Blog posts

The History of Glass Blocks: Architecture That Became Light
Before they became lamps, glass blocks were part of walls, designed to bring light into the dense, industrial cities of 19th-century Europe. Embraced by Modernism and widely used in post-war Germany, they carried both function and ideology. Today, we repurpose these architectural elements into sculptural lamps transforming a material once used for collective spaces into a softer, more intimate source of light. Read more...
Illuminating Heritage: A Porcelain Lighting Installation
Rediscovered during lockdown, a grandmother’s porcelain becomes a luminous design piece. This story explores fragility, memory, and how heirlooms can be transformed into living objects that honor the past while lighting the present.   Read more...
Lighting a Legacy: Markus’s Grandmother’s Porcelain Reimagined
A forgotten porcelain dinner service is transformed into a sculptural wall lamp, turning family heritage into a living source of light and memory. Read more...
What is Glasbaustein? A Brutalist Design Object
Glasbaustein lamps reimagine architectural glass bricks as sculptural lighting objects, transforming light into atmosphere and presence within a space. Read more...