The Art of Design Issue 29 2017 | Page 79

79 WOKA LAMPS VIENNA WOKA LAMPS Vienna is a Vienna-based Manufacturer of Iconic A collection of very rare antiques of the early 20th century as well 20th Century Lighting Design. Lovers of iconic lamps from the as a large collection of chandeliers from the 18th century until early 20th century were for decades deprived of the possibility of the 1960’s is completing the business of the WOKA GALLERY. owning some of the most striking pieces by the wiener Werkstatte On request all antiques and pieces of arts are delivered with an and the Bauhaus, which had long fallen out of production. expertise made out by a certified appraiser for art and antiqueson the commercial court in Vienna. The designers whose work WOKA is licensed to produce read like a who’s who of the Vienna design pantheon. Due to WOKA’s extraordinary achievement, in 2016 the minister for economic affairs and Vice Chancellor of the Austrian Republic In addition to Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, the manufactures Reinhold Mitterlehner, has awarded Woka Lamps Vienna with the has reissued striking table, ceiling, wall and floor lamps, as well as right to use the Austrian Coat of Arms in matters of Business. chandelier pieces, by the likes of Adolf Loos, Otto Wagner and Carl Witzmann. www.woka.com