Recycled Coffee Stirrer Chandelier Causes a Stir!

We just got back from setting up our morning pot of Intelligentsia good morning when we happened upon this seriously stunning chandelier made out of hundreds of plastic coffee stirrers (appropriately named "Spoon"). Normally reused/recycled items have a visibly DIY sheen to it, but we'd suspect this chandelier could easily be mistaken for crystal or glass on first glance. More details below...

The high-end, low-source lighting was created by Portuguese design company Studio Veríssimo:

This is a lamp made from plastic spoons used in the coffee which are going to the garbage daily by the thousands because they are only used once.The objective was with this waste to create a luxurious lamp.

Our local coffee spot doesn't use plastic stirrers (which is good). But our local gelato shop down the street uses little plastic spoons that could be used in a similar DIY project. Anything for an excuse for (lots of) gelato, right?

[via Inhabitat]

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I think it would be totally obvious what it was made out of unless it was really high up....The imprints on the plastic give it a way.

posted by Enamorada on May 29th 2008 at 8:30am
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I wonder if they really did use used ones, or if they just got a case of them or whatever, just to make a statement. I find it hard to believe that they fished these out of the garbage or that people were thoughtful enough to collect them rather than toss them. The point is lost unless they are really used, i think.

Maybe I'm just a pessimist.

posted by rebecca326 on May 29th 2008 at 8:41am
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While I also have doubts whether discarded stirrers were used for this, I must say that the chandelier is rather attractive!

posted by readertset on May 29th 2008 at 11:59am
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This was done with bic crystal pens about a year ago... but I have to say I prefer the coffee stirrers. If I had to choose.

http://www.enpieza.com/imagenes/productosEng/trabajos/volivik-347-NN.jpg
or
http://www.enpieza.com/imagenes/productosEng/trabajos/volivik-50-BN.jpg

posted by jick on May 29th 2008 at 3:05pm
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Only in a coffee house.

posted by jlg on May 30th 2008 at 4:54am
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