Eco-Friendly Lighting: 6 Incredible Lamps Made From Recycled Materials (PHOTOS)

From Inhabitat:

If you've been looking for the perfect eco-friendly lamp to illuminate your space while saving on your electricity costs, we've got some inspiration for you.

The recently announced winners of Inhabitat's Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition are 6 brilliant lamps that turn ordinary scrap materials into shining examples of clever recycled design -- and are energy-efficient to boot!

Click through the gallery to see them all from Edward Chew's geometric Tetra Pak lamp made from hundreds of drink box pieces to Carolyn Joan Lau's Nourishment Lamp crafted from (believe it or not) old yogurt bottles!

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We could hardly believe that Edward Chew's bucky ball-esque Tetra Pak lamp was made out of mundane drink boxes. The innovative designer cut the boxes into strips and folded them into the interlocking pieces that make up this incredible light fixture.

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We could hardly believe that Edward Chew's bucky ball-esque Tetra Pak lamp was made out of mundane drink boxes. The innovative designer cut the boxes into strips and folded them into the interlocking pieces that make up this incredible light fixture.

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[eLucida]

04:16 PM on 06/26/2011

Use incredible inspiring captivating amazing cute adorable hypnotizing adjectives much?

[MMMMarilyn]

01:02 AM on 06/26/2011

What.
No leg in a fishnet stocking and little red shade?

[likeyoung]

08:09 PM on 06/21/2011

Most of these would be a pain to dust.

[janetislight]

08:36 AM on 06/24/2011

That is exactly the attitude that will kill the planet just enough to kill us all and then mother earth will live on without people like you who do not see the neccessity of recycling anything we can get our hands on. I'm sure your ecological footprint will be large and unerasable.

[undrgrndgirl]

08:34 PM on 06/25/2011

seems to me that at least 4 out of 5 of these lamps would not be made from recycled materials if they were to become available on the market

[likeyoung]

11:17 AM on 07/26/2011

Overreact much? I'm not against recycled objects, I just observed that the objects presented would be hard to dust. Also if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, as
scientists believe it is overdue to do, Mother Earth herself will destroy life on earth
on a scale that we humans could not match except possibly by launching all nuclear
bombs at once. Humans should do all we can to preserve life on earth but be aware
that all our efforts will be destroyed. We simply don't know when.

[Charra]

08:49 AM on 06/24/2011

So true! I'd go for globe shaped.

[Velvet Raindrops]

06:46 AM on 06/21/2011

Does anyone know if the Blossom Bulbs are for sale anywhere?

[mudshark12]

09:30 PM on 06/18/2011

I liked the lamps made from discarded Yakult yogurt bottles.

[Vicki Robertson Staring]

03:33 PM on 06/22/2011

I agree it reminds me of yellow rasberries which i had for breakfast

[Ramkshrestha]

10:38 AM on 06/18/2011

Good job!

[SalesmanForLife]

11:04 PM on 06/17/2011

Super cool, smart, love it.

[jhnnxn]

09:37 PM on 06/17/2011

Really cool! I'd like to have a couple of them. How much do they cost?