Solar Chandelier

Nina Edwards Anker​

Solar Chandelier is made from photovoltaic modules that power LED bulbs to illuminate organic translucent materials. This lighting design incorporates environmental technology while providing ambient lighting. The piece aims to demystify PV technology by exposing its components in a legible manner. With a passing breeze, the chandelier becomes a wind chime. It also functions as a type of solar clock; the translucent seashells illuminate automatically at dusk, highlighting biological solar rhythms. In the daytime, they are lit from the light passing through the window in front of which the chandelier must be placed in order to gather solar power. The Solar Chandelier serves user experience by lowering electric bills, eliminating wires, illuminating automatically at dusk, offering multi-directional ambient light, and casting patterns on surrounding surfaces like wallpaper. It can be customized to each setting according to customer specifications.

With a passing breeze, the chandelier becomes a wind chime. It also functions as a type of solar clock; the translucent seashells illuminate automatically at dusk, highlighting biological solar rhythms. In the daytime, they are lit from the light passing through the window in front of which the chandelier must be placed in order to gather solar power. 

​The Solar Chandelier serves user experience by lowering electric bills, eliminating wires, illuminating automatically at dusk, offering multi-directional ambient light, and casting patterns on surrounding surfaces like wallpaper. It can be customized to each setting according to customer specifications.

 The Solar Chandelier anticipates user experience in these ways:

 • lowers the electric bill

 • eliminates wires, switches and plugs

 • illuminates automatically at dusk and dims at sunrise, like a type of clock

 • offers atmospheric, multi-directional ambient light

 • casts patterns on surrounding surfaces as time passes. like wallpaper

 • can be customized to each setting according to customer specifications

Dimensions: 24” W x 24” W x 44” H