How you choose to light your home can have a big impact on how much you enjoy being there. Not only does lighting affect your home’s ambiance, it’s also a big factor in home energy consumption. If you want your home to look and feel comfortable, without wasting energy, examining your light bulbs and light fixtures is a good place to start.
Depending on the type of feng shui you’ve got going on, an
energy-efficient light bulb can look out of place. Not so with these
ultra-modern, hand-crocheted lamps from designer Naomi Paul. Each of these
stunning lamps comes complete with a Plumen low energy light bulb, and the very
fabric from which they’re crocheted has been salvaged from fashion
industry waste.
According to Paul, a textile and product designer from
Britain, sustainability and sourcing of local materials is key to high quality
design. These lamps,
part of the OMI Pendant Collection series, are made from scraps
of mercerized cotton and silk that might otherwise have been headed to the
landfill. ”Where normally this pre-consumer yarn waste would be discarded,
here it is utilised to create stunning lighting solutions,” points out Paul on
her website.
Each OMI lamp is crocheted by hand and available
in limited edition color palettes, making them interchangeable according
to the seasons. The original ‘OMI’ pendant collection was comprised of ‘glück’,
‘sonne’ and ‘hanna’, all flat pack designs which offer modern yet
sculptural focal points within any space,” explains DesignBoom in this review.
“Now ‘monika’, a large-scale chandelier with multi-bulb fittings, also
available in XL size editions joins the others.”
Source:
www.earthtechling.com/