There is very little verifiable information available on the Czech designer Josef Hůrka, however it is known that he designed lighting - including desk and table lamps, as well as floor and ceiling lights - for the manufacturers Drupol, Napako, and Lidokov. His career spanned almost four decades, but one of his early collaborations, with lighting manufacturer Napako (NÁstrojaři-PAsíři-KOvotlačitelé), proved to be the most fruitful. His lamps appear in bright colors and take on geometrical and angular forms. Designs for Napako include a UFO-shaped, Bauhaus inspired ceiling light (1930s); the Model 1618 Table Lamp (1954), which features a height adjustable cylindrical shade on a tripod base; the Model 1633 Table Lamp (1950s); the Model 0513 Table Lamp (1950s), which has a conical tin-lacquered shade; and for Drupol the Model 21616 Table Lamp (1963).
Products | by Josef Hurka
Model 81501 Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1965
Model 81501 Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1965
Mid-Century Table Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka, 1960s
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Vintage Hanging Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Blue Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Orange Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Table / Desk Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka, 1970s
Architects Desk Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Space Age Egg Floor Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Red Table Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Model 0511 Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s, Set of 2
Model 1619 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Vintage Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1958
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Tripod Table Lamp by Josef Hůrka for Napako, 1950s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Kovona, 1960s
Modernist Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Modern Tripod Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
Bauhaus UFO Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1930s
Yellow Table Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Yellow Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Wall Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Vintage Grey Metal Wall Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Czech Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Czechoslovakian Green Table Lamp in Metal by Lidokov, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamps by Lidokov, Czechoslovakia, 1960s, Set of 2
Vintage Floor Lamp or Spotlight by Josef Hurka, Former Czechoslovakia, 1970s
Mid-Century Spot Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Modern Napako 1330 Hanging Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Large Bauhaus Pendant by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1940s
Mid-Century Modern Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Minimalist TYP L 192-1353 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1960s
Mid-Century Wall Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Drupol, 1960s
Mid-Century Wall Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Vintage Table Lamp in Chrome and Black Metal by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Desk Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1963
Metal Floor Lamp by Napako, 1970s
Vintage Pendant Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s
Vintage Sconces by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Vintage Hanging Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1930s
Orange Clamp Spotlights by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Minimalist Type 0521 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Mid-Century Modern Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Modernist Style Ceiling Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Lidokov, 1970s
Metal Wall Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Wall Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Table Lamp in Chrome and Red Metal by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Grey Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Red Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970
Vintage Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Vintage Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Czech Republic Lidokov L117 Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Pose Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1970
Model 1618 Desk Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Roller Sconces by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Type 1636 Minimalist Table Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s, Set of 2
Mid-Century Modern 1618 Desk Lamps by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1950s, Set of 2
Vintage Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Chrome Mushroom Table Lamp by Josef Jirka for Napako, 1960s
Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960
Ceiling Light by Josef Hurka for Napako
Art Deco Bedside Table Lamp attributed to Josef Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Chrome-Plated Metal Table Lamp by J. Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Art Deco Bedside Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
White Floor Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1970s
White Table Lamp by Josef Hurka, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Mid-Century Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Table Lamp by Josef Hurka for Napako, 1960s
Bauhaus Pendant by Joseph Hurka for Napako, 1940s
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