Modular Paper and 3D Printed lamp - Untitled by phathousecat

Last crawled date: 2 years, 12 months ago

The lamp uses PLA parts made from a 3D printer (Makerbot replicator 2) to hold together pieces of paper. My idea was to use the paper we waisted from bad prints (I come from an artschool where printing and overprinting is an issue) and to give it a "nicer" second life than traditional recycling. I wanted to showcase the beauty of some of the paper that we throw away and make something that can be shared and recreated by others.
This is a work in progress all the parts can be edited and fixed to fit your needs and liking. Here is a link to download them :
https://mega.co.nz/#!CNMxBZ5Z!9Rc_Y5kCzavvRuNW_1ZVBtq6IvZZSANtxPXJM3iQ5vw
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Project explanation :
I started to notice how much paper we waste at my art school from printing our projects. We use the printer for all sorts of things and inevitably there are mistakes: misprints, printer errors, tests etc. But the behavior that bothered me most is the attitude that we have towards the wasted paper: almost everyone throws their misprints in the rubbish. None of it is recycled. Almost all the paper is structurally intact and only has ink on it. I came to realize that all this paper tells a story and can have a certain beauty... and it just gets thrown away. 
 I wanted to bring attention to this by giving the paper a different sort of second life. Instead of recycling it to get rid of it like a problem, I saw it as an opportunity. I wanted to reuse the paper in a way that shows its beauty, and I wanted to develop an object that could be shared and “recreated" by others with their own paper.
I came up with a design for a modular lamp which is made out of paper held together with 3D printed parts. I chose to make a lamp because I thought that the light shining through paper would be the perfect way to showcase the allure of these rejected prints. Using 3D printed parts makes the lamp elements accessible and easy to share. There is no glue, no tape and no cutting, so it's easy for anyone to create something. The parts are reusable and are designed to be used in multiple ways. There is no right or wrong shape or design - anyone can use the parts to his or her liking and explore different designs.