Marjan van Aubel

Eyes on Talents member, Marjan van Aubel, gave a week-long workshop in July on ‘Designing with the Sun’ at Domaine de Boisbuchet, an international research center for design and architecture located in the South West of France. The workshop focused on how we can design with sunlight and integrate solar energy more visibly in objects, architecture and in innovative and ‘active’ materials. Marjan van Aubel took a closer look at the photovoltaic effect and the cyclically changing lighting conditions of the day and the year to discover how to integrate it into creative work while seeking to move away from the technocratic perspective of the solar energy to make it more personal.
Marjan van Aubel Studio is an innovative solar design practice that brings solar energy into daily life. Designing for a positive future by combining the fields of sustainability, design and technology, the studio seeks to integrate solar power seamlessly into our environments with the goal of making it more accessible to all.