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Cartonado flatpack cardboard lamp

Cartonado flatpack cardboard lamp
Vicara's Cartonado
Vicara's Cartonado
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Vicara's Cartonado
The Cartonado's base
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The Cartonado's base
That lampshade in all its glory
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That lampshade in all its glory
The Cartonado is a flatpack lamp which, electrics aside, is made entirely from corrugated cardboard
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The Cartonado is a flatpack lamp which, electrics aside, is made entirely from corrugated cardboard
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The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade
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The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade
The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
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The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
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The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade
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The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade
The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
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The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade
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The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade
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The Cartonado is a flatpack lamp which, electrics aside, is made entirely from corrugated cardboard.

Though we've seen cardboard light fixtures before (the 01Lamp, for example), the Cartonado, designed by Portugese outfit Vicara, has a certain elegant simplicity. Made entirely from flat pieces of cardboard which slot together, the Cartonado lamp measures 35 x 30 x 30 cm (13.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 in).

The Cartonado is a flatpack lamp which, electrics aside, is made entirely from corrugated cardboard
The Cartonado is a flatpack lamp which, electrics aside, is made entirely from corrugated cardboard

The Cartonado also comes as a suspended lampshade, cut to a variety of different shapes from the simple to the ornate (or as ornate as corrugated cardboard gets.)

The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs
The suspended shade comes in a number of different designs

We're not precisely clear as to the commercial availability of Vicara's designs, but we've dropped them a line to find out and will let you know here if we hear more.

The following promotional video contains next to no information, but it's a stop motion animation, so whadyagonnado?

Source: Vicara, via Inhabitat

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2 comments
2 comments
MBadgero
Looks like a lamp shade without the shade. The purpose of a lamp shade is to block direct exposure to the bulb.
Jay Finke
Looks like a fire just waiting to happen, whats next a cardboard BBQ, I know, a cardboard fish tank.