- The ‘Decafé’ lamp by Spanish designer Raul Lauri is made out of recycled, heat- and pressure-treated coffee grounds. (Re-Worked has created its own spin on the reclaimed bean concept by crafting recycled plastic and coffee ground tables and chairs.)
- You have probably spent many occasions rub-a-dub-dubbing with a loofah in the tub, but all that time, did you ever think, “This natural sponge would make a great sustainable lamp shade, too!” Well, Fernando Laposse beat all of us to the punch with his comprehensive and surprisingly good-looking Lufa Series of furniture pieces, including a lighting option that glows with lots of green goodness.
- Lamponi lamps feature vintage, fully restored handlebars and lights plucked from assorted types of scooters.
- If responsibly sourced natural birch pulp gets your heart racing, Etienne Esmenjaud has an intriguing lamp option just for you: a six-paneled, hole-studded plywood Bud Lampshade with easy-fit tabs that make assembly a snap.
- One-of-a-kind BEUTE lamps, crafted by German designer Michael Wolke, are unique in that amid the perimeter of each handmade recycled cardboard shade, the text and graphics of the original packaging is clearly evident.
- Designer Issey Miyake’s opaque, highly sculptural series of pleated IN-EI lamps are sustainable thanks to their flat-pack nature and recycled PET plastic content. They are also astronomically priced!
- The 100% biodegradable Miss Sissi lamp, originally designed by Philippe Starck but now available to a new eco-conscious generation courtesy of Italian biotech company Bio-on and Lighting retailer Flos, is made with sugar beet and cane waste bioplastic.
- CP Lighting’s assorted tree branch-shaped New Growth light fixtures are made out of post-consumer aluminum pipes jazzed up with a brushed finish.
- In rustic yet inspired DIY style, this simple illumination solution by Luke Lamp Co. makes the most of artfully arranged manila rope and a Ball canning jar.
- Would you willingly hang a wild and wooly alpaca hair-covered, camel-hump-esque lampshade overhead? Good thing. The Gudpaka Lamp has got you sustainably covered courtesy of its fuzzy, freeform light-filtering shade made with alpaca wool industry waste. Wow, what an eyeful!
Green Your Midnight Oil with 10 Sustainably Designed Lamps
Uniquely repurposed materials are made into high-style lighting devices.