I've been doing more research on ways to create sustainable lighting, not just with materials, but shipping/importing/exporting costs as well. By experimenting with different materials, you can drastically reduce the weight of the final product. A very fun way to approach this is through flat pack design. The following lamps are all shipped "flat" and the user will put it together. It's all about the process and the time & energy invested in these lamps that make them so cool!
Honeycomb Lamp: Flat-Pack Lantern Lighting for a Life on the Go
by Collin Dunn
TreeHugger loves all manner of flat pack; from furniture to Christmas trees and dish racks to flower vases, there isn't much that can't be designed for easy, flat packing and svelte, smaller shipping. Add to that list the Honeycomb Lamp, a lantern-esque light made of paper “denguri“, a product of Japan's Shikoku region. The delicate design opens like a book, from about 1 inch thick into a honeycomb pattern that’s held together with small clips in the back. Once unfolded, it presents a soft-yet-stable paper lamp.
It's a bit of DIY job -- you have to add your own bulb (compact fluorescent, of course) and cord -- but it'd look pretty awesome with some molo furniture or the incredible expanding K-Bench, and when you're done with it, just toss it in the recycle bin. Pretty soon we'll have seen everything, from the home all the way down, to have a flat-pack life. For now, the Honeycomb Lamp is available at ::Charles & Marie via ::Freshome & Treehuger
Flatpack 3D Printed LED Lamp By Dror Benshetritby Lloyd Alter, Toronto
How many TreeHugger hot buttons can we squeeze into one title? We certainly never tire of showing the wonders that designers are creating with 3D printing; it has gone far beyond simply printing, and into the realm of things that could not possibly be made any other way. A great example comes from Dror Benshetrit, a designer that we also never tire of. It is a lamp that folds completely flat; you just pick it up and unfurl it. Watch the video:
Collapsing Volume.MGX from Studio Dror on Vimeo.
It is produced using a 3D printing process called laser sintering; Cliff Kuang of Fast Company explains it better than I did :
The process works by sweeping a laser across a pan of powdered nylon; when the lasers hit the nylon, it fuses ("sinters"). The process repeats in layers, until the final product emerges. Thus, you can create interlocking shapes all at once--for example, a chain whose links are completely closed.
When we last posted on a product made this way, commenter Mike wrote:
I may have missed the point, but I can't see how this has anything to do with anything green. I think it has been posted on the wrong website by mistake. doesn't it belong on some website about design or something?But the green thing about 3D printing is that it eliminates storage, transport, inventory, all kinds of costly components of the traditional manufacturing process. It also gives control to the consumer to order what they want, not what Mr. Storekeeper decides. I wrote on our website devoted to the idea:
It is like the music for our iPod; dematerialized bits and bytes put together again where we need it, without the waste of a physical intermediary. In a world where we watch our carbon as closely as our waistline we don't want to be driving to stores; in a world where everything can be digitized, why move material when we are interested in ideas, creativity and talent?We will be seeing a lot more of it.
Via Treehugger
Luca Casarotto of Cosca Design in Northern Italy sent us over some images of their new Penta lamp. Made of recycled polyethylene, the lamp folds and contorts to create the optimum lighting for your mood. While open, the lamp’s light diffuses to fill a room and when folded shut, it can be concentrated for tasks and spotlighting. And the lamp comes flat-packed for fuel economy to boot!
Luca Casarotto, along with Pietro Costa, is a founding principal of Cosca Design. The dynamic group of young designers split their time between products, graphics, web and publishing. Casarotto created the Penta lamp at a workshop by Italian lighting design icons, Foscarini.
Via Inhabitat
Flatpack Lamp
I’m fascinated by flatpack objects, especially unusual ones like lamps. This Flat Lamp arrives at your house completely flat, and in a matter of minutes with no tools at all, it’s transformed into a 3D lamp. Made of stainless steel and a section of veneer, it is available in a dark or light wood, or red or white. Shipping is only $6.
Via Grassroots Modern
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