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  • Marjan van Aubel creates indoor solar light to usher in "solar democracy"

    Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has developed a solar lamp that is designed to be hung in front of windows so it can generate its own energy. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 4 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Mexican students build low-cost solar lamps from natural waste materials

    Six students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico have designed low-cost solar lamps made from mud, beans and cactus slime for people living in isolated rural areas with limited electricity. More

    Natashah Hitti | 31 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 2 September 2017
  • 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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 7 March 2017 | 6 comments
  • Mathieu Lehanneur designs solar-powered Clover street furniture for Paris

    French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a tree-like street lamp with accompanying twig-shaped seating for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference. More

    Emma Tucker | 7 December 2015 | 2 comments
  • Daan Roosegaarde's glowing Van Gogh cycle path to open in the Netherlands

    News: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde's cycle path, illuminated with patterns based on Vincent van Gogh's painting The Starry Night, officially opens in Nuenen this evening (+ movie). More

    Dan Howarth | 12 November 2014 | 13 comments
  • Daan Roosegaarde's pilot Smart Highway is a Dutch road illuminated with solar power

    News: the first glow-in-the-dark road of Daan Roosegaarde's Smart Highway project has opened in Oss, the Netherlands (+ movie). More

    Dan Howarth | 21 October 2014 | 12 comments
  • Little Sun by Olafur Eliasson

    Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has made these small solar-powered lamps for people who have limited access to reliable energy – almost a quarter of the world's population (+ movie). More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 17 July 2012 | 6 comments
  • Movie: Ross Lovegrove on his Solar Tree at Clerkenwell Design Week

    Movie: British designer Ross Lovegrove talks to Dezeen about the tree-like solar-powered street lights he brought to St John's Square for Clerkenwell Design Week. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 21 June 2012 | 2 comments
  • Ski suits with solar-powered lights by Willy Bogner

    Following our report on Moritz Waldemeyer's stage costumes for OK Go, here's another story about clothing featuring LEDs. This time, fashion designer Willy Bogner has put solar-powered lights in ski suits. More

    Rose Etherington | 28 November 2007 | 6 comments
  • Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove

    Solar Tree is a solar-powered street lighting systemdesigned by Ross Lovegrove for the Museum for Angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Vienna. The lighting has been engineered by Artemide in collaboration with Sharp Solar. More

    Marcus Fairs | 27 September 2007 | 25 comments

Berlin set to build car-free housing and technology district on former Tegel Airport

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OEO Studio uses materials in a "playful way" for Designmuseum Denmark cafe and shop

Tables, design chairs and stone floors at Designmuseum cafe

Tom Kundig designs Truckee home with metal "treehouse" for Faulkner Architects founder

Concrete and steel buildings through the trees

Studio Other Spaces creates colourful conical glass pavilion for Californian winery

Image of the interior of the glass pavilion
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    Nendo concrete-culvert guesthouse

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  • Morag Myerscough recreates Roman gateway at Hadrian's Wall

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