Ingo Maurer designed his first light fixture for an installation at the Herman Miller showroom in Munich, Germany. His creation was entitled "Bulb" and featured a light bulb within a light bulb. This book offers an overview of Maurer's work and presents a selection of his lamps and lighting systems, arranged thematically

• Zufall, Licht und Wasser = Chance, light and water / Bernhard Dessecker, Marie-Claude Beaud
• Just bulbs / Bernhard Dessecker
• Kaiserstrae 47 / Jenny Lau
• Paper / Issey Miyake, Bernhard Dessecker
• Chrom / Bernhard Dessecker
• Gold / Lisa Zeitz
• Glasnost / Bernhard Dessecker
• Cold places, cool nights / Chantal Hamaide
• YaYaHo und Co / Holger Schnitgerhans
• Porca miseria! / Bernhard Dessecker
• Intermezzo / Snapshots
• Der vergessene Maurer = The forgotten Maurer / Thomas Edelmann
• New York, New York / Kim Hastreiter
• Intermezzo / interview : Donato Savoie & Antonio Morello, Studio MORSA
• Projects / Markus Allmann, Diane Hennebert
• Future lights / Christian Gartner
• Epilog / interview : Alessandro Mendini & Claudia Neumann