series of editorials on prominent designers

german product designer wilhelm wagenfeld is most famous for his eponymous table lamp and teaching with the bauhaus collective in the 1920’s. yet across wagenfeld’s long and productive life these were just brief episodes.

from the 1920’s through to the 1970’s he taught at a number of art schools, designed everything from salt & pepper sets to music players, and received awards at the milan triennale and the paris world fair.

Wilhelm Wagenfeld wearing glasses, writing on a white bowl with a black pencil

Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1953. Photo: courtesy of Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung.

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born in Bremen, Germany

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Water jugs designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and their sketches

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Water jugs with sketches according to the design of Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1940. Execution: Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke. Photo via Getty Images.

student at a drawing academy in Hanau

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WG 25 GL table lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. A white glass lamp with a brass tube
Bauhaus Lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. A white glass lamp with a brass tube

WG 25 GL table lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld in 1925 and re-editioned by Technolumen. Material: nickel plated metal, opaque globe, clear glass base. © Technolumen. Tecnolumen.com

 

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Bauhaus Lamp designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 1924. Photo by Joachim Fliegner. Wilhelm Wagenfeld Stiftung, Bremen / © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016.

student at Bauhaus in Weimar

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director in the metal workshops of the Bauhaus in Weimar

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Sintrax, 3/4-Liter coffee maker. A coffee maker made of transparent glass with a black handle
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