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Customized Illumination

Seeking more affordable decor, consumers turn to DIY lighting solutions

Implications - While contemporary aesthetics continue to influence interior decor, the cost is unappealing to post-credit-crunch consumers, prompting alternative DIY approaches. Seeking affordable interior designs without sacrificing style, consumers are turning to customized sources of illumination to add personal, simple-to-make touches to practical pieces of everyday decor.
Trend Themes
1. DIY Illumination - As post-credit-crunch consumers seek affordable interior decor, DIY lighting solutions have become a popular trend.
2. Minimalist Design - With minimalist design techniques taking over mainstream culture, sleek and simple lighting fixtures have become popular.
3. Industrial/recycled Materials - Using industrial and recycled materials like concrete and paint chips to create lighting fixtures has become a popular trend.
Industry Implications
1. Home Decor - The home decor industry can capitalize on the DIY illumination trend by creating products and services that cater to the needs of post-credit-crunch consumers.
2. Design - The design industry can capitalize on the minimalist design trend by creating products that incorporate sleek and simple lighting fixtures.
3. Sustainability - The sustainability industry can capitalize on the use of industrial and recycled materials by creating products and services that promote the use of eco-friendly materials.
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Featured Examples

DIY Concrete Illuminators
DIY Concrete Illuminators
This Hanging Concrete Lamp Will Add an Industrial Appeal to any Room
If you’re looking to add some modern and minimalist touches to your interior decor without spending a fortune, then this DIY Hanging Concrete Lamp project will definitely offer you a great way... MORE
DIY Industrial Lighting
DIY Industrial Lighting
The Copper Geometric Pendant Lamp by Meg Kemner is Stylishly Easy
Design Milk’s Meg Kemner is back at it again with a fun and stylish do-it-yourself home decor project: the Copper Geometric Pendant Lamp. As though inspired by industrial cage lighting, this... MORE
DIY Color Chip Lighting
DIY Color Chip Lighting
The Paint Swatch Chandelier Combines Crafty and Chic
The Paint Swatch Chandelier by Hey Gorgeous Events combines the best of DIY home accessories and takes it to a fantastically chic level. The stylists at Hey Gorgeous created a beautiful ombre... MORE
DIY Gradient Lighting
DIY Gradient Lighting
The Ombre Pendant Lamp Adds a Pretty Flair to Living Spaces
Making the home more personal has never been easier with all of the do-it-yourself projects floating around the Internet, one of the latest being the Ombre Pendant Lamp. A playfully feminine affair,... MORE
Yarn-Made Lighting Solutions
Yarn-Made Lighting Solutions
This DIY Project Utilizes Ordinary Pieces of Yarn to Create Fixtures
Lighting fixtures often cost an arm and a leg when you buy them at the store, but these yarn-made lighting solutions offers up a fantastic way to create beautifully designed lights on a budget.... MORE
Geometrically Curved Illuminators
Geometrically Curved Illuminators
Andreu Carulla Recycles Materials to Make a Ceiling Lamp Design
Only a year after designer Andreu Carulla blew food and home decor lovers away with his glimmering Facetat serving dish, he’s back with this new Facetada ceiling lamp design that sees this... MORE

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