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Litter Bin Laden
Designed by John Smith
350h 300w 190d
polypropylene, paper, acrylic, fluorescent light
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This light takes a
commercially available polypropylene bin, and with the inclusion of a
circular flourescent light inside surrounded by scrunched paper fitted onto
a clear acrylic frame, mounted to a white ’Azteque’ base, it transforms into
a decorative floor light. The organic ’scrunch’ of paper not only gives
structural strength to the flat sheet of paper, but also creates an
interesting visual pattern.
With the light switched off, it appears to be an ordinary, full litter-bin; but when switched on it changes from a container that receives trash - a negative act, to one which emits light - a positive function. The idea for the object came about through contemplating about where many ideas usually end up - in the bin - scrunched up. This item is about reversing that idea - using the end-point as the beginning for a piece - a light that utilises the litter bin as a playful design pun. The source idea is a Freedom purchased litter-bin - and the title a pun on one of the world’s most wanted. Translucency has been explored in this product through the use of illuminating plastics (found object transformed) and screwed up paper (found objects transformed) to create an ambient interior atmosphere with light hearted references to what is proving to be very dark times. |
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