The high-tech LED lamp is made using sheets of DuraPulp, a pulp from Swedish forestry industry company Södra, sandwiched between two layers of polyactic acid, a renewable biopolymer produced from corn starch.
The lamp, a collaboration between Södra, lighting company Wästberg and designers Claesson Koivisto Rune, has attracted a number of accolades, including a Swedish Design Award and a Good Design Award.
According to Södra, the lamp’s structure is compostable and uses an "absolute minimum" of materials.
Per Braconier, director of corporate communications for the company, said: "Developing the paper lamp has meant being in contact with completely new markets and companies that are interested in new materials.
"The cooperation has been extremely enriching for Södra, and it has meant that we have been seen by a wider public."
Compostable pulp lamp is star of design exhibition
A lamp constructed from paper pulp and a corn-based polymer, has won the admiration of environmentalists and designers alike after having been exhibited publicly for the first time in Stockholm, Sweden.
