Ceiling Lamp Spider 5 Broken Arms by Serge Mouille

Serge Mouille (1922–1988) was a French industrial designer and master metalworker whose work stands as a defining reference in modern lighting design. Born in Paris to a modest family, Mouille developed an early fascination with nature during childhood visits to his grandparents’ farm and frequent hours spent drawing plants and animals at the Jardin des Plantes. The organic structures he observed—the veining of leaves, the articulation of skeletons, the growth of shells—would later inform the biomorphic language of his designs. At a remarkably young age, Mouille entered the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris, where he studied metallurgy and silversmithing under sculptor Gabriel René Lacroix. After graduating in 1941, he opened his own metalworking studio and soon began teaching at…