‘Ohmie’, the world’s first fully circular lamp made from Sicilian orange peels. acquired as waste from the food industry, the discarded peels are dried, ground into powder form, and blended with a natural biopolymer, while the mixture is then 3D printed into a lightweight fixture. 100% organic and compostable, ‘Ohmie’ seeks to combat the problematic disposal of bioresources, by turning scraps into a statement piece.

Each ‘Ohmie’ lamp is said to be infused with the peels of two oranges, which are obtained from the waste stash of food industry sources before being turned into a powder and mixed with a special polymer. This mix is then processed into a filament that can be used in a 3D printer to construct the lamp. 

In order to build the main body of the Ohmie lamp, krill design extrudes the orange-peel/biopolymer mix into the form of a filament, which is then used in a conventional FDM 3D printer. the resulting piece takes shape as a distinctive lamp design with a texture similar to that of an actual orange peel. its bright color is enhanced with the help of natural food dye, while some say that it even smells like orange cookies.

Each lamp comes complete with a USB-plug power cord, a touch dimmer switch, and an LED bulb of 70-90lm. the orange biomaterial body is 23 cm tall and 150 grams heavy, and according to the creators, it is entirely compostable. the ‘ohmie’ is currently featured on Kickstarter, and anyone who is interested can get one with a pledge of €72. 

According to Design Boom