New by smow: The Tecnolumen Bauhaus Lamp from Wagenfeld

Tecnolumen WG 25 GL

There are a range of Bauhaus classics that on account of their form, history or there functionality are universally known and admired. To this group belongs the so-called „Bauhaus Lamp“ from Wilhelm Wagenfeld. The “Bauhaus Lamp”,officially known as WG 25 GL , is protected by copyright and may only be produced by TECNOLUMEN® smow naturally only offer the copyrighted and from Prof. Wagenfeld authorised edition.

Wilhelm Wagenfeld designed the „Bauhaus Lamp“ during his time at Bauhaus in Weimar in the early 1920s. He was fascinated by glass and its association with „frozen light“ inspired him to produce his WG 25 GL light; over an unobtrusive base hangs an opaque glass globe.

When in 1931 Wagenfeld switched from academia to industry (he worked, for example, with the Vereinigten Lausitzer Glaswerken, Schott Glass in Jena, WMF , the porcelain producer Rosenthal and later for Lufthansa) he considered himself as an “artistic industrialist”. Attractive designs should be serial produced with the lowest possible effort, being his motto. In the course of these co-operations Wagenfeld produced a number of timeless pieces including his Jena Glass Tea Set.

Wilhelm Wagenfeld (Photo: designlines.de)

smow stock the following Wagenfeld lamps from TECNOLUMEN®:

WG 25 GL – Glass base

WA 24 – Metal base

WA 23 SW – Black lacquered base

WG 24 – Clear glass

GL/WA – replacement glass globe