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claude maurer: born 65 in munich, grew up with designer parents, dorothee becker and ingo maurer. early contact with things Japanese thanks to my father's travels. lived/studied in west-berlin, tokyo, cologne. three wonderful grown-up kids. worked as translator for Japanese to German and as web developer (still typing my own old-fashioned code). in 2005, started to write texts for my father's company, learning: how that company worked, how light and lamps were designed. from 2011 til 2021 general management with jenny lau (til 2014) and ingo (til 2019). very much hands-on. planing, manufacturing, selling extraordinary products. my focus: keeping the company up-to-date and innovative. something many colleagues didn't like actually, to be honest. i tend to be too honest. following the wish of my sister, the company was sold to all-male investors. for me a pause began, also due to the non-competition clause (until end of 2024) when father's company was sold to investors. // new projects will revolve about design, lighting, Japan, circularity // not really interested in design for the very 'wealthy'. really good design needs to be good for as many humans as possible and to all beings on this planet //
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