pulpo GmbH

Name

pulpo GmbH

Legal name

pulpo GmbH

Website

https://pulpoproducts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

pulpo GmbH is a privately-held German design editor founded in 2006 that produces handcrafted high-end lighting, furniture, and accessories in glass, ceramic, and metal, collaborating with international designers and distributing through 255+ global dealers, direct e-commerce, and a contract business serving architects and interior designers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Weil am Rhein

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Direct sales of high-end lighting, furniture, and accessories through e-commerce platform and dealer network. Products are sold as one-time purchases with pricing available upon inquiry. Quick shipment options available for select items.
2. Contract Business: Direct collaboration with architects and interior designers for project-based sales, custom specifications, and volume orders.
3. Industrial Art Limited Editions: Limited edition pieces (e.g., 30 pieces for Cut Chair) crafted, numbered and signed in small editions by contemporary designers and artists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

pulpo is a design editor that conceives, commissions and sells high-end handcrafted lighting, furniture, and home accessories in collaboration with international designers such as Sebastian Herkner, Studio Brichet-Ziegler, Ferréol Babin, Victoria Wilmotte and Lorenzo Zanovello. Production relies on traditional craftsmanship — hand-blown and hand-cast glass, handmade ceramics, and metalwork — executed by specialist manufacturers in Veneto, Italy, yielding sculptural objects sold through dealer partners, contract projects, and direct e-commerce. Beyond the standard collection, pulpo also releases limited industrial art editions of unique, numbered and signed pieces.

Product overview

pulpo GmbH is a design editor for high-end home products founded in 2006, specializing in avant-garde sculptural objects across three main collections: Lighting, Furniture, and Accessories. The product portfolio centers on handcrafted pieces made primarily from glass (their focus since 2013), ceramics, and metal, created in collaboration with international designers. The Lighting collection includes floor, table, pendant, and wall lights such as Kokeshi, Oda, Boule, Flaming Stars, Magma, Samsa, Stellar series, Bent series, Sfera, Kumo, and Cactus. The Furniture collection features side tables, dining tables, seating, shelving, and storage including Alwa series, Pina, Bent tables, Como, mila, Pallet, Aspa, Imi, Chouchou, Pilota, Wham, Marino, Tavolo/Tavolino2, Lyn, and Bent Dining Table. The Accessories collection includes Potpourri carafes and glasses. Additionally, pulpo offers an Industrial Art Limited Editions line featuring unique numbered and signed pieces in concrete, steel, wood, and aluminum. The company operates with a network of international designers and manufacturers, with headquarters in Weil am Rhein, Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Alwa Square Side and coffee table with hand-cast glass top in square form, combining thick solid-coloured glass with metal frame or mouth-blown glass cylinder, available in three sizes and various finishes.
• Alwa One Massive glass side/coffee table with gentle contours, featuring raw hot glass mass with natural bubbles and uneven tactile surface, made of casted glass with powder coated steel base.
• Alwa Two Glass table with cross-shaped metal base, retaining the unique character of the original Alwa glass top with natural bubbles and tactile surface, offering visual lightness with structural contrast.
• Alwa Three Glass table with cylindrical glass base, featuring the same generous textured glass top as the Alwa siblings, providing a grounded foundation for interplay between materiality and form.
• Kokeshi Floor light inspired by traditional Japanese Kokeshi dolls, with tactile ceramic torso and hand-blown glass head emitting a soft glow, available in white or grey acetato shade options.
• Oda Table and floor light inspired by industrial water towers photographed by Bernd and Hilla Becher, featuring hand-blown coloured glass with powder coated steel, available in multiple sizes and colour combinations.
• Boule Lighting series paying homage to the traditional French Pétanque game, stacking different versions of clear and coloured hand-blown glass on handmade ceramics or stone bases in various heights and colours.
• Flaming Stars Ceramic table light series by Natascha Madeiski inspired by the Memphis design movement with Memphis music references in product names, featuring various coloured objects representing 1980s Milan design.
• Magma Lighting by Ferréol Babin expressing the production origins of glass through natural contrasts: glass on stone, light and dark, matt versus glossy, right angles versus curves.
• Samsa Cast aluminium lighting by Sebastian Herkner, transforming sturdy recycled material into a shining example of lightness through his hands.
• Stellar Pendant Pendant light inspired by intergalactic themes, featuring a hand-blown glass form with a semi-sphere of curved ridges and frosted acetate for a warming glow.
• Stellar Wall Wall light on a black powder coated steel base with a grouping of starlike spheres mixing frosted acetate illumination with a textured ripple, offering hand-blown glass spheres.
• Stellar Grape Floor and pendant light combining multiple Stellar lights in a single harmonious composition, reminiscent of a cluster of grapes, available in smoky grey or transparent.
• Bent Wall Distinctive wall lamp merging the elegance of a lampshade with a bold architectural presence, featuring a hand-cast curved glass element with irregular grooves and organic patterns.
• Bent Two Floor lamp resembling a lampshade with a room-filling presence, defined by a curved section of glass with regularly grooved yet irregular surface created by casting molten glass into a specially designed mould.
• Sfera Table and floor light by Victoria Wilmotte featuring a bold triangular steel frame with three hand-blown globes radiating sculptural light, available in high-glossy finish or velvety glaze.
• Kumo Table and floor lighting by NO-MADE modelled in the style of arbitrary cloudscapes with a surface resembling Japanese paper lanterns, featuring glowing silhouettes on frosted glass resting on solid limestone.
• Cactus Illuminating sculpture inspired by the symmetry of tall succulent ensembles by French designer Michaël Koska, featuring borosilicate glass and steel construction with brass elements.
• Pina Tall, skinny side table series inspired by the abstract turns and twists of Pina Bausch dance theatre, with base, rod and top all made of casted glass in different combinations of green, grey and transparent.
• Bent Side Table Glass side table with a wavy casted glass top dancing against the smooth lines of a fluted glass base, expressing the beauty of glass in all its forms.
• Bent Dining Table Dining table by Sebastian Herkner with a characteristic bent rippled visual base of smooth surface glass elements merging with an organic ensemble, featuring a steel base with handmade glass sheets and a marble table top.
• Como All-aluminum shelving by Sebastian Herkner appearing to float effortlessly above ground with invisible fixations, transforming into a simple clear spatial sculpture.
• mila Ceramic side table series by Sebastian Herkner in three heights and two shapes based on the motto 'the round must go into the square', forming a slender foot rounded up by a broad smooth storage surface.
• Pallet Daybed by Sebastian Herkner composed of a wooden base and a soft mattress covered with high quality fabric, with a cuff made of the same fabric or leather fixing the mattress to the base.
• Aspa Side table by MUT Design featuring five cathedral glass layers stacked to create a delicate play of colour and incidence of light.
• Imi Colourful ceramic side tables by Sebastian Herkner with handpicked glazes, each piece unique and handmade, available in two sizes and many colour combinations.
• Chouchou Side Tables Coffee and side tables by Lorenzo Zanovello featuring roughly shaped arches with mottled or gloss-glazed ceramic defining each hand-shaped line.
• Chouchou Stool Versatile ceramic stool or side table by Lorenzo Zanovello blending soft curves with sharp edges in a simple ceramic form with sculptural presence.
• Pilota Low chair by Studio Brichet-Ziegler composed of two rolled painted sheet metal shells with an empty body covered by a seat and backrest, offering comfortable sculptural seating.
• Wham Upholstered seating series by Hermann August Weizenegger inspired by the scale and form of Bauhaus architecture, with softly upholstered pieces on a solid metal frame.
• Marino Sideboard by Studio Speziell featuring an extruded ceramic form with raw glossy glaze in the deepest black, with bold architectural lines reflecting a minimalist and avant-garde aesthetic.
• Tavolo2 & Tavolino2 Dining table and coffee table by Julia Chiaramonti featuring clear lines and an avant-garde shape, with a powder-coated steel or lacquered aluminum wave base tamed by a glass top.
• Lyn Doorless cabinet series by Visser & Meijwaard with a reduction to essential form that opens a free interplay of material and colour using float glass and powder coated steel.
• Potpourri Carafes and glasses set by Meike Harde with various pieces in different shades, forms and textures, made of handmade glass in polished or satin matt finish.
• Cut Chair (Industrial Art Limited Edition) Limited-edition chair by Xaver Sedelmeier / Industrial Art Limited Editions line, produced as 30 numbered and signed pieces as part of pulpo's small-edition industrial art programme.

Quantifiable outcome

• Products distributed through 255+ dealers worldwide

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Veneto Manufacturers (Glass and Ceramic Workshops)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing relationships with specialized manufacturers in Veneto, Italy, who possess traditional glass-blowing and ceramic handcrafting techniques. Most materials in glass and ceramics come from these affiliates, enabling pulpo's handcrafted production.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Hay: Danish contemporary design brand producing furniture, lighting, and accessories through designer collaborations with strong global dealer presence — comparable designer-driven model serving overlapping premium residential and contract customers.

Direct peers

• Moooi: Dutch design editor brand that curates avant-garde furniture, lighting, and accessories from international designers and produces them via specialist manufacturers — directly comparable to pulpo's design-editor model with global dealer/showroom distribution.
• Lasvit: Czech-based design house specializing in hand-blown and bespoke glass lighting and installations for luxury residential and hospitality — directly comparable to pulpo's glass-craftsmanship DNA and contract/hospitality channel.
• Muuto: Scandinavian design editor collaborating with contemporary designers on furniture, lighting, and accessories for the premium segment — comparable designer-collab model and global dealer network.
• Tom Dixon: British design brand producing sculptural furniture and lighting in collaboration with a curated designer roster, with global dealer and contract distribution — closely aligned with pulpo's positioning and channels.
• Foscarini: Italian lighting design editor working with renowned designers on artisanal and industrial lighting pieces, with strong international dealer presence — highly comparable to pulpo's lighting-centric, designer-collaboration approach.
• Established & Sons: British design editor producing limited-edition and production furniture and lighting in collaboration with leading designers — comparable curation-first model serving the same luxury/specification buyers.

Broad incumbents

• Artemide: Major Italian lighting manufacturer with a deep roster of designer collaborations and global specification presence — operates in the same luxury/specification lighting space as pulpo but at much greater scale.
• Lalique: French luxury crystal and decorative arts house producing handcrafted glass objects, lighting, and furniture — comparable craftsmanship-led, luxury-positioned brand with global distribution.
• Flos: Iconic Italian lighting manufacturer with deep portfolio of designer-collaborated architectural and decorative lighting — overlaps heavily with pulpo's lighting category but at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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