About Ingo Maurer

Ingo Maurer: Ingo Maurer, the poet among lighting designers. Since 1965, Ingo Maurer and his team have been designing extraordinary lamps and light objects, which are produced in their own company. In-house production enables the uncompromising implementation of the artistic idea behind each luminaire. The founder of the company, Ingo Maurer, who died on 21.10.2019, was the outstanding personality among the lighting designers of the 21st century, incredibly creative and innovative, a likeable person with a lot of wit and charm and successful entrepreneur with vision and message. Ingo Maurer was an admirer of the light bulb, which for him is an "ideal symbiosis of poetry and technology". At the same time, Ingo Maurer was a pioneer in the development and application of innovations in lighting technology, such as low-voltage lamps in the 1980s, LED technology in the 1990s and OLED technology since 2006. The Ingo Maurer company is now in its second generation and can rely on an experienced team of designers.

About Company

The brand BKDD was created in 2008 by the foundation of the company "Benrather Karree" in Düsseldorf (acronym for Benrather Karree Düsseldorf). Until the end of September 2016, BKDD was exclusively active in the premium segment of consumer electronics and sold Bang & Olufsen products in the state capital's largest store. These are TV and audio sets and home automation systems with a distinctive aesthetic design and innovative technology. In addition to the end customer business, business with commercial customers was added in 2010. This includes, in particular, large furnishing projects with hotels and apartment buildings in Europe and Asia. BKDD was one of the most successful Bang & Olufsen stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and has received several awards and recognitions from the manufacturer. The B2C business was sold in 2016.  

Since October 2016, however, the B2B business has been continued in another company under the BKDD brand: BKDD has expanded its product range and offers high-quality entertainment electronics as well as furniture, lamps and carpets from European premium brands (WITTMANN, FREIFRAU + JANUA, TECNOLUMEN, Ingo Maurer, Licht im Raum).

BKDD uses Tagrino GmbH as its German purchasing company and for sales in Europe and to Hong Kong. The operational business in Asia is handled by partner companies.