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Lamps sewn from fabric someone threw away
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workVELA: Lighting from Reclaimed Textiles (KALUMA), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- founded KALUMA in The Hague in 2025 kaluma.design
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- Three glowing white fabric lamps shaped like flying saucers: two pendants and a small table lamp on a plinth, against a dark gray wallImage: KALUMAMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- A woman in black holds a glowing fabric lamp in both hands, with a pendant above her and a table lamp beside herImage: KALUMAMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Step diagram: discarded fabric is collected from ateliers and thrift stores, checked for quality and color, taken apart, and reworked by hand into lamps of several sizesImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 2360, VELA, KALUMA
- Slide 4
- A pendant lamp glowing against dark gray, and a close view up into a lamp's fabric shade and its round ringImage: KALUMAMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- A white fabric table lamp on three thin metal legs, lit, standing on rumpled white clothImage: KALUMAMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Square lantern with pierced sides, Rijksmuseum (AK-RBK-15868)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record