Ernst Wagner

Ever since it was founded in 1976 by legendary Modernist architect Paul Rudolph, MODULIGHTOR’s President, Ernst Wagner, has been at the center of lighting technology and design thru custom installations across New York City and around the world.

For over 40 years, his vision for modular, scalable, and adaptable lighting systems — all based on Rudolph’s original designs and observations on light and its relationship to space, form and surface – are available in a range of extrusion-based fixtures.

MODULIGHTOR remains a vital experimental place, where innovative technological and other ideas are fermenting. MODULIGHTOR is a pioneer of driver-less LED technology, just as we were in transformer-less halogen in the 1970's. Our advancements allow for unique scalability.

Please take a moment to browse our website, which showcases our full range of solutions for LED and halogen light sources and product ideas.

Paul Rudolph, the architect, saw a need for situation-specific lighting — something that was not addressed by the lighting industry available at the time — and his insights led the way to creating lighting solutions that continue to be unique in the industry.

Paul Rudolph’s original vision continues with every light we make at MODULIGHTOR.