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
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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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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