Designer table lamp I Ricchi Poveri Monument for a Bulb pays tribute to the traditional light bulb

The sheer size difference between the small figures placed on the base plate and the traditional light bulb speaks volumes about how important the traditional light bulb was to designer Ingo Maurer. The name of the table lamp, I Ricchi Poveri Monument for a Bulb, already reveals that Maurer once again wanted to pay tribute to the traditional light bulb with this design object. The traditional light bulb and, with it, the light reign supreme in this lamp – even above people. The small figures gathered at the foot of the light bulb are made of nickel silver. With the exception of the seated figure, the other figures can be distributed as desired among the existing drill holes. Like a memorial, the LED bulb, held by thin brass rods, towers above the people. It is powered by a soldered red wire that disappears into the base plate and ends in a connection socket.

I Ricchi Poveri Monument for a Bulb is continuously dimmable via a slider on the electronic transformer.

This extraordinary table lamp is on display in the Ingo Maurer showrooms in New York and Munich.