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Ingo Maurer Furniture

German, 1932-2019

German designer Ingo Maurer (1932–2019) was known as a “poet of light” for how he artfully created lamps that married form and function, from bulbs that soared on goose-feather wings to chandeliers that suspended bursts of shattered tableware like a slow-motion explosion. One of his first lamps, a 1966 design that was merely called Bulb, nested a lightbulb inside a larger glass lightbulb shape, drawing on his connection to German art traditions of reductive forms as well as Pop art and the playful aesthetics of 1960s pop culture. The success of Bulb — its fans included American design icon Charles Eames — led to the founding of his own company to produce this provocative fixture as well as other fantastic lighting designs.

Born on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance in southern Germany, Maurer apprenticed at a newspaper before moving to the United States in 1960. In New York and California, Maurer initially worked as a graphic designer for IBM and elsewhere before returning to Germany with his then-wife, designer Dorothee Becker, in 1963. The experience that Maurer gained in typography and bold forms was regularly expressed in the lamps crafted by his company, which was called Design M before the name was changed to Ingo Maurer GmbH. The lighting manufacturer is still based in Munich.

Some of Maurer’s pieces were minimal, such as a ceramic table lamp in 1996 he called Broken Egg, which radiated light from a fissure in an oblong shape, while others were monumental, such as the designer’s last completed installation — a colossal chandelier composed of over 3,000 silver-plated leaves — in Munich’s Residenztheater. Maurer was always at the forefront of lighting innovations, exploring holograms, LEDs and OLEDs in his projects. Through his company, the venturesome Maurer also promoted inventive new designers, including Moritz Waldemeyer, whose My New Flame (2012) imagined a futuristic candle with LEDs.

Ingo Maurer GmbH continues to produce the late designer’s distinctive table lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures, including the imaginative Bulb that started it all.

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Creator: Ingo Maurer
Ingo Maurer Black Headlight Pendant Lamp 1968
By Design M, Ingo Maurer
Located in Munich, DE
Cone shaped pendant lamp Headlight designed by Ingo Maurer and manufactured by Design M, Germany 1968. The shade is made of black lacquered metal and the diffuser is made of transpar...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ingo Maurer Furniture

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Coat Hangers by Ingo Maurer for M Design, 80's
By Ingo Maurer, M Design
Located in Padova, IT
Set of 12 beautiful clothes hangers in refined black lacquered plastic. Originals from the early 80s perfectly reflect the style and signature of their creator. Elegant and soft desi...
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Late 20th Century German Modern Ingo Maurer Furniture

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Plastic

Established & Sons White Floating Table with Four Black Chairs by Ingo Maurer
By Established & Sons, Ingo Maurer
Located in London, GB
This innovative piece is the first production table from the widely celebrated designer, Ingo Maurer. On first inspection, it appears to be an archetypal wooden kitchen table and chairs...
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Ingo Maurer Chandelier, 1970s, Round, Steel, Donut Italian Design
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Ingo Maurer chandelier particular 1970s, caps in the form of chromium-plated metal to what particular, lit like seeing a fluctuating sculpture.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ingo Maurer Furniture

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Metal, Chrome

Ingo Maurer Mid Century Modern Table Lamp Gulp
By Ingo Maurer
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Gulp table lamp Ingo Maurer mid century modern This table lamp produced by Design M in Germany is one of the very first lamps designed by Ingo Maurer. A very rare piece to come by. ...
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Ingo Maurer Don Quixote Table Lamp, 1989
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Munich, DE
Don Quixote bends and swivels, turns and stretches. Inspired by the mobility of a soldering aid, Ingo Maurer designed Don Quixote at the end of the 1980s. The table and wall lamp def...
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Ingo Maurer furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Ingo Maurer furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Ingo Maurer furniture, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 101 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 15 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Ingo Maurer were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Christian Dell, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, and Vereinigte Werkstätten München. Prices for Ingo Maurer furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $207 and can go as high as $60,918, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,495.

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