The lampshades are made from one of London-based biotech and biomanufacturing start-up BIOHM’s materials, Orb or organic refuse biocompound, which consists of food and agricultural by-products, such as coffee chaff and orange peel, and a unique plant-based binder.
Incorporating up to 3 kilograms of ‘waste’ and capturing up to 1.5 kg of carbon, each lampshade acts as a mini carbon sink, diverting waste away from landfill and regenerating the environment. At end-of-life, the lampshades can be fed back into the production process of Orb to make new products, passing their carbon onto the next product or they can be cold-composted.
Obscure lampshades manifest nature’s genius through an intelligent, material-driven approach to design. The collection represents the close-knit collaboration between ‘maker’ and ‘matter’. Subjected to the natural forces of gravity, the matter drapes and folds organically over its skeleton.
