Biography

Robert Sonneman, United States (1943)

A pioneer of contemporary lighting, Robert Sonneman engaged in an innovative search for new ways of approaching the medium of light at the end of the 1960s.His visionary eye helped propel his first company, set up in 1967, to the rank of essential reference in lighting.Sonneman- A way of light increasingly explores the technical and formal possibilities of the light object, which has earned him numerous awards and international museum recognition.

Robert Sonneman ingenuously combines technology, functionality and artistic form, leading him to work with malleable and timeless materials such as chrome, stainless steel and glass.