Hand made in New Zealand
Every one of our light shade are handmade in New Zealand by Helen and Jelle.  We design and produce every light shade in Wellington using the best materials sourced within Australasia.   Our light shades do not travel from far away shores.  We are keen to keep our planet alive! 
"Just walking through our natural environment and looking at the complex shapes found on land, along our coasts and in the sea allows us to use aspects of it in our designs. The natural shapes that occur in nature and the mathematical equations that these relate to are prevalent in our designs."
We aspire to create intricate yet simple designs using mathematical shapes to create a functional form that has aesthetical appeal.  The Joug designs definitely suit the modern and minimalist home.  
New Zealand is the country that inspires us. The beautiful views, the open spaces and amazing coastlines provide us with ideas to create new and lasting products.

Sustainability

We are always looking for ways to improve sustainability in the products that we design, where we get our raw materials from and how we operate our business. We attempt to create products that have lasting appeal.   The processes used when making the individual elements of our light shades takes into account that we can re-use the waste material for other products and the waste that it left over is recycled.

Material

The plastic that we use is completely recyclable, and on average contains 30%-40% recycled component.  It is  chemically unreactive/biologically inert, food-contact safe with no plasticisers, chlorine, leachable components or heavy metals and is Non-toxic if burnt.

Recyclable

The materials used to create our light shades are 100% recyclable.  Firstly we produce each light shade with minimal wastage.  The wastage that does occur when making a light shade is gathered and delivered to a recycle company.  The recycle company grounds up the wastage into pellets.  These pellets are used in the manufacture of other new plastic products and sheets of plastic to be used again in light shades and other products.

Easy cleaning

Most of our light shades can be cleaned with hot water and soap or if you have stubborn dirt, use a eco friendly cleaning liquid.

Light Bulbs

Please use energy saver light bulbs as they use less power and produce far less heat that incandescent light bulbs.  We recommend that  14W (CFL) energy saver light bulbs are used for our enclosed light shades e.g. SeaFlower, Puawai, Urchin.