Green Design Girl

Furrow Traverse by Propellor Design. A close up showing the various shades of the natural bamboo. It’s a perfect material for playing with light and adding dimensions.

Galiano by Propellor Design. Galiano evokes thoughts of one of my favourite Dutch studios, Droog Design, who are known for injecting elements of humour into their work. The Propellor collective have made Galiano eco.friendly by making the shade from reclaimed fir, finishing it with a natural walnut oil, and the most clever part — using a wind-downed arbutus twig as the light’s pull. Forget your Clappers, people [do they still exist?]. Seriously, I’m getting a twig. Besides, I mentioned that forest accessories are hot now, right?

Galiano by Propellor Design. Galiano clearly makes the most of its compact fluorescent light bulb, showing off the warm glow and different shades of the reclaimed fir. Whimiscal, eco.conscious and beautiful all in one.

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I’ve gone star-crazy at the sight of these eco.friendly beauties, so please bear with me while I post a gazillion of them for you to enjoy. Of course, I just had to start off by showing you the black one — it’s so bold and dramatic.

You may have seen various knock offs of these lighting fixtures around the globe, but apparently, these are the “original” Starlightz by Earth Friendly, which are available at L.A.’s Artecnica and several international retailers. Starlightz is yet another eco.chic line carried by Artecnica, who are hosting their Design With A Conscience exhibit at the New York International Gift Fair this week.

Each of these eco.super.stars is made from 100% wood-free and chlor-free bleached paper, in addition to being completely handcrafted — printed, punched and glued by hand. The Earth Friendly folks add that the handmade paper is a merging of “cotton fibres and flower petals, combined with manual silkscreen printing.”