Original BAUHAUS KANDEM Industrial Design Lamp No. 637 by Hin Bredendieck 1929
The light is designed by Hin Bredendieck and produced by KANDEM (Körting & Matthiesen),
it was in production from 1929 until 1937.
These lights are extremely rare – we currently have 6 of them in stock.
It is a large and heavy, massive version with a cast iron dome and explosion protection (for dusty and humid environments). T
he glass shade is hand-blown and overlaid in opal.

Hin Bredendieck (1904-1995) was a German industrial designer.
He enrolled as Bauhaus student in Dessau in 1927, graduating in 1930.
He began his practice with Laslo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) and Herbert Bayer (1900-1985) in Germany.
In 1937 he was invited to the US by Moholy-Nagy to join the Bauhaus in Chicago,
and in 1952 became the first director of the design program at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
a position he held until his retirement in 1971.

KANDEM is closely connected with the Bauhaus.
This Leipzig lamp manufacturer produced vanguard designs of the Bauhaus.
Marked on glass.
1 x E27 bulb
Dimensions:
Height: 44 cm (17.3 in.)
Diameter glass shade: 30 cm (11.8 in.)
condition:
very good original condition