"It began with a boob light and a desperate need to cover it up," writes founder Lori Smythe, who made her first shade by suspending a pair of red box shorts over a dorm room's glaring fixture.
"We firmly believe that no one, regardless of financial position or handyman know-how, should have to settle for a home with bad overhead lighting," she says.
The shades hang by magnets from a ring that is mounted to the ceiling with removable tape. Shown here, a textbook boob light.
Tulip's shades are intended to soften glaring overhead lights while upgrading them. They're made in Nepal and Peru by, according to the website, "ethical cut-and-sew contractors with social missions to empower marginalized and at-risk people..."
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