DAY_NIGHT is a solar lamp that charges during the day through integrated PV cells and powers LED diodes that produce light at night. LED diodes are energy-efficient sources of light, require very little energy that is “harvested” by PV cells, which are positioned to capture light. In this manner, the lamp is energy-independent and uses 0 (zero) conventional energy.

day_Night during the day!

Day_Night by night

TECHNICAL INFO
The lamp consists of three elements: the stand, vertical support and lamp’s active body. The base semi-circulr stand holds the batteries for energy accumultion, the weight of which stabilizes the lamp.

Vertical support has an elbow at its top that enables the rottation of the lamp’s disc and its positioning towards the natural source of light. On the upper surface of the disc, which is 96 cm in diameter, there is a round glass sheet and and a black plastic tedler with integrated PV cells (thin film-cells). In the center of the disc there is a layer that carries the LED diodes, while the bottom portion of the disc closes with a sheet of semitransarent polycarbonate. The disc has a aluminum ring-shaped jacket. The lamp is 208 cm high. Integrated PV technology and batteries enable the lamp to function appx. 5 hours a day, with 2 hours minimum of collecting energy. With PV thin-film technology advancemnt, the lamps performance will improve.

ABOUT DESIGNERS
od-do architects studio was formed by Nataša Ilinčić and Jugoslava Kljakić in 2005 in Belgrade. They are interested in interdisciplinary design, encompassing architecture, furniture design and production design. They participated in Ghost project and Belgrade Design Week in 2006/2007/2008, London Design Festival in 2006, Saloni Satellite in 2008. The were the recipients of the ULUPUDS award for the best interior at the Belgrade Architecture Salon for the multibrand store BUZZ and the DAB Award for their design concept of the City park at New Belgrade (2008). Multipurpose od-do design is described as “portable home objects for active minds created to respond to the complexity of modern living”. Often simple, but humorous, these objects require interaction. The character of the products dictates simplicity and efficiency in form, function and materialization.

In 2007, they started Redesign your mind project that gathers designers interested in ecological responsibility and green design. www.redesignyourmind.org

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