At Ingo Maurer, light is never just functional—it is always an experience and a reflection of the familiar. For the 3daysofdesign event, the team presented a deep blue wooden box at the Alice Folker Gallery in Copenhagen, filled with new designs and classics from Ingo Maurer’s lighting collection, as well as pink packing chips that gently cascaded to the floor when the box was opened. Was it careful staging or mere coincidence? In this setting, the new luminaires Shhh!, Jasna Kuchnia and NALUM were unveiled. Each of them poses its own questions about the function and perception of light. Whether it’s a light bulb under headphones, stacked porcelain plates that begin to glow, or curved glass tracing the movement of water—these three designs all show how poetic light can be when it is freed from familiar contexts.

From 18 to 20 June 2025, Copenhagen will once again become a hub for international design brands, creatives and design enthusiasts as part of the Scandinavian design festival 3daysofdesign. We’re delighted to be taking part this year with an exhibition at the Alice Folker Gallery. On display are three of our latest creations: NALUM, Shhh!, and Jasna Kuchnia. Each of them reflects our approach to working with light – not merely as a functional element, but as a medium for poetry, emotion and attitude. On Thursday, 19 June 2025 at 10:30 am, we warmly invite you to our Morning Talk: “Playfulness & Irony in Modern Art & Design”. Axel Schmid, Head of Product and Project Design, will be in conversation with Bruun Rasmussen about the role of humour, disruption and lightness in contemporary design. The exhibition is open daily throughout the festival from 10 am to 6 pm at Alice Folker Gallery, Esplanaden 14, Copenhagen.

Ingo Maurer will present five extraordinary new designs at Euroluce 2025 in Milan. The designs reflect Ingo Maurer's enigmatic play with light, material, and perception. Together with Jasna Kuchnia, an everyday object – the plate holder – is transformed into a poetic light sculpture, experimenting with transparency and opacity. Shhh! misleads the viewer's perception and creates a connection between two contrasting objects. Bruce Bringsteel stages light as a floating element, supported by a delicate wire structure, while NALUM creates fascinating light formations with wave-shaped glass structures, filling the space with organic dynamics. With Strange Little Thing, the design team questions conventional lighting design and transforms a tiny light module into a modular system with unexpected versatility.