{"id":6932,"date":"2014-02-25T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T11:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/?p=6932&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2018-03-17T16:46:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T16:46:20","slug":"off-duty-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/en\/off-duty-no-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Off  duty no more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Designer and urban archeologist Guilhem de Castelbajac\u2019s with his project \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.offdutynomore.com\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.offdutynomore.com\/\">OFF DUTY NO MORE<\/a> has immortalized the iconic lights of Taxi Signs . \u00a0The re-purposing of these \u00a0lights as interior lamps lends a second life to a utilitarian design that is slowly being rendered obsolete and all too overlooked.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6934\" alt=\"offdutynomore02\" src=\"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-300x194.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-200x130.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-400x259.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-500x324.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02-800x518.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore02.jpg 818w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Each of the lamps have been sourced from \u00a0retired cabs of New York, Paris and other cities. As the taxis of each city become updated, these signs are left for the junkyard.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6935\" alt=\"offdutynomore08\" src=\"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/offdutynomore08-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Off Duty No More\u2019s lamps repurpose these discarded vintage plastic fixtures, and retrofit them with energy efficient LED lights. Each lamp \u00a0sits on a metal base which echoes the automobiles they were once perched on. Because each sign is different, each lamp is unique and numbered in limited editions.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6933\" alt=\"Off-Duty-No-More\" src=\"http:\/\/yiuco.webcollective.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-200x141.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-220x154.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-500x354.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.yiuco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Off-Duty-No-More.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8216;off duty no more&#8217; was on show at <a href=\"http:\/\/2012.wanteddesignnyc.com\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/2012.wanteddesignnyc.com\/\">wanteddesign <\/a>during NY design week 2012.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>via:<a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/off-duty-no-more-recycled-taxi-signs-into-led-lights\/off-duty-no-more\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/off-duty-no-more-recycled-taxi-signs-into-led-lights\/off-duty-no-more\/\"> inhabitat\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/weblog\/cat\/8\/view\/21552\/off-duty-no-more-recycled-taxi-light-lamps.html\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/weblog\/cat\/8\/view\/21552\/off-duty-no-more-recycled-taxi-light-lamps.html\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0designboom<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer and urban archeologist Guilhem de Castelbajac\u2019s with his project \u00a0OFF DUTY NO MORE has immortalized the iconic lights of Taxi Signs . \u00a0The re-purposing of these \u00a0lights as interior lamps lends a second life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[770,126],"tags":[788,217,581],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - 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