Styro Light – Apple’s Packaging Put to A Second Use

May 19th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in DIY, Fixtures, Fluorescent Technology, Hack It!, Lighting Design, Luminaire Design, cfl

Eric Lawrence won a Sustainable Award from Design Within Reach Austin’s M+D+F competition recently for the Styro Light – his fixture that was created using the styrofoam packaging corners from Apple laptops. I think this is a well-exhibited design – the frame is aluminum, and there are 16 5W dimmable compact fluorescents illuminating the space.

Check out a few picures of this work – great job, Eric!

styyrolight

styrolight

Thanks, Unplugged!

Tags: Apple, Design Within Reach, Eric Lawrence, fixture, packaging, styrofoam, sustainable

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One Response to “Styro Light – Apple’s Packaging Put to A Second Use”

mitch says:
July 5, 2009 at 9:11 pm
im trying to make one of these and its proving very difficult to find 128 corners. ive called so many places its not funny. if anyone reading this has any suggestions of how or where to get some, PLEASE let me know. thanks my email is maconn1@student.malone.edu
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