Description
This product is a table lamp called the Bauhaus Table Lamp and was designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Carl J. Jucker in 1923 for the Bauhaus workshop. The Bauhaus lamp is a small table lamp that is designed to be placed on a table or desk and produce light to illuminate a room or area. When first looked upon, it can be clearly seen as a lamp from the obvious bulb cover and the draw string power cord (MET 2016)
Parts
• Bulb Cover
• Drawstring Power Cord
• Power Cord
• Bulb
• Glass Shaft
• Glass Base Plate
Aesthetic/ Sensory
The geometric shapes of this lamp include mostly rounded shapes such as an its semi- spherical bulb cover, cylindrical shaft and a circular base. The original colours of the Bauhaus Lamp included a bronze colour …show more content…
The function of the bulb cover is to help diffuse the light, the drawstring power cord is used to turn the lamp on and off, the power cord is used to transfer power from an electrical outlet to the bulb, the glass shaft houses the power cord and the glass base plates function is to keep the lamp upright (Tecnolumen 2016).
The Context
The designers of this product were Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Carl J. Jucker and they designed the Bauhaus Lamp in 1923. Wilhelm Wagenfeld was a German industrial designer who was born in 1900 in Bremen and died 1990 and was a student of Bauhaus. He believed that his designs should be “affordable for the everyday worker but good enough for the wealthy (Galloway 1998).” Carl Jacob Jucker was a Swiss Silversmith and industrial designer who was born in Zurich in 1902 and died in 1997 and like Wagenfeld was also a student at Bauhaus and studied alongside Wagenfeld both of whom studied under the direction of László Moholy-Nagy (Museum of Design Zurich 2016). The Bauhaus was an arts school that was based in Germany from 1919 till 1933 where it was closed by its own leadership due to the Nazi regime. The Bauhaus taught a fusion of both applied and fine arts (MOMA 2016; MET …show more content…
These values included the fact that the lamp was designed to be “affordable for the everyday worker but good enough for the wealthy” and was meant to achieve “both maximum simplicity and, in terms of time and materials, greatest economy (MOMA 2016).” This meant they wanted to use as little excess materials as possible and thus have less an impact on the environment. The Bauhaus Lamp also has a certain status that it grants to the owner of the lamp. This status is one sophistication and of
This product is a table lamp called the Bauhaus Table Lamp and was designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Carl J. Jucker in 1923 for the Bauhaus workshop. The Bauhaus lamp is a small table lamp that is designed to be placed on a table or desk and produce light to illuminate a room or area. When first looked upon, it can be clearly seen as a lamp from the obvious bulb cover and the draw string power cord (MET 2016)
Parts
• Bulb Cover
• Drawstring Power Cord
• Power Cord
• Bulb
• Glass Shaft
• Glass Base Plate
Aesthetic/ Sensory
The geometric shapes of this lamp include mostly rounded shapes such as an its semi- spherical bulb cover, cylindrical shaft and a circular base. The original colours of the Bauhaus Lamp included a bronze colour …show more content…
The function of the bulb cover is to help diffuse the light, the drawstring power cord is used to turn the lamp on and off, the power cord is used to transfer power from an electrical outlet to the bulb, the glass shaft houses the power cord and the glass base plates function is to keep the lamp upright (Tecnolumen 2016).
The Context
The designers of this product were Wilhelm Wagenfeld and Carl J. Jucker and they designed the Bauhaus Lamp in 1923. Wilhelm Wagenfeld was a German industrial designer who was born in 1900 in Bremen and died 1990 and was a student of Bauhaus. He believed that his designs should be “affordable for the everyday worker but good enough for the wealthy (Galloway 1998).” Carl Jacob Jucker was a Swiss Silversmith and industrial designer who was born in Zurich in 1902 and died in 1997 and like Wagenfeld was also a student at Bauhaus and studied alongside Wagenfeld both of whom studied under the direction of László Moholy-Nagy (Museum of Design Zurich 2016). The Bauhaus was an arts school that was based in Germany from 1919 till 1933 where it was closed by its own leadership due to the Nazi regime. The Bauhaus taught a fusion of both applied and fine arts (MOMA 2016; MET …show more content…
These values included the fact that the lamp was designed to be “affordable for the everyday worker but good enough for the wealthy” and was meant to achieve “both maximum simplicity and, in terms of time and materials, greatest economy (MOMA 2016).” This meant they wanted to use as little excess materials as possible and thus have less an impact on the environment. The Bauhaus Lamp also has a certain status that it grants to the owner of the lamp. This status is one sophistication and of