That's Rather Strange: Why are These Lamps Made from Recycled Bulbs So Expensive?

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, January 16, 2012, by Rob Bear

Photo: YLighting

Recycling is a noble practice, particularly when it creates something as beautiful as the Recycled Tube Light Pendant from YLighting, which is made by arranging burnt-out florescent tubes in a cylinder around halogen bulbs. Given the common materials, one would think this innovative light would be available to the masses for relatively cheap, but no, it's been sequestered away in the realm of haute design, destined for a celebrity loft rather than adding some eco-friendly cool to the average home. Why's that? Well, the price, for the smallest, one-bulb version is $1,950, and the largest, five-bulb number costs $3,000. At least the shipping is included.
· Recycled Tube Light - Pendant Light [YLighting]

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Artistry: Furniture Made From Recycled Planes Includes "Mile High Bed"

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, April 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

Many folks consider themselves the "pilot" of the bedroom, but finally, at long last, here's a way to make that statement more a truth than a pipe dream: the Mile High Bed from MotoArt, a California-based design firm that crafts furniture from recycled plane parts. The bed, made from polished DC-9 rear stabilizers and a C-130 inner flap, "will lift you to new altitudes of comfort and style" and allow you to "join the Mile High Club without the hassle of going to the airport." Fantastic! Stewardesses, however, are sold separately.

· MotoArt's furniture from recycled plane parts [Boing Boing]
· Mile High Bed [MotoArt]

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