“Now this was one that I particularly enjoyed. After queuing up for a short while, we were ushered into a dark box and handed a ‘Little Sun’ solar lamp. Through long exposure, you could draw shapes in the air with your light and see it all come together in a finished photograph. I thought this […]
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Olafur & Little Sun Shine Bright at Pathway to Paris
Solar-powered Little Sun-rise from Studio Olafur Eliasson on Vimeo. One the eve of the Climate Conference COP23 opening in Bonn, Little Sun and Olafur Eliasson joined forces with a spectacular collection of artists, musicians, innovators, academics and activists in New York, to urge policymakers and political leaders to join the fight for climate action. Artist […]
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A slow marathon through energised landscapes
When you travel slowly through a landscape, you are better able to discern all the forms of energy in the environment. Moving slowly and softly, you hear more, smell more, notice more of your surroundings and are better able to pick up on the energetic traces of the landscape’s past. For those experiencing the Slow […]
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Design Prize Winner: Olafur Eliasson with Little Sun and Little Sun Diamond
We are pleased to announce that Little Sun Diamond has won its first award: THE DESIGN PRIZE 2017, in the ‘Experimentation’ category. 2017 marks the inaugural year of THE DESIGN PRIZE. Initiated by designboom and abitare magazine, the Prize occured during Design Week in Milan, Italy, in the midst of the most exciting time on the design calendar. […]
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Little Sun Light Swarm at Tivoli Gardens
“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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Education at Little Sun
Little Sun has, from its inception, brought clean light into the lives of children living with and without access to electricity. The Little Sun education projects are a logical expansion of this, continuing one of the core functions of Little Sun as a fun, accessible tool educating people all over the world about the benefits […]
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A lot of heart in Seoul
Welcome to Heartist House – 하티스트 하우스: the warm home of the Samsung C&T Fashion Group’s social responsibility platform. HEARTIST is the only fashion CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) store in South Korea. They provide sustainable and eco-friendly goods in a space they share with what they describe as ‘warm-hearted artists’. HEARTIST donates all its profits to the beneficiaries of their […]
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Slowing down fashion at Mads Nørgaard
Mads Nørgaard, a leading fashion store in Copenhagen, is now presenting Little Sun as an ideal gift idea – just in time for Christmas. On 26 November, the store welcomed fashion and eco-conscious locals to the Copenhagen store to ‘launch’ Little Sun’s presence there, along with Olafur to talk about the project, meet and greet and […]
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