{"product_id":"ingo-maurer-one-for-the-recession-wall-lamp","title":"Ingo Maurer One for the Recession wall lamp 1985","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRare Ingo Maurer 1985 wall lamp one for the Recession in great vintage condition as can be seen in the images.\u003cbr\u003eThe lamp will be shipped insured overseas. Cost of transport to the US is Euro 85.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaurer was born in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reichenau_Island\" title=\"Reichenau Island\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Reichenau Island\"\u003eReichenau Island\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Constance\" title=\"Lake Constance\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Lake Constance\"\u003eLake Constance\u003c\/a\u003e, Germany, and was the son of a fisherman and grew up there with four siblings. After an apprenticeship as typesetter, he studied graphic design in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Munich\" title=\"Munich\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Munich\"\u003eMunich\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1960 Maurer left Germany for the U.S., where he worked in New York and San Francisco as a freelance graphic designer, including for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM\" title=\"IBM\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about IBM\"\u003eIBM\u003c\/a\u003e. In 1963, he moved back to Germany, founding Design M, a company developing and manufacturing lamps after his own designs. The company was later renamed to \"Ingo Maurer GmbH\". One of his first designs, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bulb_Lamp\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Bulb Lamp (page does not exist)\"\u003eBulb\u003c\/a\u003e (1969), was included in the design collection of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museum_of_Modern_Art\" title=\"Museum of Modern Art\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Museum of Modern Art\"\u003eMuseum of Modern Art\u003c\/a\u003e in 1969.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-Hof_3-3\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ingo_Maurer#cite_note-Hof-3\"\u003e[3]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1984 he presented the low-voltage wire system YaYaHo, consisting of two horizontally fixed metal ropes and a series of adjustable lighting elements with halogen bulbs; it became an instant success. Maurer was asked to create special YaYaHo installations for the exhibition \"Lumières je pense à vous\" (\"Lights I think of you\") at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Villa Medici in Rome, and the Institut Francais d'Architecture in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1989 Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (\u003ci\u003eCartier Foundation for Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e) in Jouy-en-Josas near Paris organized the exhibition \"Ingo Maurer: Lumière Hasard Réflexion\" (\u003ci\u003eIngo Maurer: Light Chance Reflection\u003c\/i\u003e). For this exhibition, Maurer created lighting objects and installations that were not meant for serial production for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 1989, his design and objects have been presented in a series of exhibitions, including the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stedelijk_Museum\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Stedelijk Museum\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Stedelijk Museum\"\u003eStedelijk Museum\u003c\/a\u003e in Amsterdam (1993). In 2002 the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vitra_Design_Museum\" title=\"Vitra Design Museum\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Vitra Design Museum\"\u003eVitra Design Museum\u003c\/a\u003e organized \u003ci\u003eIngo Maurer – Light – Reaching for the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, a travelling exhibition with several shows in Europe and in Japan. In 2007 the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cooper_Hewitt,_Smithsonian_Design_Museum\" title=\"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum\" aria-label=\"Visit a webpage about Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum\"\u003eCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum\u003c\/a\u003e in New York presented the exhibition \u003ci\u003eProvoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Maurer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingo Maurer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39902798676127,"sku":"","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0496\/5230\/1983\/files\/one-for-the-recession-wall-lamp-by-ingo-maurer-1985-lighting-769.jpg?v=1791995144","url":"https:\/\/vintageobjects.com\/products\/ingo-maurer-one-for-the-recession-wall-lamp","provider":"Vintage Objects","version":"1.0","type":"link"}