Dagmar Mombach & Ingo Maurer Wo-Tum-Bu floor lamp

‘First there was the feeling for the material,’ said Ingo Maurer of the Wo-Tum-Bu floor lamp he designed with friend and collaborator Dagmar Mombach. It was Mombach who perfected the process of layering paper to create the textured shade, which sheaths a metal stem to create the effect of gravity-defying fabric. While no two lamps are the same, each features a simple concrete pedestal cast by hand.

Nicknamed the ‘poet of light’, German industrial designer Ingo Maurer (1932–2019) had a radical take on illumination. He studied graphic design in Munich, before founding manufacturer Design M to produce his lighting designs. A desire to innovate with materials, processes and aesthetics yielded some highly eccentric works, including the winged bulb Lucellino (1989) and Porca Miseria! (1994) which cast shattered plates in suspended animation.

The lamp has been recently rewired and PAT tested to UK standards. There is some light wear to the concrete base and the paper sheath has some marking and discolouration in line with age.

H186 W35 D35cm

L035E