Stunning Stamen Chandeliers Made From Toothpicks
Posted By Mike Chino On May 20, 2009 @ 12:00 pm In Green Lighting,icff 2009,NY Design Week 2009,Recycled Materials | No Comments
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Designed by Daisuke Hiraiwa [5], these elegant echidna [6]-esque Stamen chandeliers elevate an everyday material into brilliant expressions of found design [7]. Each one is created by gluing hundreds of toothpicks together to form a flexible disc that gives their bristling points a fluid form. The pointillist pendant lamps recently debuted at ICFF 2009 [8], where they wowed onlookers with their complex folding curves and innovative use of materials.
To create his stunning toothpick pendant lamps [9], Daisuke uses a process that is strikingly simple. First he arranges hundreds of toothpicks so that they are standing on end in a recessed circular container. Next he paints over the ends with a flexible Japanese glue. The result is a flexible disc that folds in upon itself in beautiful ways when hung from above.
Although they’re not technically recycled [10] toothpicks (eew) and the use of glue isn’t all that eco friendly, we were struck by the Stamen chandeliers’ innovative use of everyday materials [11]. Just be sure to hang them away from eye level!
+ ICFF 2009 Photo Gallery [12]
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[5] Daisuke Hiraiwa: http://www.gdotplus.com/
[6] echidna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna
[7] found design: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/15/announcing-our-spring-greening-contest-winners/
[8] ICFF 2009: http://www.inhabitat.com/category/icff-2009/
[9] pendant lamps: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/05/18/woven-palm-leaf-vava-lamp-from-ikea/
[10] recycled: http://www.inhabitat.com/category/recycled-materials/
[11] everyday materials: http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/19/fethi-atakols-fine-found-design/
[12] + ICFF 2009 Photo Gallery: http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/plugins/falbum/wp/album.php?album=72157618344116826
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