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Disposable chopsticks are clean, fast and cheap, but the environmental pollution caused by them is also a major problem. Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa is taking that problem and reorienting it in a way that frames the issue not as waste but rather just wasted resources. An innovative yet simple design imagines disposable chopsticks reused as lamp shades.
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Keiji Ashizawa created the lamp shade for Basket Club, which invites designers to weave baskets and other objects based on a monthly rotating emoji. The emoji for this month, June 2021, was ♻️, the universal symbol for recycling. Designers Hiromi Sugihara and Masaru Kiyota also contributed to the brief.
Who knew these simple eating utensils could be upcycled to create such dramatic lighting?
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