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Ingo Maurer Bowls and Baskets

German, 1932-2019

German designer Ingo Maurer (1932–2019) was known as a “poet of light” for how he artfully created table lamps and floor 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 Maurer's 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. Later, for Maurer’s bestselling Uchiwa lamps of the 1970s, the designer found inspiration in Japanese fans made of bamboo and lacquered rice paper.

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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Rare Mid-century Bowl by Ingo Maurer for Design M. Germany, 1970s.
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Extremely rare mid-century metal bowl by Ingo Maurer for his company Design M, Germany, 1970s. Excellent original condition. Original sticker. Ingo Maurer was born May 12, 1932 on...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ingo Maurer Bowls and Baskets

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Ingo Maurer bowls and baskets 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 bowls and baskets, although orange editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original bowls and baskets by Ingo Maurer were created in the mid-century modern style in germany during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider bowls and baskets by Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad, and Ruscha. Prices for Ingo Maurer bowls and baskets can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $2,274 and can go as high as $2,274, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,274.

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