The Outstanding Industrial Bauhaus Design Made By The Humble Wilhelm Wagenfeld
When it comes to the applied skill of industrial design, perhaps no other name ,shouts louder than that of Wagenfeld . Recognized to be the most successful prodigy of the Staatliches Bauhaus, the German industrial designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld created some of the most famed regard as designs of the 20th century. Yet none of his creations would prove to be as ageless as the Wagenfeld Lampe. Usually known as the “Bauhaus lamp”, theWagenfeld Lampe exhibits the modernist ideas which the Bauhaus stands for and remains an admired industrial style to this day.
Consisting of a disc-shaped base, a tube-shaped stand and a semi-spherical glass lampshade, the Wagenfeld Lampe was designed by Wagenfeld in partnership with Karl J. Jucker in 1924 during their journeyman years at the Bauhaus. As the tale goes, the lamp’s style was completed by Wagenfeld as the solution to an assignment given to him by his teacher, the Bauhaus administrator Lazlo-Moholy Nagy.
Two variations of the Wagenfeld Lamp at present exist. In the first edition, the base and stand are completed from industrial class steel covered with nickel. Reproductions of the Lampe were also made with chrome-plated steel, though nickel-plated lamps are more wanted after and can definitely be identified by the yellowish glaze of the nickel gives off over time. But the second version, the stand and base are made from thick clear glass. The internal core of the glass stand also has a nickel-plated tube which the electrical feed line is housed. The glass kind of Wagenfeld Lampe is generally more costly that its steel type, as it is more hard to manufacture.
At present, the Technolumen company of Bremen, Germany is the official manufacturer of Wagenfeld Lampe reproductions. Technolumen acquired the rights to make the Lampe from Wagenfeld in the early 1980s, and it currently remains as one of its top products. However, reproductions of Wagenfeld’s style by other makers have also attained on the market.
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