Star Burst! Smart Green Design

(Stellar scraplights, courtesy of Graypants)I was quickly walking by aisles and aisles of furniture and lighting at a furniture fair when this twisting, twinkling form rose up and caught my eye. Could it be a sculpture, a tall narrow cabinet, or a tree? Well, it could just be a little bit of everything. 

The design firm, Graypants, introduced a very exciting line of light fixtures, called the Stellar series of scraplights.  Pictured above, a star shaped floor lamp twists and turns as it rises from the floor. Spilling out in between the grooves is light from the decorative low-energy bulbs.  What makes these light fixtures so special is the material that they’re made from:  corrugated cardboard! 

(Scraplights, courtesy of Graypants)Graypants’ designer, Jonathan Junker, put it best, “Beauty can come from the most unexpected of places and that’s what we are trying to do with our scraplights…”  The Graypants team collect discarded corrugated cardboard boxes from local businesses in the Seattle, Washington area and transform it into these beautiful, fully functional light fixtures.  Used with Plumen, a low-energy bulb that lasts 8 times longer than an incandescent bulb, the scraplights offer a very green design choice that’s also easy on the eye. 

Comments

[reviewcatch]

interesting and great designs.

[afvallen]

I love the lighting and the natural look of these lamps. That's a very creative use of material!

Thanks for sharing this.

[John@Online Guitar Lessons for Beginners]

These are some really great designs. I especially love the Stellar series by Graypants.

[lipmon]

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[hadi fable]

wow these beautiful design, I love your blog and the art. thank you for sharing

[modra ideja]

The floor lamp is just amazing! It would look perfect in my living room :)

[josephalbert]

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[slogan]

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[Tshops]

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[Andy]

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[Julio]

Very Nice Design :)

[Mentale Dieet Plan evaringen]

That star lamp is amazing! That would be such an eye chatcher in the living room. Too bad I probably can't afford it haha!

[Postcard Printing]

These lamps are exquisite. The way they are designed is brilliant that it maintained the balance between aesthetics and relevance.

[Jack]

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