Reading lamps are a form of task lighting and require ... Linen permits greater light diffusion than most shades, and paper and white silk are the most transparent. "Mica is beautiful and durable ...

Vicara, a cool design brand based in Portugal, recently launched a brand new lamp made from recycled cardboard ... profile of an old school lamp and shade. Easily flat-packable, and even ...

In this project, I’m building a desk lamp with a sculpted plywood base using the Arbortech Ball Gouge. The shade is a clear plastic globe, typically meant for pendant lighting, paired with a unique ...

A: Many styles of replacement glass shades for torchiere lamps are available ... ball was left on our dinner table too long. The plastic in the ball caused the finish on the table to literally ...

Palefire Studio used paper pulp to create its first lamp ... "We don’t think recycling the body and shade of the lamps is currently possible because of the painted surface," said Morgan-Cox.

Swiss designer Jona Messerli has created a flat-pack table lamp with a lattice-patterned shade made from Japanese shoji paper. The Sol light, which launched at IMM Cologne, was made using a ...

Dunelm has used the craft on its easy-fit pendant lamp shade to stunning effect, shaping paper into a concertina hexagon. It makes for a detail that will provoke conversation in the dining room or ...

Designed by Amsterdam-based Waarmakers Studio, the lamp uses an ubiquitous and often ... Its name comes from the radius of the standard cardboard tubing, which is 16 mm. Clean laser cuts transform ...

But you also need to consider the size of the lamp, the surface it will sit on and how you will use it. “Scale really matters,” says Kara Williams, owner of the Shade Shop in Charlottesville.