Comments on: Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

By: blah

blah — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:13:00 +0000

Of course it would be nice if things were made to last, but the reality is they aren’t and this is an elegant solution to that very problem. Of course people won’t eat their old products, but it would be great if they could be harmlessley tossed into the garden.

By: blah

blah — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:10:00 +0000

Well, it’s a million times less damaging to the environment than making it from oil-derived plastic or metal from open cast mines for a start. Your lack of foresight and imagination is astounding. You do realise sugar is over-produced and is stockpiled don’t you?

By: blah2

blah2 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:10:00 +0000

Yeah. Because growing and refining sugar to make into breakable injection-molded goods is sooooooo environmentally and socially responsible.

By: Novalinnhe Rowa

Novalinnhe Rowa — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:59:00 +0000

It does seem a bit useless. And “blah” – if designers created products which were less “designery ****e” and more “built for a lifetime”, then we wouldn’t have problems with things being thrown away at all.

There just needs to be a refocus back to the idea that your lamp, or chair, or building, will be used by generations and generations of people to come – not just the first five people to walk in and give it a “thumbs up”.

So yes – this is a fun little concept, but I highly doubt anybody is seriously going to go out of their way to soak their old lamp for an hour. People can’t even be bothered to rinse out their glass jars once they’re finished with them! The age of convenience will be our final era, imho.

By: David

David — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:23:00 +0000

The edible property simply brings attention to the far more important biodegradable property. I doubt many people would want to eat their lamps. I mean, then you wouldn’t have a lamp!