Pulpo is a German design brand for furniture, lighting and home accessories — founded in 2006 by Ursula and Patrick L'hoste in Lörrach (Baden-Württemberg), today headquartered in Weil am Rhein, near the Swiss border. The company understands itself as a design editor: Pulpo curates designers and connects them with specialised manufacturing businesses, each of which is the most suitable partner for its specific material. All products are manufactured in Europe — exclusively by small and medium-sized craft firms, which not only ensures quality but also actively supports traditional industries. In its early phase Pulpo was known for powder-coated steel objects. From 2013 a deliberate realignment towards glass as the central material took place — a step that has shaped the international brand identity since. 2014: opening of the pulpo galerie in Lörrach as an interface between design brand and contemporary art. Dealer network: from Iceland via Dubai to Australia. Trade fair presence: Maison & Objet (Paris), Salone del Mobile (Milan), imm cologne.
Design DNA: every Pulpo object is a unity of material, form and artisanal production process — air bubbles in the glass, irregularities in the ceramics, colour variations in the glass mass are not defects but part of the product identity. Guiding concept: "customized mass products" — each piece passes through the editors' hands and is checked for highest quality. Designer network: Sebastian Herkner (Alwa series — side tables and coffee tables in solid cast glass, each unique through natural bubble formation and uneven surface; Boule lamps; Thales side tables in float glass; Oda floor lamp; Stellar pendant lamp; Boule collection in collaboration with Rosenthal), Lorenzo Zanovello (Chouchou side tables in hand-formed ceramics), Sylvain Willenz (Offset ceramic side tables), Kai Linke (Container objects in silvered glass in Bohemian tradition). Product categories: side tables, coffee tables, sideboards, chairs, lighting (table, floor, pendant, wall lamps), decorative vessels, ceramic objects and sculptures.
For architects and interior designers seeking for ultra-luxury residential, boutique hotel lobby, concept store, gallery and demanding international statement object contract projects a German design brand founded in 2006 by Ursula and Patrick L'hoste in Weil am Rhein that according to the editor principle connects international design talents with European specialist manufactures, transferring solid cast glass (Alwa, Sebastian Herkner), hand-formed ceramics (Chouchou, Lorenzo Zanovello), Bohemian glass-blowing tradition (Kai Linke) and other material craft lines into objects that carry their production irregularities as a mark of identity — Pulpo represents a design philosophy that understands serial production as a craft edition and treats the imperfection of material as the actual design statement.