{"title":"Wilhelm Wagenfeld","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilhelm Wagenfeld was born on 15 April 1900 in Bremen in Germany. A Bauhaus student, he was one of the most important German industrial designers of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter an apprenticeship at a silverware factory and studies at the drawing academy in Hanau, he attended the Bauhaus from 1923 to 1925, where he completed the preliminary course under László Moholy-Nagy and trained in the metal workshop, working alongside Marianne Brandt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilhelm Wagenfeld became famous for his lamp with a glass base and opal glass shade, which he designed with Karl J. Jucker in Weimar in 1924 as his journeyman's piece. The WG24 lamp (now produced by Tecnolumen) was highly praised by his masters and sold in large numbers. The small, delicate table lamp looks as simple as a street lamp, is a symbol of early minimalism developed in Germany and has become synonymous with Bauhaus classics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring his time in Weimar – first as an assistant, then until 1930 as a teacher at the State Building College – many more products followed, above all lights, tableware and other everyday goods, all marked by great formal rigour and the effort to create the ultimate design product. For Wagenfeld, a product should be \"unpretentious\": he had in mind a useful, affordable yet attractive everyday object.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1942, Wagenfeld was drafted into the army and sent to the Eastern Front, from where he only returned from Russian captivity in autumn 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1954, he founded the \"Werkstatt Wagenfeld\" to develop industrial prototypes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany designs in glass and metal for companies including Jenaer Glaswerk Schott \u0026amp; Gen., Braun, Rosenthal, Fürstenberg and WMF came from the \"Werkstatt Wagenfeld\". For Jenaer Glas, he experimented with pressed glass, which until then had been dismissed as a cheap material – resulting in, among other things, the stackable Kubus storage containers. With his simple designs for household objects in metal and glass that were as practical as they were beautiful, Wagenfeld became one of the most important industrial designers of his time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Werkstatt Wagenfeld closed in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince 1980, the 1924 Bauhaus lamp and other designs from the 1920s have been reissued by Tecnolumen in Bremen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilhelm Wagenfeld died in Stuttgart on 28 May 1990 and was buried in Collex-Bossy, Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tecnolumen-wagenfeld-leuchte-mit-metallfuss","title":"Tecnolumen - Wagenfeld lamp with metal base","description":"\u003ch2\u003e The Bauhaus Lamp by Wilhelm Wagenfeld\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\nThe Wagenfeld lamp is one of the most famous lamps of the Bauhaus era. It was designed in 1924 by Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900–1990).\r\nAfter completing an apprenticeship at a silverware factory and attending a drawing academy, he was accepted as a journeyman into the world-famous Bauhaus workshop, where he created the “Wagenfeld Lamp \u0026,” also known as the “ \u0026 Bauhaus Lamp \u0026 .” With his designs in metal and glass, Wagenfeld became one of the most important industrial designers of his time.\r\nThe Wagenfeld lamp consists of an opal-colored glass dome; the base, column, and trim are made of nickel-plated metal. Metal hemispheres beneath the base plate—which are invisible to the viewer—give the lamp its “ \u0026 ” “lightness \u0026 .”\r\nThe lamp is manufactured according to the original dimensions and materials of Tecnolumen . All lamps are sequentially numbered beneath the base plate and bear the Bauhaus and Tecnolumen logos. The lamp is shipped without a light bulb.\r\nThe Wagenfeld lamp was awarded the federal “Gute Form \u0026 ” prize in 1982 and was named one of the “Best 200 for the Year 2000 \u0026 .”","brand":"Tecnolumen","offers":[{"title":"White base","offer_id":57322952950104,"sku":"100274","price":649.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/1760\/5208\/files\/Tecnolumen-Wagenfeld-Leuchte-WA24-mit-Metallfuss_b62b8e8e-3c2d-4b40-a067-c22390955a27.jpg?v=1779275352"},{"product_id":"tecnolumen-wagenfeld-leuchte-wg-24","title":"Tecnolumen - Wagenfeld WG 24 Light Fixture","description":"\u003ch2\u003e Wagenfeld Bauhaus-era lamp\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\nThe Wagenfeld lamp is one of the most famous lamps of the Bauhaus era. It was designed in 1924 by Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900–1990) in 1924. After completing an apprenticeship at a silverware factory and attending a drawing academy, he was accepted as a journeyman into the world-famous Bauhaus workshop, where he created the design classic W24, the “ Wagenfeld lamp,” or also known as \u0026 “Bauhaus lamp \u0026 .” With his designs in metal and glass, he Wagenfeld he became one of the most important industrial designers of his time.\r\n\u003ch3\u003eWith a glass dome and glass base\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\nThe WG 24 Wagenfeld lamp consists of an opal-colored glass dome; the base and column are made of clear glass, and the trim is made of nickel-plated metal. The metal hemispheres beneath the base plate give the lamp its “lightness \u0026 .”\r\nThe lamp is manufactured by Tecnolumen according to the original dimensions and materials. All lamps are sequentially numbered beneath the base plate and bear the Bauhaus and “ Tecnolumen ” marks. The lamp is shipped without a light bulb.\r\nThe Wagenfeld lamp was awarded the federal “Gute Form” prize in 1982 and was named one of the “Best 200 for the Year 2000.”","brand":"Tecnolumen","offers":[{"title":"(EU)","offer_id":57322953245016,"sku":"100276","price":649.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/1760\/5208\/files\/Tecnolumen-Wagenfeld-Leuchte-WG-24-mit-Klarglasfuss_15ed67ba-820e-4087-ba82-6f8c996ddf85.jpg?v=1779275357"},{"product_id":"tecnolumen-wagenfeld-leuchte-wg-25-gl","title":"Tecnolumen - Wagenfeld WG 25 GL Light","description":"The \" Wagenfeld \" lamp is one of the most famous lamps of the Bauhaus era. The WG 25 version of this world-renowned lamp was designed in 1925 by Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900–1990). \u003cstrong\u003eUnlike the original WG 24, the WG 25 features a nickel-plated metal tube instead of a glass tube.\u003c\/strong\u003e The glass base is identical on both models.\r\nAfter completing an apprenticeship at a silverware factory and attending a drawing academy, Wilhelm Wagenfeld was accepted as a journeyman into the world-famous Bauhaus workshop, where he created his classic lamp, also known as the “ Wagenfeld ” lamp or the Bauhaus lamp. With his designs in metal and glass, Wagenfeld became one of the most important industrial designers of his time.\r\nThe W lamp by Wilhelm Wagenfeld is available in numerous versions. The WG 25 lamp features the characteristic opal-colored glass dome. The base of the lamp is made of glass, and the tube is made of nickel-plated metal.\r\nThe Wagenfeld lamp is manufactured by Tecnolumen according to Wilhelm Wagenfeld ’s original dimensions and materials. Tecnolumen produces the only copyright-protected and authorized reissue of the Wagenfeld lamp. All lamps therefore bear the Bauhaus and Tecnolumen logos.","brand":"Tecnolumen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322971529560,"sku":"115572","price":649.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0959\/1760\/5208\/files\/Tecnolumen-Wagenfeld-Leuchte-WG-25-GL_14970e5b-3fe4-471e-89fd-219ed22b1704.jpg?v=1779275597"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.connox.com\/collections\/wilhelm-wagenfeld.oembed","provider":"Connox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}