The Most Wanted Industrial Creation For Home: The Wagenfeld Lampe
A common misjudgment 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 simply blend into any home is the Wagenfeld Lampe.
As an applied art, industrial design aims 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. {Termed|Named] after its designer, the famous German designer Wilhelm Wagenfeld, the Wagenfeld Lampe is a simple, geometric glass and metal table lamp. The lamp is separated into three essential parts: the flat circular foot, a tube-like stand, and a globular semi-opaque glass lampshade. In addition the lamp also features a distinctive pull cord spout style as well as a fabric pull cord with a metal ball fixed on one end.
To date the Wagenfeld Lampe is manufactured in two types. In the first type, the lamp’s foundation and stand are completed from clear 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 tiring to make. What’s more, the steel Lampe is especially sought after for the elegant yellowish patina the nickel plating displays over time.
Wilhelm Wagenfeld made 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 completed as the solution to an assignment handed to Wagenfeld by his professor, the Hungarian artist Lazlo Moholy-Nagy. Because of this, the Wagenfeld Lampe is also sometimes referred to as the “Bauhaus Lamp”.
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Window Hardware | Jane | 22 July 2010 |
