Klaus Engelhorn, curator of Bulb Fiction, tries on POLKA's 'Perlenlicht' prototype for size.
In the Hernals neighborhood of Vienna, we visited the Bulb Fiction show at the KlausEngelhorn Depot. Selections from the collections of Klaus Engelhorn and Michael Turkiewicz lighting objects from the late 1960s to the early 1970s were exhibited amongst a range of newly commissioned and contemporary lighting designs by various designers from the present day.
A selection of Vienna-based designers were asked to create a light source loosely based on the question, 'What will happen to lamp designs when incandescent bulbs run out?,' suggesting the impending demise of the incandescent lamp and its transition to the energy saving variety.
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