Ingo maurer

In St. Petersburg, the exhibition “Ingo Maurer. Cult of Light

Passing the gallery

Materials prepared: Anna Gorbunova

A photo: - press services

Magazine: N4 (159) 2011

Инго Маурер (Ingo Maurer) - Designer from God. Having received an education in the field of printing, he worked in printing houses, where he became interested in graphic design. In the 60s of the last century, he tried himself in the field of design in America. In Europe, he founded the design bureau Design M, where for 40 years he has been creating his unsurpassed light fixtures.

At the end of 2010, an exhibition “Инго Маурер. The cult of light ", where the famous designer told about his work:" I love everything unusual - forms, textures, sensations. Light is that unique material that allows me to give a material form to sensations. Once I watched Antonioni's Zabriski Point film, and I was struck by a slow frame: within a few seconds, fragments of a blown up villa flew in the air. So, from the fragments of broken dishes, the Porca Miseria lamp appeared - a frozen explosion. I believe that inspiration can be born from any material - paper, a piece of metal, water ... and even an antenna. Somehow, traveling in Egypt, I saw a huge antenna, and since then I have been pursued by the idea of ​​making a lamp similar to a radar. And now, 20 years later, thanks to OLED technology (Organic Light-Emitting Diode), the Radarrr lamp, consisting of the thinnest panels with LEDs, appeared. work with this stuff. It enables a person to control the light himself, to become a co-creator of a designer. OLED is the light for which the future is. Our first work in this area with OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS was called Early Future (Flying Future). But in fact, it does not matter whether you have a modern lamp or you prefer Edison bulbs, the production of which, unfortunately, the European Union has banned. The main thing is the inner light of the human soul. I always think about it when I work on projects. ”

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