{"id":729900,"date":"2026-05-27T20:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:55:14","slug":"this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a2533e60d49f\" 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-6a2533e60d49f\" 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\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/#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\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627228\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Upcycled materials have become a familiar part of sustainable design, but most of them still try to hide where they came from. The aluminum gets purified, the recycled plastic molded smooth, and the result looks clean and neutral but loses the story of its origins. Pairing genuine sustainability with aesthetic character turns out to be a harder problem than it looks, and most attempts quietly sidestep it.<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo-based product designer Kenji Abe took a different <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>roach with Aperire, a lighting fixture cast entirely from discarded aluminum cans. Rather than refining the material beyond recognition, he deliberately left in the impurities. The wrinkles, air bubbles, and traces of ink from the original cans were preserved as surface texture, turning what most casting processes would filter out into the fixture\u2019s defining character.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kenjiabe.com\/aperire\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenji Abe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627229\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627229\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-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=\"efedb65a1894f2c81683e567-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"efedb65a1894f2c81683e567-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627230\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627230\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Melting the cans down without removing too many impurities is what produces that surface. Each piece ends up slightly different, carrying unpredictable marks that no two castings will ever replicate. Traces of ink from labels and other irregularities seep through the metal, and the result reads less like manufactured aluminum and more like weathered stone or bone. The artificial origin becomes genuinely difficult to place.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627231\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627231\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-09.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=\"efedb65a1894f2c81683e567-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"efedb65a1894f2c81683e567-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627232\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627232\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-10.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627233\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627233\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-11.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The finish that results reads almost like a natural material. The same surface might show shallow depressions, irregular ridges, or fine lines that look nothing like machined metal. Paired with the organic, chambered form, it makes Aperire genuinely hard to identify on first glance. The cans are unmistakably present in the material\u2019s history, but they aren\u2019t visible in what the object has become.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627234\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627234\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627235\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627235\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The shape itself draws from an equally unexpected source: foraminifera, the microscopic marine organisms whose skeletons are riddled with tiny holes and chambers. Combined with the rough appearance of eroded rock, the form was built through the deliberate addition and subtraction of geometric shapes. Light reflects inside the hollow interior and finds its way out through the openings, seeping gently outward rather than projecting.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627236\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627236\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The name carries a few threads that converge on the same idea. Aperire is Latin for \u201cto open,\u201d connecting to aperture, the camera mechanism that controls how much light passes through. It also traces back to April, the season when flowers open. For a fixture that lets light slowly leak outward rather than announce itself, the name seems less like branding than an accurate description of what the object does.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627237\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-627237\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The fixture doesn\u2019t make a loud case for sustainability as a concept; it just happens to be made from something that would otherwise be discarded, and it shows it. That quiet honesty gives it a credibility that purpose-built eco-aesthetic objects rarely manage. The cans stop being waste, stop being raw material, and become something that earns its place on a table or shelf without the sustainability narrative doing the heavy lifting. The object handles that part itself.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-627238\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/05\/27\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/05\/this-lamp-is-cast-from-soda-can-trash-but-looks-like-carved-stone\/aperire-lighting-sculpture-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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