Most of the upcycle lighting ideas I come across are unique. They all take discarded objects and turn them into a new design. But what if you would design a product that, if combined with almost any bottle, would turn it into a very nice lighting design? Take a look at “Bottle-up“.
Bottle-up is a lamp designed for bars and restaurants by Giuseppe Casuccio [designer/art director] and Valerio Palmieri [architect/designer]. The first prototype was designed during the design project for a Lounge Bar. The owner needed a lamp with plenty of character on the top of the bar.
“The inspiration is born from the thought on how to light and how to promote a product at the same time. The lamp works very easy: there is an aluminum cylinder that bears the LED and houses a bottle by screws. The cylinder cap also has a small hole that allows liquid to slowly evaporate over time. In this case we used a Campari Soda bottle, that was the best choice for the bar’s colors and style. This lamp can house any kind of glass bottle.”
Just imagine that you could make a lamp from your favorite bottle, filled up with whatever you want. Great idea by these two Italian designers.
Photo © Bottle-Up
Design by Giuseppe Casuccio and Valerio Palmieri
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Hi, I think that there isn’t any links between this lamp and the “Campari Light” (that’s a very nice lamp)
The bottle used in this lamp is purely demonstrative, the lamp can attach any type of aperitif bottle…
Hi Giuseppe, thanks for your comment. The only link between the featured Bottle-Up and the Campari Light is of course a Campari bottle. In my opinion the Campari Light by Ingo Maurer is a beautiful design, but it only uses new bottles. And that’s why I posted the Bottle-Up. It can, like I wrote in the post, be used with lots of other bottles. And best of all, used bottles. That’s what upcycle design is all about. And that’s why I like it so much. Keep upcycling!
Very “original” idea… from these two Italian “Designers” .
What a pity that they forget to mention the ” Campari Light ” from Ingo Maurer ( Design Raffaele Celentano ) .
You are so right. Thanks for mentioning the Campari Light. I saw the design before but forgot by whom the design was! Compliments, always liked it very much! Maybe I’ll write a post about it. Really enjoyed your website. Very nice photos.