the optical element further the device comprises a power source coupled to the luminaires also the device comprises a means for controlling the luminaires and power supply coupled to the power supply or luminaires the means for controlling the luminaires and power supply uses a plurality of inputs including but not limited to input from the user detection of an occupant light level temperature computer interface and or time thus the current invention provides more effective and efficient lighting for a workspace further the current invention has the added benefits of lower total system cost ease of assembly and.