Green Durian Table Lamp – Literally!
May 13, 2009 by Culture Spot
Filed under DIMENSIONS
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With green and fair trade practice, these lamps are perfect for your eco home. Durian fruit is the size of a soccer ball and weighs about ten pounds. It’s considered very unwise to walk under a durian fruit tree, as a direct hit to the head from the spiked durian fruit could be fatal. When fresh and ready to eat, this fruit has very foul, rotten smell, so it has never caught on in the US. The fibers around the seed are used to create the fibrous material on the diffuser of the durian and mini lamps.
Nito vine is a fast growing fern that grows around trees and other large objects.
Left unchecked, nito can suffocate a tree by blocking light and other resources,
killing the tree. Instead of throwing away or burning this material, it is used creatively for durian lamp. We mimic the pattern that nito grows around trees by weaving it through a tight metal grid. This grid will also ensure the longevity of the material and the lamp itself.
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