ALl photos © Mike Chino. London-based designer and engineer Julian Melchiorri has designed an elegant new lighting solution that is part chandelier and part living organism. Titled Exhale , the piece is comprised of 70 glass petals of varying shape that contain a solution of green algae sustained by daylight, LEDs, and a drip-feed of nutrients.

Source: A “Living” Chandelier Filled with Algae by Julian Melchiorri