Future Product

Using design to make positive, systemic change at global scale.

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@RebeccaCooke1 @namenesolar @Power4All2025 @SEforALLorg Affordable beats cheap. This product meets business model blows our minds. Congratulations! 💥🌞🤯

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Five years after we designed this little light it is starting a new amazing adventure!

It is now central to a 600k unit #carbon-offsetting programme. Accredited by the workd-leading, UN-backed @goldstandard. The first ever of its kind in beautiful #Zambia.

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Taking it allll the way back...

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@namenesolar Light...

Lifts our spirits,
Ignites our interests,
Guides us,
Helps us interact,
Tricks us into working ‘til midnight...

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As #designers we are never not excited seeing our products at the #lastmile stage! Congratulations to all @namenesolar for their continued hard work, turning designs into #products for people.

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Our little #SM100 #solarlight is reaching people in need in #Syria and #Yemen.

Through a fantastic collaboration between @globalmedicdmgf and @namenesolar. People displaced by #war receive one in their family #emergency kit.

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Nice #brand update from our friends @namenesolar!

#design #logo

[NextBillion @NextBillion]

When it comes to #EnergyAccess, those in most need aren't being prioritized, despite rhetoric indicating otherwise.

How the sector can "put serious money where its mouth is":

https://t.co/cEyuQhlePN

@JohnAKeane @SolarAid @SunnyMoneyOrg #EnergyPoverty #SolarEnergy

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Heartwarming to see the #social #impact this #startup is making. 🙌

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Wow! So exciting to see how @SolarAid’s great initiative with @SunnyMoneyOrg is scaling solar light adoption through a #lightlibrary.

Young learners can now take sunlight home with them after dark! 📚🏜

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It’s that time of the year again! Well done to the all young designers, the winners and all the other teams around the country.

We’ll be popping by the pop-up to buy!

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@suissedesign If Dieter Rams had designed a bottle of gin it might not have looked this clean and persuasive.

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This is the kind of royal baby we can get on board with!

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Not sure we can win this... but you could!

#EarthHour

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@Sunrise_Kat Yes absolutely. It seems the approach to catalyse competition has been a successful one.

There can, of course, be a temptation to try running before everyone is walking. A recent visit to sub-Saharan Africa suggests the majority of people are still missing rung one on the ladder

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Fascinating!

The case for an economic ladder. Let’s meet real #needs before aspirational #wants.

[Kat Harrison @Sunrise_Kat]

90% of small #solar lamp owners bought an additional solar lighting product vs 38% of larger SHS customers. This could be because of affordability and/or products better meeting needs. New #energy #research in #Uganda: https://t.co/ENbAWhRNeH @UNCDFCleanStart

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A film and a human to inspire. Congratulations @FreeSoloLive and @SolarAid for a wonderful partnership. #SM100

[SolarAid @SolarAid]

Congratulations to all our friends and everyone who worked on #FreeSolo for winning Best Documentary at #EEBAFTAs (AP Photo)

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@DfidZambia We love this collaborative initiative - and are delighted these handsome bikes will be sporting SM100 #solar lights design by our team. 🌞

[Steve Beel @SteveBeel]

Busy weekend for our #PAYG bike pilot. After tech testing, 100 GPS-enabled 🚲 + smartphone + @SolarAid light + mobile money account hit #Zimba, southern #Zambia. 1st payments made by happy customers, keen to get cycling. @DfidZambia @PowerOfBicycles @namenesolar @DFID_Digital

[Lenny Matei @lennymatei]

@JeremyLeggett @solarcentury @namenesolar @SolarAid It was a pleasure meeting you @JeremyLeggett The view from the skyscraper gave me an idea of the future we are working towards for Africa's energy access. It was quite thought provoking, the SM100 in the backdrop of a dazzling city landscape