COPENHAGEN, Denmark,
January 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
The VELUX Group and Little Sun are excited to present
Olafur Eliasson,
Patricia Urquiola, Ije Nwokorie, Melody Sarudzayi Joachim and
Koyo Kouoh as
members of the final jury who will
oversee the Natural Light Design Competition, celebrating VKR
Holding's
75th anniversary.
These five internationally recognized jury
members within the fields of architecture, design and art will
together select the winning design of a special edition solar
lamp.
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In November 2014 the social
business Little Sun and the VELUX Group joined forces to launch a
design competition inviting young design students to create a
special edition solar lamp in honor of VELUX's 75th
anniversary. Utilising Little Sun's micro-entrepreneurial
distribution model, the Natural Light project will donate an
initial supply of solar lamps to kick-start distribution in
off-grid African communities at affordable prices.
The VELUX Group and Little Sun are happy to announce the jury
for the Natural Light Design Competition. The jury consists of
exciting leaders within their respective fields: Olafur Eliasson, Patricia Urquiola, Ije
Nwokorie, Melody Sarudzayi Joachim, Koyo Kouoh, along with VELUX A/S Chief Marketing
Director Michael Rasmussen and
Little Sun Founder and Engineer Frederik
Ottesen.
Olafur Eliasson, who chairs the
jury, founded Little Sun, a social business and global project that
is bringing sustainable, clean solar light to areas of the world
without electricity. In addition to Little Sun, Eliasson is best
known for his inspiring art installations around the world such as
The weather project at London's Tate Modern (2003), Your black
horizon at the Venice Biennale (2005), and the New York City
Waterfalls (2008).
Olafur Eliasson says:
"I am extremely pleased to be chairing the jury of
Natural Light. It is a great opportunity to connect
with the next generation of talented design students.
They are young
people with the muscle and
energy needed to find a
response to the global problems
we are facing. Great and
innovative design
can really make a difference
for the future!"
The jury will review the submitted designs in March 2015, and the winning design will be
announced in May 2015.
The Natural Light Design Competition
For nearly 75 years, the VELUX Group has worked to improve
living conditions around the world by bringing daylight into
people's homes. To mark this milestone, the VELUX Group has
partnered with Little Sun, a social business and global project
founded by internationally renowned artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen, to improve living conditions
for people in areas of the world without electricity.
The global competition invites design students from around the
world to bring sustainable light to off-grid areas in Africa by designing a Little Sun special
edition solar lamp. 29,000 units of the winning design will be
produced and a substantial amount of lamps will be sold in off-grid
regions of Africa at locally
affordable prices.
Read more: http://www.naturallight.org
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