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Beautiful original 1960s large pendant lamp "Headlight" by Ingo Maurer

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Beautiful original 1960s large pendant lamp "Headlight" by Ingo Maurer. Great Space Age Design. Made in Germany. By the well-known German lighting designer Ingo Maurer. Manufacturer Design M, Munich. The lamp is made of sheet steel, chrome-plated on the outside and painted white on the inside. Canopy is also made of chrome-plated metal. It is an original from the 60s in very good vintage condition. No bumps or dents on the shade. No rust. High-glossy chrome. The plastic cover at the bottom of the shade is also undamaged. No cracks or heat damage. Works with 220V and 110V. Cable and wire rope were replaced due to age. Cable and wire rope are very long. They can be shortened to any length. Fits any interior style. Suitable for all living areas and very decorative. Total height: 178 cm | 70.1" Height only shade: 42 cm | 16.5" Diameter of shade: 38 cm | 15.0" Canopy diameter: 6 cm | 2.4"

Creator:

Design M (Manufacturer),Ingo Maurer (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 16.54 in (42 cm)Diameter: 14.97 in (38 cm)

Style:

Space Age (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Chrome,Steel

Place of Origin:

Germany

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1960

Condition:

Seller Location:

München, DE

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU3720337190142

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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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