JUMO

JUMO at BINK

When Bakelite Was the Future

 

Before Dyson’s hinges or Flyte’s levitation, there was the JUMO Classique—the 1930s streamline desk lamp that moved like a contortionist. Cre­ated by André Mounique and Gustave Miklos, highlighting the­ sleek style of that pe­riod so liked by Parisian intellectuals, its genius hides in plain sight:

  • Bakelite “knuckles” (the first plastic to survive both cafés and wars)

  • A stem that folds flat—like your laptop, but with more Gallic flair

  • The same E14 socket your vintage BINK bulbs screw into today

We’re proud to import this design because, like Bolichwerke’s Bauhaus icons, it’s a relic that refuses to retire.

Why JUMO? Some designs are so clever, they outlive their inventors.

The Dossier

The  Design Heist of 1930s Paris

JUMO doesn’t belong at BINK—it stole a seat at the table in 1937 and refused to leave. Here’s why we let it stay:

The Classique’s Origin Story, how it was born

1937, Paris: Martin, a Renault engineer by day, lighting anarchist by night, grew tired of lamps that stood stiff like bureaucrats. His solution? A lamp with:

  • 6 friction joints (each lined with asbestos-free fibers—progress!)

  • Friction but silent adjustability disguised as elegance

  • A name borrowed from JUMent de bureau (“desk workhorse”)

Fun fact: The first prototypes used repurposed bicycle grips for joints.

The Original Brief:
“A lamp that could survive absinthe spills, cigar smoke, and the weight of Sartre’s existential crises.”

SHOP JUMOThe JUMO doesn’t balance light—it argues with gravity. And wins.

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