INGO MAURER
RANGE DESIGN
- INGO MAURER
(The Poet of LIGHT)
“Light can be sensual, it can be comforting, it can even be dangerous,” said Maurer. “It goes beyond science or nature or even art—it is as potent as life itself.” ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Ingo Maurer can arguably be said to be among the design geniuses of our time. The designer and company owner provides different every-day things with the appropriate light and so unites functional light design with visionary poetry. Ingo Maurer lights and lamps are intended to be functional illuminants – the designer wants to tell stories with his lights. This intention is impressively reflected in Maurer’s visionary, playful shapes. For Ingo
Maurer light is pure adventure and there is always more to discover!
Characterised by the Pop Art movement, Ingo Maurer founded the studio Design M in a backyard of Munich. Maurer designs luminaires telling stories, thus turning into new stories themselves. Maurer has a knack for tapping into deep resonances with themost elusive of materials: light. Ingo Maurer makes lighting feel like a discovery.
His basic idea has been to transform the light source itself into an attractive object that allows the imagination to soar.
Innovative lamp designs have been a major theme in his work, with “Bulb” and “Lucellino”, the name of the winged lamp from 1992, among the highlights. Just like his oversized glass globe with its hint of “pop-art”, with the latter he again succeeded in transforming a naked light-bulb into a fascinating object with an affinity to bird life. The other main theme in his work centres on eye-catching light fittings and installations – created in numerous shapes and for all kinds of environments over the years.
Purely in terms of form, he works with a diversity of expression, at times completely pared-down and minimalist, at times with decorative embellishments – but imbued with concise descriptive qualities throughout. The reason lies in his commitment to
- INGO MAURER
(The Poet of LIGHT)
“Light can be sensual, it can be comforting, it can even be dangerous,” said Maurer. “It goes beyond science or nature or even art—it is as potent as life itself.” ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Ingo Maurer can arguably be said to be among the design geniuses of our time. The designer and company owner provides different every-day things with the appropriate light and so unites functional light design with visionary poetry. Ingo Maurer lights and lamps are intended to be functional illuminants – the designer wants to tell stories with his lights. This intention is impressively reflected in Maurer’s visionary, playful shapes. For Ingo
Maurer light is pure adventure and there is always more to discover!
Characterised by the Pop Art movement, Ingo Maurer founded the studio Design M in a backyard of Munich. Maurer designs luminaires telling stories, thus turning into new stories themselves. Maurer has a knack for tapping into deep resonances with themost elusive of materials: light. Ingo Maurer makes lighting feel like a discovery.
His basic idea has been to transform the light source itself into an attractive object that allows the imagination to soar.
Innovative lamp designs have been a major theme in his work, with “Bulb” and “Lucellino”, the name of the winged lamp from 1992, among the highlights. Just like his oversized glass globe with its hint of “pop-art”, with the latter he again succeeded in transforming a naked light-bulb into a fascinating object with an affinity to bird life. The other main theme in his work centres on eye-catching light fittings and installations – created in numerous shapes and for all kinds of environments over the years.
Purely in terms of form, he works with a diversity of expression, at times completely pared-down and minimalist, at times with decorative embellishments – but imbued with concise descriptive qualities throughout. The reason lies in his commitment to