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American designer Victor Vetterlein (Victor Vetterlein) works in the area of environmental design.

His works demonstrate friendliness to the environment and fit harmoniously into the space. The designer is committed to using environmentally friendly technologies, creating utilitarian objects that does not create additional load on the environment. One of the favorite destinations for Vetterlein lamp. All of the article is worthy to decorate the Christmas decor.





A hotchpotch of bamboo sticks creates an elegant manner. This lamp is completely made of renewable materials, with the exception of the wires and the bulb. Sticks fixed thread and non-toxic glue. The inner sphere is also made of bamboo covered with paper. The author argues that the creation of this lamp was inspired by the album of drawings by Ernst Haeckel "the Beauty of forms in nature."

A stylish piece of furniture can be made from waste material. How to disagree, seeing a table lamp out of the box for eggs. We throw it in the trash with perfect design material, instead of the rational attitude to natural resources. For one lamp, the designer took four paper egg packaging. The artist had them soak in water, put into shape and dried. Nothing stops at the end of lamp life to do such operations again to obtain the next art masterpiece.





Lamp, resembling the branches of plants is made from recycled plastic. Easily capped lamp can be hung from the ceiling or by grouping with other similar to make a lamp.

The basis of this work – strips of wood from waste and flexible aluminum rod with a neoprene cover. The light source is an economical nizkovoltnoy led. It is easy to personalize work using as a stand wire of different colors, or bending her own original method.





The design of the next miracle, the author learned from nature. He was inspired by ordinary meadow grass, bent under the weight of dew. When the LEDs at the ends of curved cables represent droplets of water. "Stems" of the lamp are bent, causing the light source to wherever you want to the owner. Material "stems" — semi-rigid wire in a neoprene sheath. The brightness of the LEDs enclosed in an acrylic magnifying glass is adjustable.

The latest achievement of the artist is an edible Desk lamp. Vetterlein started its development, read the book of Professor E. S. Stevens "Green plastics – an Introduction to new science of biodegradable plastics". Naturally, after such book material for the job was chosen biodegradable plastic. However, in this case plastic is not only easily recycled by nature, but can even be eaten. Based on nutritional agar, high molecular weight polysaccharide from seaweed, a strong gelling agent. In addition to agar, the author used glycerin, purified water, food coloring and flavoring extracts, orange, blueberry, cherry and Apple.

Strip agar on plastic played a decorative role. Light source lamp led, food which is served on a printed circuit Board attached to the inside surface of the lamp. Metal conductors laser-cut lettering. As the power source can be used USB port, or wall adapter.









The lamp is called the author of "Bite Me" — bite me. Vetterlein, warns that we should not understand this literally, and if it is "very necessary", before using plastic should be thoroughly washed with soap and soak in water for one hour.

Agar contains a lot of nutrients. It is low in sodium, a good source of vitamins E and K. it has Pantothenic acid, zinc and copper, folate, iron, magnesium.

 




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