Designer · Germany · 1900–1990
Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900–1990) – German designer of glass and metal, Bauhaus graduate, co-designer of the WA 24 lamp (1924), WMF collaborator from 1949.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1900–1990
- Country
- Germany
Wilhelm Wagenfeld was born on 15 April 1900 in Bremen and died on 28 May 1990 in Stuttgart. Following an apprenticeship at Koch & Bergfeld, he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Bremen (1916–1919) and in Hanau (1919–1922), and from 1923 to 1925 studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar. The WA 24 (MT9) lamp was created there in 1924, designed jointly with Karl J. Jucker; Tecnolumen has produced its re-edition since 1980.
In the 1930s, he designed glassware for Jenaer Glas Schott and Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke, including Kubus (1938), produced in Weißwasser. From 1949, he collaborated with WMF – producing, among other things, objects made of Cromargan and “Max und Moritz” (1954–1957) – and in 1955 designed cutlery for Lufthansa. From 1954 to 1978, he ran his own studio in Stuttgart, also carrying out commissions for Rosenthal, Fürstenberg and Hutschenreuther.
He received awards at the exhibition in Paris (1937) and at the VII Triennale in Milan (1940). Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus, a museum presenting his work, operates in his native Bremen.
Key designs
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WA 24 (MT9)
lamp, with K.J. Jucker
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Kubus
glass
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Max und Moritz
Cromargan objects
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Lufthansa cutlery
cutlery
