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Papela by Meirav Barzilay
Product designer Meirav Barzilay of Tel Aviv has designed this crumpled papery pendant light that comes scrunched up in a ball.
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Called Papela, the lampshade is made of paper-like Tyvek material allowing it to be reshaped and crumpled as desired without tearing.
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The shade is hand-stitched together and comes in two different colours.
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Here's a tiny bit of text from the designer:
PAPELA
Papela is a playful paper lamp. Crumple, squash and reshape it as you like.
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Papela is delivered as a paper ball, which by a simple set of actions transforms into a unique wrinkled lampshade.
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Its minimalist structure is created by thread stitches only, hand sewn out of a colored paper sheet. Papela is available in two different designs.
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Materials: Tyvek | Dimensions: 32cm x 45cmØ , 26cm x 45cmØ X-LARGE 55cm x 85cmØ | Year: 2011
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