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Little Sun Solar Powered Lamp

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Little Sun, German, founded 2012

    Designer

    Olafur Eliasson, Danish, b. 1967
    Frederik Ottesen, Austrian

    Description

    LED lamp in the shape of a sun with ten petal components and backed with a square solar panel

    Credit Line

    Gift of George R. Kravis II

    Date

    2012

    Accession Number

    2016-5-23

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    lighting
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    lamp

    Type

    lamp

    Medium

    plastic, solar panel, LED

    Dimensions

    H x diam.: 4.4 × 12.1 cm (1 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

    manufactured in

    Berlin, Germany

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41a63e2ed-2659-48d0-bb7f-845b91ae8587

    Record ID

    chndm_2016-5-23

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