Bedside lamp made with springs.

Bedside lamp made with springs. a reading lamp, simply composed of a spring of the padding
of an old armchair and a light bulb.
Transforming matter takes time, work, energy, with this project I wanted to minimize the transformations. The most effective way of disposing of waste is not recycling but reuse as it is.

Many designers ride the wave of eco-sustainability; I find it annoying and self-righteous. The commercial and financial mechanisms are so impassable that a metaproject would rather be needed to undermine the unbridled consumerist cycles instead of the sometimes sincere action of helpless designers “, he points out). The suggestion in terms of sustainable project is instead towards the design of easily repairable single-material products, the use of secondary raw materials, to try to sensitize the end user.

“To invent you need a fervid imagination and a lot of junk”
[Cit. Thomas Edison].

• Date : 2011
• Link : yankodesign.com