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Lamp made out of eggshells cracks prestigious furniture award
Judges for the Australian Furniture Design award were impressed by the lamp’s versatility ‘and how tactile it is’ Joanne Odisho, a Melbourne furniture designer, collects thousands of discarded eggshells from local cafes. Then she sterilises them, dries them and puts them through a Nutribullet. These are the first steps in creating the novel material Odisho uses to make her Mod-u lamps, a collection of configurable Jenga-esque lighting pieces, which recently won her the coveted Australian Furniture Design award, one of the country’s richest design awards. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Lamp made out of eggshells cracks prestigious furniture award, Judges for the Australian Furniture Design award were impressed by the lamp’s versatility ‘and how tactile it is’ Joanne Odisho, a Melbourne furniture designer, collects thousands of discarded eggshells from local cafes. Then she sterilises them, dries them and puts them through a Nutribullet. These are the first steps in creating the novel material Odisho uses to make her Mod-u lamps, a collection of configurable Jenga-esque lighting pieces, which recently won her the coveted Australian Furniture Design award, one of the country’s richest design awards. Continue reading…
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- Lamp made out of eggshells cracks prestigious furniture awardThe Guardian - 2026-05-28T15:00:26+00:00
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