Poof Lamp

The future of lighting is changing. All over the world, traditional incandescent bulbs are being replaced with lower wattage substitutes, like compact fluorescents, and LEDs. The energy saving switch-over has effects on materials that have gone unnoticed.

Without the intense heat radiated by incandescent bulbs, lower wattage bulbs allow for a whole new array of materials for use as shades and fixtures. The poof lamp is a shade designed with the intention of using a light-weight, low cost material, in this case a shower poof. The material is unraveled, and transformed into tubular shapes that diffuse light when layered upon each other. It is the bulb that allows for the material, otherwise the plastic mesh would easily warp and melt.

Design by David Steinvurzel
David(dot)Steinvurzel(at)gmail(dot)com