Ingo Maurer

of lighting design

of genius

The story

Industrial designer who revolutionized lighting design

His work stands at the intersection of art and industrial designHis work stands at the intersection of art and industrial design

poet of light

1932–

–2019

1970-е

Ingo's career reached such heights that he stopped working to enrich himself

1932

Born on the island of Reichenau in southern Germany

1963

He took up lighting design and founded his company Design M, which later became Ingo Maurer GmbH

1952

Studied in Munich as a graphic designer.

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didn't just

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lighting fixtures, he created

entire concepts

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debut

It was so simple and original that the model immediately entered the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Table lamp in blown crystal with small bulb in chrome plated metal.

Ingo Maurer has made a name for itself with the legendary Bulb lamp

bulb

1966

Known designs

Low-voltage halogen system embodying the typical Ingo Maurer design

New, innovative and equipped with perfect technology.

All elements can be moved horizontally and some can be moved vertically as well

This creates a very individual light; each room is lit differently and adapted to the personal needs of its inhabitants.

Production of this lamp was limited to a few pieces per year

Making each piece requires the efforts of four people, randomly smashing the plates with a hammer or dropping them on the floor.

Stacking silverware shards into a unique composition.

This romantic ceiling fixture is constructed of three layers of nylon mesh in different sizes, studded with 385 crystals.

Ten years after Ingo Maurer's death, this piece is particularly poignant.

Poetry, beauty and romance - Maurer gave his work his all

This small table lamp is often seen on desks, bedside tables or sideboards.

The name of the lamp is a play on the words Luce (light) and Ucellino (little bird) — hence "Lucellino".

Again, Ingo Maurer took the lamp motif and added two little goose feather wings.

YaYaHo

1984

Lucellino

1989

Porca Miseria!

1994

Lacrime del Pescatore

2009

iconic objects

A luminaire was created for the Frankfurt Expo Center
in the form of a huge pendulum

For the Torre Velasca skyscraper in Milan - fantastically beautiful neon lighting

exhibitions

1989

2007

2002

In 2007, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York presented the exhibition Provoking Magic: The Illumination of Ingo Maurer.

The exhibition "Ingo Maurer: Reflections of Lumiere Hasar" was held at Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Jouy-en-Josas. Maurer produced lighting products and installations not intended for mass production for the first time.

Vitra Design Museum organized the traveling exhibition "Ingo Maurer - Light - Reaching for the Moon", which held several shows in Europe and Japan.

1993

Since 1989, his work and objects have been featured in various exhibitions, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam

A wide chandelier of over 3000 silver plated leaves

The chandelier was completed at Munich’s Residenz Theater on October 18, just days before the artist’s death

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The latest installation

2019

I’ve been very lucky to work with material that doesn’t exist.

Light cannot be touched, bent, looked at from different angles.

It is not an object, but a spirit that fills us from within.

2003

2010

2005

Royal Industrial Designers, Royal Society of Arts, London

Georg Jensen Prize Copenhagen

Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany

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recognition

2000

2002

2003

Lucky Strike Designer Award from the Raymond Lowy Foundation, Germany

Collab's Design Excellence
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Oribe Prize, Japan