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Let There Be Recycled Light

(Welcome to Gillian, who's trying out to be a Re-Nest blogger!) "From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all." ...

Lighting by Perch!

We've blogged about Perch! ceramic products before, but now their lighting portfolio is larger than ever. Handmade in Brooklyn, Perch! creates designs that are modern, clean, simple and fun—gr...

While we love compact fluorescent bulbs, it's absolutely tragic (and dangerous) when one breaks. Not only have you lost $3, but you're now inhaling toxic chemicals. Luckily, with a few extra bucks, w...

Panache Lighting's Kitchen Collection

Strolling to the gym the other night, we stopped short in front of a window display of sculptures created by local Berkeley artisans. One of the artists represented was Jana Olson, the owner of Panac...

Mason Jar Light & Test Tube Vase by Pigeon Toe Ceramics

While these mason jar lamps and test tub vases aren't reclaimed, they are hand-cast in unglazed porcelain and fired in a kiln powered by renewable energy. The process takes about two weeks, with eac...

How To Make A Bubble Yarn Lampshade

When we first saw the Whirl-It Lampshade, we immediately imagined it hanging over our dining room table. It's like something you'd see priced for quite a lot of money in a design shop, and yet this...

Teelichts by Louisa Kober

We love the look of vintage coffee mugs and tea cups, so it's no surprise that we're so charmed by these Teelichts (aka Tee Lights) by Louise Kober. We wish we could put them all over our apartment....

Lampshade Made From Paint Color Chips: Blop Lamp

Remember the pixelated artwork made from paint chips we featured a few months ago? Here's another project using paint chips: the Blop Lamp from Emocja Studio. The chips are joined together using mo...

New Lexon Collection: Bamboo, Corn, and Sun

First things first: just because something is made of bamboo or corn doesn't necessarily make it green. Bamboo may be produced or shipped in an unsustainable manner, and we have reservations about t...

Dana Cannam's Eco-Friendly Desk Lamp: The Clamp Lamp

Dutch designer Dana Cannam was on a mission to create an environmentally-friendly desk lamp: her most recent design—the â€œclamp lampâ€ —has a solid maple base and a free-moving cantile...

MINIWIZ: New Solar, Wind & Recycled Inventions

We've blogged about MINIWIZ's HYmini Wind and Solar Charger before, so we were excited to view their brand new line of sustainable energy products at CES. Among them are a recycled brick/wall system...

Recycled Lighting Options

Our hunt for better lighting continues, this week with some great eco-friendly options from a variety of retailers. These recycled glass, metal and plastic lights satisfy our desire to add some muc...

DIY Bubble Chandeliers by Jean Pelle
ReadyMade Magazine

These lightweight chandeliers are created by tying together hand-blown glass balls with cables and cotton twine. Originally designed by Jean Pelle for ReadyMade Magazine, it's a beautiful design you...

Nanotechnology Hacks LED Lights to Be More Efficient

With everyone going bonkers over OLEDs, it seems like LEDs are already yesterday's news. That's not so, because a company just recently came up with a way of hacking LEDs using nanotechnology. ...

How To: Make a Coffee Can Pendant Lamp
ReadyMade

There's a lot of strange stuff out there that you can make lamps out of. But we were drawn to this project over at ReadyMade because of its use of tin cans. And—we'll admit it—we have a th...

Survey: Are You Using LED Lights This Year?

My household got our first Christmas tree in 5 years, which means we needed new lights! So naturally we opted for the LED variety, but to be honest, after seeing some of tell tale blue-hued LED ligh...

Desk Lamp Held Together with Rubber Bands

If we were to imagine what MacGyver's home office would look like we think it would have this lamp in it. Designed by Israeli designer Noam Bar Yohai, his series of six task lamps are made from wood ...

Solar-Powered Holiday Outdoor Decor
Solar Santa

Sure, we might outwardly roll our eyes at the neighbors up the street who create a huge holiday fantasy land in their front yard, but secretly, we're big fans of holiday cheer displayed outside. We wo...

Clothes Hangers Lamps & Chandeliers by Luís Teixeira

Portuguese designer Luís Teixeira creates furniture and lighting by reusing and recycling mass produced materials — here are his lamps made with disposable plastic hangers....

New Green ESL Bulbs As Efficient As CFLs and LEDs

In the race to finding the greenest way to illuminate our nights, a new company has come up with a new refinement of old technology to serve our needs. Will it be enough to save you even more money? F...

How To: Turn Just About Anything Into a Lamp

Why buy a fancy planter light when you can turn a plant you already own into a lamp? Or how about that cool wine bottle that youâ€™ve been hanging onto? Or maybe a mason jar or a birdhouse? Yes itâ€...

Stumped Lamps by Egg Collective

These tree stumps are a side table and a light! Made from fallen sycamores and miscellaneous light bulbs these side table lamps are a creative, beautiful and functional....

Woven Pendant from West Elm

We just saw this pendant over at Green Your Decor, and thought it would look great over a dining room table this fall, especially if you're going with really natural tabletop decor....

LED Spark Light Sculptures by Daniel Becker

We're big fans of atmospheric lighting (we rely on lamps in our living room and never use the overhead lights). So we're right on board with Daniel Becker's Spark system, a series of energy-efficie...

DIY Lighting Inspiration from Studio Mesila

Studio Mesila is a Tel-Aviv based design collective that specializes in sustainable design and creative reuse of materials. Their lamps use buttons, ribbons, leather, woodscrap and clothespins to dr...

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