Table lamp Bulb - the classic by Ingo Maurer

A masterpiece of lighting design - table lamp Bulb

It all began in 1966 with this light. With the table lamp Bulb, the well-known lighting designer Ingo Maurer laid for the foundations for an era of unparalleled lighting design more than 50 years ago. You could almost say that there would be no Ingo Maurer without Bulb.

Completely openly, without disruptive details, the traditional light bulb is presented in the middle of a lampshade based on the shape of such a light bulb and made of handblown crystal glass. The base of the light is made of very glossy chrome-plated metal and represents the base of the light bulb. A traditional light bulb with a mirrored dome sits enthroned in the centre of the clear crystal glass lampshade and is the real focus of this unmistakeable light fitting.

The story of the infamous table lamp Bulb begins in 1966 in a hotel room in Venice. After enjoying a good bottle of red wine, Ingo Maurer was lying on the bed in his hotel when he caught sight of what he says was a beautiful 15 watt traditional light bulb on the ceiling above him. The same night, Maurer began the first draft of the design for the table lamp Bulb, with which he manages to pay homage to the traditional light bulb. Previously, the most important requirement placed on the design of lights was that they should conceal the light bulb as well as possible, and that the actual actual light source should remain hidden. And it is precisely this simple light bulb, which was previously hardly given any attention, which was memorialised by Ingo Maurer in his most famous light. Bulb was given a place in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is regarded as a classic of lighting design to this day.