cholesterol lamp
Posted: July 31st, 2006 | Author: admin | Filed under: Designlines, exhibitions | Comments Off
Creating “greener”, aesthetic objects that have less environmental impact is challenging, sometimes difficult, and requires alot more creativity than typical projects. As a result, many designers avoid the green component of design. In an effort to push our own boundaries, Shoko Cesar, and Darryl Barton, and myself began collecting egg cartons that were headed for the garbage over two years ago. The result, was our cholesterol lamp we designed for the THAW 2006 exhibit in Edmonton, Alberta. Our lamp reuses the plastic egg cartons, requiring no glue to assemble, and uses blue fluorescent light.
In our words: “North America’s rich and over-indulgent culture generates millions of tons of waste that flow into the landfill every year. Cholesterol lighting helps to block the flow of waste by adding beauty to our devalued waste products. By reusing material that is on its way to the landfill, Cholesterol adds aesthetic value to a disposable material and asks the user to reconsider: what materials are disposable, and what materials can be reused for their aesthetic value”.
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