Ingo Maurer -  1000 Karat Blau suspension lamp

1000 Karat Blau is a large impressive pendant lamp with the appearance of a lighting object. The shades, made of gold leaf and acrylic glass, reflect the light again and again and create an extraordinary warm atmosphere. A stunning piece for homes or other places designed to be welcoming and relaxing. As with the smaller 24 Karat Blau, part of Ingo Maurer’s collection since 2005, short-wave blue light passes through the gold molecules, making the filament appear blue. Combine several 1000 Karat Blau to create unique clusters.

Axel Schmid

Axel Schmid was born in 1971 in Nassau/Bahamas. After a practical training in metal and wood working, he studied industrial design at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste Stuttgart in the classes of Prof. Klaus Lehmann and Prof. Richard Sapper. He graduated 1997 and gained a scholarship to Japan from the German Industrial Design association VDID. In 1998 he started working for Ingo Maurer in Munich. He gave various workshops and was teaching at different design schools. He received various awards, amongst others the Bavarian State Award for young designers.

Ingo Maurer

Since the mid-1960s he has been creating special lamps and unique pieces that as an entrepreneur he produces and distributes worldwide.Since 1970 the headquarters of Ingo Maurer GmbH in Munich has been in the Schwabing district. A few years ago, however, the production and shipping departments moved to the outskirts of Munich having become in 2005 too cramped for space in the back yard at Kaiserstrasse 47.It has two large showrooms-the second after New York and the only one in all of Europe.
From creating lamps and lighting systems, setting up exhibitions and trade show appearances has been an increasing demand for the realization of designs, lighting planning and interior architectural work. Today, projects are an important component of our business.