“Little Sun and I teamed up to create the Little Sun Light Swarm lamps for Tivoli Gardens, to shine a light both in Copenhagen and in rural Africa – the proceeds from the project will go to support Little Sun’s work in remote areas of Africa, bringing solar energy to communities living off grid.” – […]
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Little Sun Diamond: get set to shine on!
Last week at Design Indaba, South Africa, Olafur revealed the design of our newest, sparkling Little Sun solar lamp, Little Sun Diamond, to the world for the first time. We are very excited to announce that our latest solar gem will be available for you all in a few month’s time (Autumn, 2017). With its […]
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Energised by the Everyday: featured at Cooper Hewitt NYC
We’re happy to announce that Little Sun is now part of the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Design) museum in New York, and is featured in a new exhibition: Energising the Everyday. The pieces on display celebrate the gift from George Kravis, collector of industrial design. The director of Cooper Hewitt, Caroline Baumann, remarked that […]
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Blick Bassy on music’s power to change the world
Blick Bassy is a multi-talented musician with an unforgettably beautiful voice. He is originally from Cameroon and is now based in France. In the past year he has become a warm friend to Little Sun – shining Little Sun lamps during his shows and spreading the solar love across the world in his tours. He spoke […]
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Ai Wei Wei brings Little Sun lamps to refugees in Greece
World-renowned artist Ai Wei Wei opened a studio last winter on the Greek island of Lesbos, the main entry point in Europe for refugees fleeing their home countries. His intention was to create projects around the global humanitarian crisis to raise awareness, as well as engaging with NGOs, the people from Lesbos and, first and foremost, […]
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Icewatch and COP21 Paris: we can all be part of the climate solution
Throughout November and December 2015, in the lead-up to COP21, the world’s most crucial annual climate change event, this time held in Paris, Little Sun embarked on a campaign to communicate how we can all be part of the climate change solution. The campaign began with Olafur leading a Little Sun sunrise at the Falling Walls […]
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“Little Changes”, Big Impact
Back in October, CPH:DOX and Little Sun launched the video competition, Little Changes, inviting people from all over the world to produce creative videos with a fresh, new perspective on how we consume the earth’s precious resources. The competition was launched prior to the COP21 climate change conference in Paris in early December, where world […]
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“Sun + Energy + Art”: our Little Learners Exhibition
Sun, energy and art – what more do you need in life?! Coming up in February, in cooperation with the Kinder Künste Zentrum, Little Sun will run a very special exhibition called Sonne + Energie + Kunst (Sun + Energy + Art), showing work created by the students of the Kinder Künste Zentrum in response to […]
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Singing and dancing for Little Sun in rural South Africa
This week we have a very special post for you: five videos from the children of Mophela Primary School in Hammarsdale, a rural part in the South African province KwaZulu-Natal, who were recently given Little Sun lamps – and have created these incredibly sunny Little Sun songs and dances! By way of background: The Bright […]
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