The Meditative Pastime of Rock Collecting Inspires an Artful Lighting Series
Modeled after ocean-tumbled rocks, the smooth forms of these sustainably made lamps will make you want to pick them up and take them home.
Modeled after ocean-tumbled rocks, the smooth forms of these sustainably made lamps will make you want to pick them up and take them home.
"Each light fixture is inscribed with the name of the beach and the geographic coordinates where its corresponding stone was collected," says Seth Grizzle, founder and creative director of the sustainable lighting brand Graypants. He’s talking about his company’s Pebbles collection of table lamps and pendants, which takes its name and aesthetic cues from rocks the designer found while strolling along Seattle’s coastline.
Graypants’ Pebbles pendants (shown in white) look especially great in clusters.
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Part of the brand’s Scraplights line, Pebbles follows the studio’s history of exploring biomimicry and its signature way of articulating the beauty of nature. Like the original Scraplight series, the Pebbles collection relies on found materials—postconsumer corrugated cardboard, in this case—and is sustainably produced. Each shade is laser cut and assembled by hand using nontoxic adhesive.
Graypants’ popular Allyn pendant (shown) is among the first designs made for the Pebbles collection.
Courtesy of Graypants
Crafted in white corrugated cardboard, the pendants’ abstract shapes are a continuation of the brand’s nature-based design approach.
Courtesy of Graypants
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