Ingo Maurer

Ingo Maurer is one of my favorite artists/lighting designers. I want to share with you some of his creations. I know his fixtures are not for everyone...both style wise and price point...but I feel they are worth sharing for their wonderful creative, artistic and inspiring aspects. His website is very fun so take time to check it out. www.ingo-maurer.com

I hope you enjoy!

How fun is this light fixture?!

Zettel'z 5, by Ingo Maurer is just one of his many creations. It consists of 31 pre-printed love letters in many languages written on Japanese notepaper and comes with 49 blank sheets that invite the owner to participate in the creativity. The chandelier will shed direct and diffused light, depending on the different paper layers. A heat resistant, frosted glass bulb

cover protects the design from high temperatures.

Who is Ingo Maurer? German-born, Ingo is one of the most influential and respected artist/designers working today. Fascinated by what he calls the "magical and mystical" properties of light. Maurer has received a number of renowned design awards. Since 1966 he has created more than 150 different lights and lighting systems, and designed lighting for international venues, including fashion runways, public buildings and monuments, and private commissions. His fixtures demonstrate that lighting can be highly creative, dazzling in concept, minimalist in detail and provocative in it's humor and reaction.

Porca Miseria, by Ingo Maurer, is by far my favorite!! It's an amazing combination of beauty, creativity, danger and edginess. I would love to see this one in person! It looks random, yet it's precisely choreographed like a ballet. Ingo created it after attending a famous furniture show in Milan and found too many designs that were "slick and design-conscious". Porca Miseria was developed partly as a kind of revolt against that tendency and partly for his admiration of slow-motion film explosions. It's produced in limited quantities...only 10 made in a year. It takes 4 people almost 5 days to create. According to Ingo the dishes are purchased at a regular shop and then dropped, smashed and broken with a hammer. Another reason I love this fixture is the name, Porca Miseria is an Italian curse. Interestingly I loved this fixture before learning just how rebellious it is!

Close up showing the detail involved in creating a Porca Miseria fixture

Oh.Mei.Ma, by Ingo Maurer. Constructed of six sheets of handmade paper coated with either gold or silver leaf (shown).

Birds, Birds, Birds, by Ingo Maurer, is an impressive work of art that shows Ingo's humor. A substantial chandelier with 24 unique low voltage bulbs adorned with goose feather wings, all attached to wires that can be turned, twisted and stretched in every direction. Measures 48" diameter x 75"H.

Fly Candle Fly, by Ingo Maurer, appears to levitate in mid air. Simple yet extremely impactful when used alone or in a grouping! Consists of a wax candle, extension wire, drip-catcher. Burns for approx. 20 hours and self-extinguishes.