Olafur Eliasson and Carlo Ratti collaborate on robot that charts the sun
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Carlo Ratti have collaborated on a celestial mapping robot that brings together their hit design brands Little Sun and Scribit. More
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Olafur Eliasson's Tate Modern retrospective shows reality in "higher granularity"
Olafur Eliasson explains how his recently opened exhibition at London's Tate Modern prompts visitors to look at the world from a new perspective, in this exclusive video interview filmed by Dezeen. More
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Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life encourages visitors to engage with climate change
Three decades of work by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson including an indoor rainbow and a tunnel of fog prompt visitors to London's Tate Modern to think about their impact on the planet. More
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Olafur Eliasson joins with IKEA to encourage people to harvest their own solar power
IKEA has partnered with Little Sun – the social business co-founded by artist Olafur Eliasson – on small domestic solar panels that store energy to provide light and power, and inspire action on climate change. More
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Olafur Eliasson explores complex mathematical geometries with OE Quasi Light
A dodecahedron is nestled within an icosahedron to form this pendant lamp designed by artist Olafur Eliasson for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. More
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Olafur Eliasson installs giant blocks of glacial ice across London
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters surrounding Greenland and placed them in public spaces across London, where they will be left to melt. More
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Olafur Eliasson and Rimowa create geological luggage stickers for charity
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with premium luggage manufacturer Rimowa to design a collection of 46 suitcase stickers inspired by rocks and lava. More
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Culture "is now used just to promote" says Olafur Eliasson
Governments are using culture purely as a promotional tool rather than recognising its social value – and this is contributing to the rise of popularism, according to artist Olafur Eliasson. More
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Explore Olafur Eliasson's Fjordenhus in 360-degree video
Take a tour of Olafur Eliasson's first building, a castle-like office in a fjord in Denmark, in this 360-degree video filmed by Dezeen. More
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Olafur Eliasson's first building is a castle-like office in a Danish fjord
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has completed his first building – a fortress-like office in the Vejle Fjord in Denmark, called Fjordenhus. More
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Competition: win a pocket-sized solar lamp designed by Olafur Eliasson
Dezeen has teamed up with solar energy company Little Sun to celebrate its five-year anniversary by giving away three of its new Little Sun Diamond lamps, designed by Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. More
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Tony Eräpuro bases exhibition identity on Olafur Eliasson mirror installation
Finnish designer Tony Eräpuro took inspiration from geometry, architecture and Peter Saville to create the graphics for Olafur Eliasson's Pentagonal Landscapes exhibition. More
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Olafur Eliasson creates triangular patterns with Green Light furniture for Moroso
Shown at Milan design week, this prototype furniture for Moroso by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has a triangle-patterned frame that warps when viewed from different angles. More
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Olafur Eliasson creates scenes of visual trickery for Tree of Codes ballet production
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson used a combination of mirrors and coloured screens to create different abstract scenes for Wayne McGregor's Tree of Codes ballet. More
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Olafur Eliasson reveals his latest pocket-sized solar lamp, the Little Sun Diamond
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has previewed a third design in his series of solar-powered mini lamps made for people without access to reliable energy. More
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Olafur Eliasson installs giant waterfall at Palace of Versailles
A towering waterfall appears to fall from midair into the Grand Canal at the Palace of Versailles as part of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's latest exhibition (+ slideshow). More
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Competition: five copies of Olafur Eliasson's Unspoken Spaces book to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Thames & Hudson to give five readers a copy of a new book that explores architecture and design projects by artist Olafur Eliasson (+ slideshow). More
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Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion "looked like a spinning top"
Movie: Serpentine Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones discusses the spinning top-shaped pavilion designed by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen in 2007 in the next instalment from our exclusive video series. More
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Olafur Eliasson launches crowdfunding campaign for solar-powered mobile phone chargers
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's solar energy company Little Sun has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a mobile phone charger with a built-in lamp. More
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Copenhagen bridge by Olafur Eliasson is designed to resemble ship masts
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has created a bridge spanning a Copenhagen canal, which features a series of wire masts based on ships' rigging (+ slideshow). More
