New life for old bulbs
This lovely chandelier appears grand and luxurious. But what is most interesting is when you look closer and see that it is actually made from bare old re-used incandescent bulbs. These out-dated inefficient bulbs are now being replaced with CFLs or LEDs by people wanting lower energy bills. But rather than having them go to the landfill, London designer Tim Fishlock came up with a beautiful approach to give them new life, while still providing an efficient CFL light source for the piece. His “What Watt?” chandelier uses these old bulbs to diffuse the light from the CFL and crate interesting shapes, shadows and textures.
It reminds me of a similar idea we used in the Smart Home: Green + Wired mkSolare at the Museum of Science and Industry. Ted Harris designed these lights below for the exhibit that were CFL lights to efficiently produce the light, but the old incadescent bulbs were used to filter the light, adding some color and pattern.
source: Contemporist
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