http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090412/egg-cartons-turned-into-pendant-light-shade/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20090412/egg-cartons-turned-into-pendant-light-shade/comment-page-1/#comment-367773 Going Green this Easter Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:38:33 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/?p=23953#comment-367773 [...] Going Green this Easter Eggs and gadgets have a long and varied history dating back to the first electric egg beater. Ever since then the two have been inseparable. And so Easter is a very special time of year, combining the fun of eggs with the awesomeness of gadgets. But it’s also an excellent time to introduce some green resolutions. We’re just coming off Earth Hour and we’re rapidly approaching Earth Day. So here’s some food for thought on going green this Easter Egg Carton Chandelier: Households the world over will be emptying out egg cartons in preparing those ornately decorated shells. But what about all those leftover cartons? Sure you can recycle them, but whenever possible it’s better to reuse. And so we have the egg carton light shade. The original design was put forth by Federico Otero and it’s really rather simple, if a little forced. Eitherway, it’s the perfect make-work project while you’re avoiding your in-laws. Just don’t let your grandpa get the new eco lamp shade confused with a paper wasp nest.Source [...] [...] Going Green this Easter Eggs and gadgets have a long and varied history dating back to the first electric egg beater. Ever since then the two have been inseparable. And so Easter is a very special time of year, combining the fun of eggs with the awesomeness of gadgets. But it’s also an excellent time to introduce some green resolutions. We’re just coming off Earth Hour and we’re rapidly approaching Earth Day. So here’s some food for thought on going green this Easter Egg Carton Chandelier: Households the world over will be emptying out egg cartons in preparing those ornately decorated shells. But what about all those leftover cartons? Sure you can recycle them, but whenever possible it’s better to reuse. And so we have the egg carton light shade. The original design was put forth by Federico Otero and it’s really rather simple, if a little forced. Eitherway, it’s the perfect make-work project while you’re avoiding your in-laws. Just don’t let your grandpa get the new eco lamp shade confused with a paper wasp nest.Source [...]

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