{"id":721504,"date":"2026-04-13T18:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T18:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:35:15","slug":"mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/","title":{"rendered":"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a415c42a8064\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a415c42a8064\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618685\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-00.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Most lamps get designed around a concept. MJ Fraser designed his around a memory. His Trees From The Garden collection started not with a mood board or a material swatch, but with the actual trees that grew in his childhood garden. He pressed the bark and branches directly into moulds, one section at a time, and the result is a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of lamps that look like they were pulled straight from the forest floor, still carrying the warmth of something lived in.<\/p>\n<p>That personal starting point matters more than it might seem at first. A lot of sustainable design today leans heavily on the idea of nature while keeping a safe aesthetic distance from it. Fraser collapsed that distance entirely. The irregular textures across each piece, the way no two lamps in the series look exactly alike, these aren\u2019t stylistic choices made in a studio. They\u2019re what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens when you let nature do the actual drafting.<\/p>\n<p>Designer Name: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mjfraser.co.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MJ Fraser<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618686\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618686\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"106fe3788e36d410747dd40b-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"106fe3788e36d410747dd40b-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618691\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618691\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The material Fraser works with is Worbla, a biodegradable thermoplastic that contains roughly 30 percent waste sawdust. That sawdust detail is worth sitting with for a moment. The material is literally made, in part, from the same kind of organic matter it\u2019s being shaped to resemble. It\u2019s a closed-loop logic that feels almost poetic, and it carries through into the production process as well. Offcuts from fabrication don\u2019t get discarded. They get reheated and folded back into the work as welding material or as internal structural support for the pieces. The heat-activated adhesive properties of the material mean no additional bonding agents are needed, which removes one more synthetic component from the equation. Surfaces are finished with natural mineral paint, keeping the material story clean from start to finish.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618688\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-03-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618688\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-03-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"106fe3788e36d410747dd40b-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"106fe3788e36d410747dd40b-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618689\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618689\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618690\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618690\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>All of that restraint shows up in the final objects. These aren\u2019t lamps trying to look rustic, and they\u2019re not performing sustainability for a press release. They carry an honesty that is harder to manufacture than the pieces themselves. Looking at them, you get the sense that Fraser wasn\u2019t chasing recognition for the materials. He just wanted the materials to be right.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618692\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618692\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618693\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618693\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618694\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618694\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be upfront: I think the design conversation around sustainable materials has grown a little comfortable with congratulating itself. A project announces it uses a bio-based material and that tends to become the whole story. What Fraser is doing here is structurally different. Every decision in the process has a reason, and those reasons loop back into each other. The sawdust in the thermoplastic connects to the trees. The scrap material folds back into the structure. The moulds taken from real bark connect back to the childhood garden where the whole thing began. Nothing in this collection is decorative justification.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618695\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618695\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618696\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618696\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-010.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618697\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618697\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-011.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The lamps also resist the visual sameness that tends to flatten sustainable design into a single recognizable aesthetic. Because each mould comes from a specific section of a specific tree, each piece in the collection reads differently. The series is unified by process and material, not by uniformity, and that\u2019s a meaningful distinction. It means the collection gets more interesting the more pieces you encounter, rather than feeling like variations on the same idea.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618698\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618698\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-014.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618699\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618699\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-012.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618700\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618700\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-013.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a growing appetite right now for objects with a legible origin, things you can trace back to a source, a decision, a place. Consumers are more skeptical of greenwashing than they\u2019ve ever been, and the visual language of sustainability, the linen textures, the muted tones, the vague nods toward nature, has started to feel hollow when it\u2019s not backed by real process thinking. Trees From The Garden lands as a direct answer to that skepticism, not because Fraser set out to make a statement, but because the work is too specific to be anything other than genuine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618701\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618701\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-015.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-618702\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-618702\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"MJ Fraser Just Turned His Childhood Garden Into Living Light\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/04\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/garden-lamps-016.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>A lamp made from a mould of bark from a childhood garden is, on one level, an incredibly quiet object. 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Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/04\/13\/mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mj-fraser-just-turned-his-childhood-garden-into-living-light\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most lamps get designed around a concept. 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