Farolito “Paper Bag” Recycled Plastic Table Lamp
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DesignerSean Kim
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Size8.75h x 4.75w x 7"d
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MaterialPLA
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Year of Design2025
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OriginUnited States
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“The shape of this lamp was inspired by a disposable paper bag,” explains designer Sean Kim. “When we posted an early version of it online, someone commented that it looked like a farolito. I was curious, so I looked it up and discovered this whole culture built around exactly that: paper bags with little candles in them.”
“We used fused deposition modeling. The simplest way to describe FDM is a hot glue gun on the end of a robot. You deposit material layer on layer and fuse it as you go. FDM is the most common form of 3D printing.”
“For the Farolito, the form began as a 3D san of a real paper bag, which we then brought into modeling software and added detail to it. The geometry starts from an actual object rather than something drawn from scratch.”
Sean Kim is the founder of the Brooklyn-based company Wooj. The brand utilizes a combination of robotics and craft manufacturing techniques to create products at a low cost without exploitative labor. Kim loves 3D printing because it empowers ideas to become physical products in a matter of hours instead of weeks, and eliminates the need for mass production for factories. His Wavy Lamp has become a social media hit.
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