The 2025 Dutch Design Week has brought several unique lighting pieces, including Ayano Koda’s broken eggshell lamp, which is made from broken eggshells. Another such quaint lighting fixture comes from young French designer, Thibault Philip, who has created Louvanes, a colossal light fixture made entirely from food industry offcuts of intestines.
The idea focuses on combining the food waste industry with traditional crafts, like from the Inuit or sub-Saharan communities. The scattered look of the chandelier is inspired by a biological nest and stained glass windows.
Each light fixture is crafted from woven intestine thread and dyed intestine leaf from the sausage industry. The subtly strange look of the luminaire will make you feel like it is actually a bird’s nest. It is achieved by tinting the food waste materials with cuttlefish ink and madder root.
The lamp emits a soft light that varies according to the membranes it passes through. The materials find their technical and aesthetic answers within themselves. There is no use of glue or resin, which makes it more special and organic.
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The Louvanes surpasses the boundaries between design, art, and visions, collaborating with craftsmanship. It is crafted using a slow and diligent process that pushes the limits of matter. Making lamps from food waste is surely an innovative idea and could be a sustainable way to upcycle food waste.
The complex design of the Louvanes luminaire stands for its simple elegance paired with seamless functionality. The choice of material further makes it a no-waste lighting fixture. The design is brought from the past to the present with a motive to let ancient crafts shape modern resources.
