Showing posts with label solar energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label solar energy. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Elena Corchero


"Graphic Fan Lace" by Elena Corchero.

HINT: Incredible lighting fan!

"This hand-held embroidered and embellished fan stores solar power during the day, ready to be transformed into an ornamental light display for the home at night by incorporating solar cells into the textile's fabric."*

*from the book TEXTILES NOW, by Drusilla Cole.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Sunny Memories at RCA (LDF09)






























































































Up to Bottom: Hang - Georges Moanack | Insect Killer - Ming Kyu Choi | Solar Panels

HINT: Solar energy objects for a green and sustainable living.

"There is a revolution going on in solar energy, about to become part of our daily lives in unexpected ways - in many shapes, richly coloured and with multiple functions. A new generation of solar cells has been born: thin, coloured, translucent and even flexible. The source of this revolution it the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédërale de Lausanne), where Profesor Michaël Grätzel, inspired by plant photosynthesis, began to use dye molecules to transform sunlight into electricity. His work drew heavy praise from the scientific community, resulting is a World Technology Award. While further technological developments are ongoing in the labs, it is now up the designers to explore the potential meanings of this form of solar energy so as to make us aware of the signiicance of this major change."*

* from Sunny Memories introduction by Nicolas Henchoz.