less lamp: break your lamp the minute you get it

February 11, 2010 by Tal Siach · Leave a Comment 

Here’s a crazy idea for those of you with a sense of the absurd. How’d you like to spend about $800 on a handmade plaster lamp, only to crack it open with a pick axe as soon as you take it out of the box? That’s exactly the value proposition you’ll get if you pick up artist Jordi Canudas’ Less Lamp

recycled ink cartridges get new life as lamps

February 5, 2010 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment 

If you regularly use an inkjet printer, you can certainly try and recycle your cartridges by refilling them with more ink. But get real – most of the time, your empties just end up in the dumpster. Not so with these clever lighting fixtures made from the discarded shells of EPSON inkjet cartridges