HauteGREEN Sneak Peek: Cardboard Lamps by G|O|E Designs
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA 
on 05. 5.06
Today's entry into our series featuring the best sustainable home designs that have been submitted for showcase at HauteGREEN takes inspiration from leftover cardboard and clumsiness. The team at G|O|E Design (Jeremy Grove, Campbell Orme and Shaun East -- we've featured them before) marry this odd pair into a hand-made table lamp that's sturdy enough to not mind being knocked off a table top while simultaneously using up all of their waste packaging. Waste cardboard is compressed together to form big cardboard laminate blocks. Each one is then hand-turned to form simple, soft shapes; the hand-turning process insures every one is unique. With each lamp produced, there is more beauty, more light and less trash in the world; if only all designs were so thoughtful. ::HauteGREEN and ::G|O|E Design
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i love cardboard furniture but alas i suspect my kittiers would love it to, would shred it to peices in days, for many years i had day dreams of making my own furniture from cardboard but i recently realized my feline roomates would mistake it for scratching posts,
these are pretty :)
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