The aim of our project, MEMORIAL, is to develop a lighting module made out of material collected from disposed led bulbs.
The research is focused on understanding the value that relies on the e-waste and addresses the role our industry plays in the environmental crisis we face nowadays.
By recycling and reusing the precious LED chips and plastics from disposed LED bulbs taken from the landfills of our cities, our new light is a tribute in the shape of an object, that shines thanks to the use of its own waste. By doing so, we contribute to protect and save, as much as possible, the finite natural resources of our planet Earth.
The significance of the project lays in understanding design as a social matter that, in the form of a new recycled lighting module, aims to create an involvement and connection between the user and the waste they helped to reduce. The light that shines is the result of it.
MEMORIAL is an innovative contribution to the lighting field, were sustainability is tackled in regard to the two main elements of a lamp, the housing (body) and the light source.
Our goal is to make a change towards a new paradigm, and getting closer to more regenerative design processes.