Godoylab

Year: 2003 - 2004
Material: Sugar
Size of lamp: 20 x 20 x 31 cm

Recently, I met Emiliano Godoy at a Design Symposium called viral:CULTURE at Columbia College Chicago.

He is a pretty smart guy doing some really cool work in the realm of sustainability, and industrial design.

A brief bio of Godoy goes something like this:
With experience in furniture, products, architecture, urban furnishings, art and exhibits design; Emiliano Godoy works primarily in projects about applied sustainability. He has worked for companies such as Saint Gobain, EHV Weidmann, Pepsico, Holland Chemical International (HCI), Pipeline Integrity International (PII), Pipetronix, Frito Lay/Sabritas, and the Museo de la Ciudad de México.

Sugar Objects: In this project, Emiliano Godoy proposes an approach to design in which a product’s lifespan is matched by its material’s longevity. He uses sugar as an example of a short-term, environmentally friendly material for products.. Emiliano poses a scenario where objects’ appropriate disposal is imbedded in their construction, using nature as a source and destination for these objects.

One of the application of the material is the table lamp, built of eight identical wedges, pictured above.

Check out some more of the amazing things he has done at GODOYLAB