nea studio

nea studio

Established in 2006 by Nina Edwards Anker, nea studio focuses its work on architecture, interiors, landscapes, and furniture and product design. The award-winning practice operates in an environment in which project management and implementation takes place parallel with model-making, prototyping, and experimentation with ideas, materials, and manufacturing processes. With a focus on sustainable design, the office maintains a cross-disciplinary nature where research and sharing ideas is an essential part of work philosophy.
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Nina Edwards Anker and nea studio (which she founded in 2006) find inspiration in natural elements—think: snow melting, crystals, and birds in flight—and experiment with eco-friendly materials, resulting in contemporary statement pieces and solar lighting installations. The Solar Chandelier, in particular, caught our eye with dramatic shadows that give it a life of its own.

Solar Chandelier

Hanging from strands of transparent wire, Solar Chandelier is made of photovoltaic modules that power LED bulbs to illuminate translucent materials. The materials, size and height of the chandelier are customizable. The chandelier illuminates automatically at dusk. Solar Chandelier represents a way of investigating solar cells as perceptual devices for mediating light into designed spaces. This eco-friendly lighting design incorporates environmental technology while providing ambient lighting and projecting shadow patterns. With a passing breeze, the chandelier also functions as a wind chime. The amorphous thin film photovoltaic panels reflect the surrounding views in their mirrored surfaces. The visual aspect of the thin film material thus serves the design aim of the piece, which is to connect with the exterior environment.

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Established in 2006 by Nina Edwards Anker, nea studio focuses its work on architecture, interiors, landscapes, and furniture and product design. The award-winning practice operates in an environment in which project management and implementation takes place parallel with model-making, prototyping, and experimentation with ideas, materials, and manufacturing processes. With a focus on sustainable design, the office maintains a cross-disciplinary nature where research and sharing ideas is an essential part of work philosophy.