A Curt Fischer 114 "Midgard" desk lamp, Industiewerke Auma, Germany 1920-22

The engineer Curt Fischer (1890-1956) is regarded as the inventor of 'steerable light' already from the founding of his company Midgard 1919.
He revolutionized the market, which only knew static light with his first moveable 'headlamps', a real innovation at that time. Gradually he perfected the system and developed many multi-armed desk lamps, work lamps and wall lamps.
In the early 1920's his designs were recognised and valued by Walter Gropius, among others. Gropius supported Fischer's developments and examples of desk lamps etc. are documented to have been in use throughout the Weimar Bauhaus and alter even inside Walter Gropius's own study at his Master's House at Dessau. Their original correspondence has been preserved until present day.