A usual misdeed about industrial works is that it only applies to machines and equipments used in factories. Now while this holds a bit of truth, industrial design can also be used to basic everyday objects as well. One example industrial which can easily blend into any home is the Wagenfeld Lampe.
As an applied style, industrial design targets to be aesthetically attractive to the eye while being commercially viable at the same time. Both these qualities can be attained in the Wagenfeld Lampe. designer, the well known German designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld, the Wagenfeld Lampe is a plain, geometric glass and metal table lamp. The lamp is separated into three basic parts: the flat circular foot, a tube-like stand, and a globular semi-opaque glass lampshade. In addition the lamp also shows a distinctive pull cord spout style as well as a fabric pull cord with a metal ball fitted on one end.
To date the Wagenfeld Lampe is produced in two types. In the first type, the lamp’s base and stand are made from vivid plate glass. The stand also has a steel inner core, which houses the electrical feed line and shows the lamp a unique “X-ray look”. In the second type, though, both the base and stand is made from nickel-plated steel. Steel kind of Wagenfeld Lampe are generally less luxurous than their glass counterparts, as they are less tedious to make. What’s more, the steel Lampe is especially attained after for the attractive yellowish patina the nickel plating gives off over time.
Wilhelm Wagenfeld designed the Wagenfeld Lampe with Karl Jacob Jucker in 1924 during their period as journeymen at the Bauhaus school in Germany. The lamp was said to have been made as the answer to an assignment given to Wagenfeld by his teacher, the Hungarian artist Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. Because of this, the Wagenfeld Lampe is also sometimes labeled to as the “Bauhaus Lamp”.
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