Ecofriend
August 1, 2007
http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/greenlight-concepts-lifts-trash-to-light-for-just-90/
“Greenlight Concepts Lifts Trash to Light for Just $90.”

“Trash – brainwaves the notion that raises the bar on what ‘it means to be brilliant’, integrating that material to form traffic lamps.”
“The modern-day green technology is mixing things just perfectly – with concept like this one from Greenlight Concepts, attempting to do away with the old traffic lights incarnating them with more contemporary lamps - installed by LED technology.
The recycled traffic lamps, is a prototype designed by a San Francisco based designer Daniel Krivens and colleague Nicholas Lee. The conventional lighting finds a replacement with the highly efficient LED technology killing the beast – the model taps into the waste stream (heaves of colored glass debris finding landfills across the U.S.) to give ‘Intimidating Red’, ‘Yielding Yellow’ and ‘Go Green’ an entirely novel definition.
The glass is reused for same indented purpose, though with defining and startling attributes, which speak loads of the beautifully textured glass. Molded into GLC’s pendant and bucket lamp designs, the lamps come in the expected red, yellow and green, but the unique trait lures the passer to look-on.
The complexity of the design may get you to a halt but the benefits derived will get you going – cleaner and greener, with efficient energy playing the key – at just $90-299.”

Prairie Mod
August 2, 2007
http://prairiemod.typepad.com/prairiemod/2007/08/greenlight-conc.html
The Art of Living in a Modern World

“I came across Greenlight Concepts via Inhabitat a day or two ago and was impressed with what I discovered. This design studio makes modern lighting fixtures using recycled traffic lights. They report that giant truckloads of red, yellow, and green lenses are tossed into land-fills as cities upgrade to more efficient lighting technology. As you can see from the photo above, this is a pretty appealing concept.”

Sunset Magaizine
July 2007
http://www.sunset.com
“Green glassware – Add Earth-friendly style indoors and out with this
luminous material recycled as chic home décor.”

“STOPLIGHTS Bring onlookers to a halt in your kitchen or bath with
colorful pendants made from discarded traffic lights.  Available in
three colors.  12-inch Go Green pendant by Greenlight Concepts

Audi Magazine
Q2, 2007
“Our staff picks a handful of pieces, each with an indisputably radiant flair.”

“A Novel Signal – The red, yellow, and green lenses from retired traffic lights are repurposed as bucket
lights and pendant lamps from GREENLIGHT CONCEPTS, in shades that STOP, YIELD or GO
just about anywhere.”

Inhabitat
July 31, 2007
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/31/greenlight-concepts-reclaimed-traffic-light-lamps/
“Crafted from reclaimed traffic lights, these fixtures tap into the waste stream to bring “Yielding Yellow” and “Go Green” a whole new meaning.”

“Imagine if sitting at a stoplight created ambiance instead of idle time. This idea, together with the desire to divert old traffic lamps from landfills, is the vision behind Greenlight Concepts’ beautifully recycled traffic-light lamps. Crafted from reclaimed traffic lights, these fixtures tap into the waste stream to bring “Yielding Yellow” and “Go Green” a whole new meaning.”

“Trash became the inspiration for these treasures when architect Daniel Kriven saw a San Francisco city crew updating old “Walk / Don’t Walk” signals with LED versions. Krivens tracked down the tossed materials, his colleague Nicholas Lee and, from brainstorm to brilliance, Greenlight Concepts was born.

“Lamps,” says Lee, “seemed like the logical solution. After all, we would be re-using the lenses for what they were originally intended. Of course, we were bringing them up close and personal, giving them a new sense of scale and appreciation.”
The beautifully textured glass that is central to each piece evokes a unique setting. Each green, red or yellow lens has an intricacy that, given its utilitarian origins, is surprisingly intentional. Sculpted into GLC’s pendant and bucket lamp designs, the lenses invite you to sit long; a mood far removed from their original purpose.

At $90-299, Greenlight Concepts’ lamps reflect the reality that it costs less to throw the traffic lights away than reuse them transformed. Luckily, Krivens and Lee are up to the challenge of acquiring the recycled materials - even hunting down lenses from old train signals to provide a “clear” option - and bringing new illumination to an urban obsolete.

Its good design that makes you stop, but reclaimed materials that give you a green light.”

Greenliving Health and beauty for you – and for the Earth
Spring & Summer 2006
http://www.greenlivingonline.com
“High design, low impact”

 “Redecorate this spring in eco-style”
“These retro-looking urban lamps made from traffic lights emit soft red, green or amber hues.  Ideal for the bar or lounge area in your home – cocktail anyone?”

Great Green Goods- “Green shopping for the greater good”
June 28th, 2006
http://greatgreengoods.com/index.php?s=greenlight

“The United States is upgrading stoplights to a more efficient technology, leaving these old glass lenses obsolete. Jumping in to keep them out of the landfill, the folks at Greenlight Concepts are creating beautiful light fixtures. Naturally available in Red, Yellow and Green.”

Green Home Guide
August 12, 2004
This line of light fixtures reuses glass lenses from aging traffic lights and gives them new life, and consumers new light. It's a brilliant use of these materials that otherwise end up in the landfill.” View Guide

California Home and Design
March 2006

“Using found glass inserts from traffic lights, San Francisco-based Greenlight Concepts created 14-inch and 11-inch lamps made with parchment shades and powder-coated-steel legs.”

Sierra Club
November-December 2005
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200511/green_life.asp

”Old traffic signals shine when they're reincarnated
as modern lamps”

Urban Ambiance
”Old traffic signals shine when they're reincarnated as modern lamps by San Francisco–based designers Daniel Krivens and Nicholas Lee. Each fixture is unique, but the raw material is hardly in short supply since many cities are replacing their red, green, and amber stoplight lenses with energy-efficient LED models.” greenlightconcepts.com

Seattle Homes & Lifestyles
October, 2005
“Recycled Chic”

“This is one traffic light that stopped me in my tracks—and made me go for my wallet.”

San Francisco Bay Guardian
July 6 –July 12, 2005
Neighborhood Business
Urban Renewables
By Lorraine Sanders
http://www.sfbg.com/39/40/x_biznews.html
“Greenlight Concepts turns old traffic lights into retro-cool lamps.”

MOCO
Modern Contemporary Design
March 10, 2005
http://mocoloco.com/sanfrancisco/archives/000889.php

“San Francisco-based designer Daniel Krivens and his firm, Greenlight Concepts, make lighting - hanging fixtures and lamps - from recycled traffic lights. As the old lights are replaced with new, super-efficient LED models, truckloads of colored glass go into landfills across the country. Luckily, these folks have found a good use for all that glass, and have found a number of interesting ways to integrate the material into their lamps. Some look like UFOs and all are quite striking.

You can have them in any color - as long as it's a shade of red, yellow or green.”

Treehugger
February 21, 2005
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/02/green_means_go_1.php
“Greenlight Concepts Lighting is taking Man's trash and making it treasure...”

Green Means Go: Greenlight Lighting
“Here at Treehugger, we're obviously thrilled that the cities all over the world have bitten the bullet and begun changing over their incandescent traffic signals to energy thrifty LED modules. They've got good reason to; California estimates that the switch has trimmed over $10 million from its yearly electric bill, and Portland, Oregon has saved an estimated $380,000 in annual electrical and maintenance costs. But, with all these new lamps going in, there are tons (quite literally, hundreds of thousands of pounds) of beautiful colored glass lenses being carted off to the landfill. Luckily for us Greenlight Concepts Lighting is taking the Man's trash and making it treasure...”
“Greenlight diverts these beautiful red, green, and amber lenses from being tossed, and incorporates them into snazzy, modern lamps. They offer solutions for desk, pendant, and floor lighting, and they range from focused task lighting to smooth ambient. The bucket lamp series even comes with interchangeable lenses so you can set the color to match the mood.”

Beyond Brilliant
February 21, 2005
http://www.646industries.com/beyond_b/archives/design/
“Greenlight Concepts has raised the bar on what it means to be brilliant.”

San Francisco: Greenlight Concepts has raised the bar on what it means to be brilliant: All over the US, cities are replacing traffic lights with super-efficient LED models. But what becomes of the old lights? Naturally, they wind up in your house as cool, fun lamps.

New York Times
January 13, 2005
Currents: San Francisco
By Frances Aderton
“A Eureka moment”

Stop / Caution / Go Lamps

“Daniel Krivens (inset above), an architectural designer in San Francisco, had a eureka moment two years ago when he saw maintenance workers removing the glass from a street crosswalk sign. He tracked down a contractor in Los Angeles who had collected some 40,000 discarded traffic light lenses (which have been replaced with light-emitting diodes around the country) and set to work on a workable design. The resulting lamps come in amber, red, and green, and are available at Homework, a furnishings store in Los Angeles. They are $1,440 to $1,525 for five-lens versions; seven-lens versions (top left) will soon be available.”

Homework is at 139 South La Brea; (323) 936-6139, homeworkbrand.com

L.A. Inside
August, 2004

“Rush hour in L.A. might be irritating for most commuters, but these pendant lamps from Ameico put traffic jams in a new light. Designed by Daniel Krivens of San Francisco, the pieces are made from the recycled lenses of real California traffic lights. The lamps come in the expected red, amber, and green shades and are a creative way to bring a little piece of the city into a residential or commercial interior.”

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