{"id":1677,"date":"2011-05-21T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T21:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2015-09-03T23:20:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T23:20:58","slug":"beryl-and-friends-lovingly-preserved-by-wemake-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/beryl-and-friends-lovingly-preserved-by-wemake-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Lights Remade as Beryl and Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4738\" title=\"Beryl and Friends by WEmake\" src=\"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/16\/files\/2011\/05\/beryl-and-friends-1.jpg\" alt=\"green lighting competition, green lamps, diy lamps, led lamps, diy lighting, green lighting, eco friendly lamps, energy efficient lamps, eco lamps, energy efficient lighting, recycled material lamps, green lighting designs, eco lighting designs, energy efficient lighting designs, WEmake, Beryl and Friends\" width=\"695\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/16\/files\/2011\/05\/beryl-and-friends-1.jpg 695w, https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/16\/files\/2011\/05\/beryl-and-friends-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/bright-ideas-competition\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/16\/files\/2011\/05\/beryl-and-friends-1-200x120.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inhabitat.com\/beryl-and-friends-by-wemake\/\">WEmake<\/a> rescues lamps that have fallen out of favor, rewiring and refitting them with low energy LED bulbs before lovingly preserving them in a heat shrink jacket. This process magically reinterprets the aesthetic while leaving the original light fully functional to be revived at some future date. The first lamp reused had &#8216;for Beryl&#8217; written on the base, which inspired the designers to give each in the series a suitably playful lady&#8217;s name. 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