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electric firefly

Electric Firefly Design & Creation is the brainchild of Sydney designer Simon Goldstein, originating from a collaborative partnership in Mexico in 2002. At ibu we stock Simon’s funky Daisy and Nimbus designs that represent the fusion of art, design, geometry and environmental awareness that is Electric Firefly.

The original Firefly Series broke away from the styles typically on offer in designware with a fresh but simple theme. Now in its 3rd year, Electric Firefly has teamed up with Melbourne-based Friendly Savage and is producing its first range of lamps using recycled materials.

Seen in all the right places, Electric Firefly has been seen in Top3 by Design (Syd), The Sydney Opera House Store, Anibou (Melb), Forme (Melb) Inside Out magazine and One Small Room (Adel) as well as being shortlisted for an Australian Design Award in 2004.

Simon uses an Australian made polymer sheet that is 30-50% recycled product. It is biologically inert (non-reactive) and completely non-toxic, with no plasticisers, chlorine, leachable components or heavy metals used in the finished product or during manufacture.

The factories that produce Simon’s lamps are active recyclers, collecting their own waste as well as that of their customers for recycling. Electric Firefly is proud to support companies with stringent environmental policies and practices and is investigating the potential for other recycled and biodegradable plastics currently under development.

To top it all off Simon is an amazingly down to earth and wonderful guy that genuinely cares for the environment and is passionate about design. We’ll forgive him his penchant for high order mathematics as it led to Electric Firefly.

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