A set of lamps - table and pendant - made entirely from corrugated cardboard and corrugated plastic, respectively.

In both of these lamps, thin strips of the corrugated material are slotted into each other one by one - a process that after time forms an organically built mass. No glue or other hardware is used in their construction, save the electrical components.

The cardboard lamp was designed for the garden. One buries the triangular base in the soil, as though planting a flower or shrub. At night, the dappled light it casts is very similar to the sunlight that filters through leaves during the day. Over time, the cardboard decays and the form degrades, eventually experiencing the same death as a seasonal plant. The hardware, as though a seed, lives on to form the basis for the next lamp.

The plastic lamp is just pretty.

Approximate dimensions - cardboard lamp: 12″x18″ - plastic lamp: 24″x24″

Cardboard version a collaborative project with Etan Wenger and Tommy Paik