'B. Bulb' Portable Hand Blown Opaline Glass Table Lamp in Chrome for Ingo Maurer

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‘B. Bulb’portable hand blown opaline glass table lamp in chrome 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, Maurers lamps have been explicitly designed to stimulate the imagination and excite the emotions. Today his Munich workshop continues to craft incomparable creations true to the one of a kind spirit of the firms founder.

The B. Bulb brings a new portable and rechargeable addition to the ‘Bulb’ family based on the original 1966 iconic design. Created to be taken as a ‘light on the go’ this smaller edition of the Bulb family is fabricated in polished chrome and blown opaline glass with thoughtful attention to detail, use of high quality materials and incomparable craftsmanship.

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In stock lead time 1-2 weeks. Out of stock can add 8 weeks or more. Please note that inventory availability can change without notice. For time sensitive orders please contact us for current lead times prior to purchasing.

Illuminated via integrated LED offering 2 watts, 1800-2700K, CRI 90 and 210 lumens. Powered by 5200 mAh lithium ion battery providing up to 10 hours of light on a single charge and rechargeable with included 6.5′ USB-C cable. Not UL listed, but recommended UL listing possible from an authorized 3rd party vendor for an additional fee.

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All sales are final.Creator: Ingo Maurer (Maker, Designer)Design: Bulb LampDimensions: Height: 7.8 in (19.82 cm)Diameter: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Power Source: Plug-inVoltage: 110-150vLampshade: IncludedStyle: Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)Materials and Techniques: Blown Glass,Chrome,Opaline GlassPlace of Origin: GermanyPeriod: 21st CenturyDate of Manufacture: ContemporaryProduction Type: New Custom(Re-Edition)Estimated Production Time: Available NowCondition: NewSeller Location: Glendale, CAReference Number: Seller: M39401stDibs: LU1447231380722Shop All Ingo Maurer

Ingo Maurer

German designerIngo Maurer(19322019) was known as a poet of light for how he artfully createdtable lampsandfloor lampsthat married form and function, from bulbs that soared on goose-feather wings tochandeliersthat suspended bursts of shattered tableware like a slow-motion explosion.

One of Maurer’s first lamps, a 1966 design that was merely calledBulb, nested a lightbulb inside a larger glass lightbulb shape, drawing on his connection to German art traditions of reductive forms as well asPop artand the playful aesthetics of 1960s pop culture. The success of Bulb its fans included American design iconCharles Eames led to the founding of his own company to produce this provocative fixture as well as other fantastic lighting designs. Later, for Maurers 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 Maurers 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 designers last completed installation a colossal chandelier composed of over 3,000 silver-plated leaves in Munichs 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 designers distinctive table lamps, chandeliers and other fixtures, including the imaginative Bulb that started it all.

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