Natural Light, Velux & Little Sun International Design Competition, Call for Entries

To mark VELUX 75th anniversary of bringing daylight and fresh air into people’s homes, the VELUX Group is enhancing its social focus on the world’s off-grid areas. In order to bring sustainable, reliable and affordable light to areas without electricity, the first project is set to be a special edition solar lamp developed in collaboration with the social business, Little Sun. Today, 1.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity. To address this issue, the VELUX Group has partnered with Little Sun, a social business founded by world-renowned artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen, to address the need for light in a sustainable way that benefits communities without electricity. Together, the two companies will develop an affordable special edition solar lamp in honor of VKR’s 75th anniversary.

Natural Light is an international design competition presented by Little Sun and VELUX Group to challenge students to push boundaries, share dreams and imagine future solutions for providing people all over the world with sustainable energy and light. Initiated as part of VKR Holding’s upcoming 75th anniversary, the competition celebrates natural light as an affordable and sustainable solution to essential global challenges, while promoting innovation, creativity and technology for a greater purpose.

Natural Light invites design students from around the world to produce a design for a special edition solar lamp for the VELUX Group and Little Sun in honor of VKR’s 75th anniversary. The winning design will address the need for light, particularly in off-grid African regions, and will be powered by Little Sun’s proven high standard of technology.