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'Birdie' Pendant Lamp in Goose Feather Wings and Clear Wiring for Ingo Maurer

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'Birdie' pendant lamp in goose feather wings and clear wiring for Ingo Maurer Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966. With imagination, creativity and technical prowess, Maurer’s lamps have been explicitly designed to “stimulate the imagination and excite the emotions.” Today his Munich workshop continues to craft celebrated creations true to the one of a kind spirit of the firm’s founder. The 'Birdie' pendant creatively features goose wing feathers allowing this lamp's light to 'give flight' around the swirling and adjustable wire structure. Unique feather-shaped shadows are the result of this Maurer masterpiece.. Executed in tinned copper wire and goose feather wings with thoughtful attention to detail, use of high quality materials and incomparable craftsmanship. Price per item. Available in to order in unlimited quantities with either red or transparent wiring. This listing is for the 'Birdie' with transparent wiring. In stock lead time 1-2 weeks. Out of stock can add an additional 8 weeks or more. Please note that inventory availability subject to change without notice. Illuminated via 12 low voltage LED bulbs (bulbs included) each providing 1.5 watts, creating 1200 lumens at 2600k color with CRI >95. Dimmable according to switch (switch not included). Standard length of fixture is 39" but can be customized to a longer length for an additional cost. Canopy houses low voltage transformer. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing possible from an authorized 3rd party vendor for an additional fee. Made to order. All sales are final.

Creator:

Ingo Maurer (Designer, Maker)

Dimensions:

Height: 39.3 in (99.83 cm)Diameter: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)

Power Source:

Hardwired

Lampshade:

Included

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Copper,Feathers,Plastic,Tin

Place of Origin:

Germany

Period:

21st Century

Date of Manufacture:

Contemporary

Production Type:

New & Custom(Current Production)

Estimated Production Time:

1-2 weeks

Condition:

Seller Location:

Glendale, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: M39631stDibs: LU1447231575272

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Ingo Maurer

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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