New lamp generates gentle for 45 days with half-liter of salt water

The Waterlight lamp was awarded a Silver Cannes within the design class and two bronzes in innovation and social accountability, on the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2021 held in France.

Miguel Mojica is a Colombian designer who has lived in Valencia since learning the Master’s Degree in Product Design on the CEU Cardenal Herrera University. From Valencia, he collaborated with renewable vitality firm E-dina and with Wunderman Thompson Colombia as a designer of Waterlight, a lamp which generates gentle for 45 days utilizing simply half a liter of salt water. This sustainable design simply received three awards on the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2021.

According to Miguel Mojica, “there are approximately 840 million people worldwide who do not have access to electricity. The Waterlight project emerged to brighten up the life of the Wayúu community in Colombia, to take light to La Guajira, but also to reach any home that needs light but has no access to electricity, so that people can continue with their chores at night, such as adults with their craftwork or fishing, or children with their studies. Being far from my country, Colombia, I felt it was an opportunity to be a promoter of this new revolution for clean energy.” This is how Waterlight has grow to be “a design with a social and sustainable approach, which includes innovation in a product that adapts to its real surroundings.” Features that designate why it was acknowledged on the pageant of creativity of Cannes.

The Waterlight lamp is a tool that gives electrical vitality from the ionization of salt water: an electrolyte created by salt water causes a response, reworking the magnesium it incorporates into electrical vitality. This course of makes it doable to supply gentle for 45 days with simply half a liter of water, in addition to to recharge telephones and batteries with the clear and renewable vitality generated. Built out of solely recyclable and resistant supplies, the Waterlight lamp design attracts inspiration from the Wayúu Colombian neighborhood and its conventional artwork, which represents the fauna, flora and its connection to the ocean.

Product design, key for sustainability

For Mojica, who accomplished the Master’s Degree in Product Design on the CEU UCH final yr, the position of design is vital for the long run sustainability of the planet. “Throughout history, design has transformed the world and has revolutionized environments in a disruptive way. With Waterlight, we are taking a firm step towards responsible and sustainable design, which is a must in our profession. We can’t make radical changes from one day to the next, so small revolutions with products such as Waterlight will be the ones to carry us towards real change.”

“I am convinced—he adds –, that we are increasingly aware of the impact we have on the planet, and I believe in the change that we, the new generations of designers, are creating, as we are committed to sustainable and responsible design. Today it is a reality; sustainability has become an essential requirement when designing, which will surely help solve the new challenges that appear in the future. Furthermore, interdisciplinarity with professionals from the biological, medical and technological fields will be key to take sustainability to our day-to-day surroundings, by designing innovative products.”

A design made in Valencia

After arriving at Valencia to undertake one of many grasp’s levels of the CEU UCH, Miguel Mojica turned a part of the ISABA venture, the place he’s answerable for designing leisure areas for kids, each aquatic and concrete, with the objective of making more healthy societies who’re dedicated to sustainability and growth via video games. After 4 years’ value of expertise, Mojica values the character of the design created in Valencia. “In Valencia, the concept has a key role in design, everything has a reason, nothing appears without reason. This is something unique that I have only experienced here in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, Valencia will be the World Design Capital (VWDC) in 2022, which will make it a great creative space for the world, which is why I would like to continue working on international projects from here.”

The Waterlight lamp was awarded a Silver Cannes within the design class and two bronzes in innovation and social accountability, on the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2021 held in France.

Miguel Mojica is a Colombian designer who has lived in Valencia since learning the Master’s Degree in Product Design on the CEU Cardenal Herrera University. From Valencia, he collaborated with renewable vitality firm E-dina and with Wunderman Thompson Colombia as a designer of Waterlight, a lamp which generates gentle for 45 days utilizing simply half a liter of salt water. This sustainable design simply received three awards on the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2021.

According to Miguel Mojica, “there are approximately 840 million people worldwide who do not have access to electricity. The Waterlight project emerged to brighten up the life of the Wayúu community in Colombia, to take light to La Guajira, but also to reach any home that needs light but has no access to electricity, so that people can continue with their chores at night, such as adults with their craftwork or fishing, or children with their studies. Being far from my country, Colombia, I felt it was an opportunity to be a promoter of this new revolution for clean energy.” This is how Waterlight has grow to be “a design with a social and sustainable approach, which includes innovation in a product that adapts to its real surroundings.” Features that designate why it was acknowledged on the pageant of creativity of Cannes.

The Waterlight lamp is a tool that gives electrical vitality from the ionization of salt water: an electrolyte created by salt water causes a response, reworking the magnesium it incorporates into electrical vitality. This course of makes it doable to supply gentle for 45 days with simply half a liter of water, in addition to to recharge telephones and batteries with the clear and renewable vitality generated. Built out of solely recyclable and resistant supplies, the Waterlight lamp design attracts inspiration from the Wayúu Colombian neighborhood and its conventional artwork, which represents the fauna, flora and its connection to the ocean.

Product design, key for sustainability

For Mojica, who accomplished the Master’s Degree in Product Design on the CEU UCH final yr, the position of design is vital for the long run sustainability of the planet. “Throughout history, design has transformed the world and has revolutionized environments in a disruptive way. With Waterlight, we are taking a firm step towards responsible and sustainable design, which is a must in our profession. We can’t make radical changes from one day to the next, so small revolutions with products such as Waterlight will be the ones to carry us towards real change.”

“I am convinced—he adds –, that we are increasingly aware of the impact we have on the planet, and I believe in the change that we, the new generations of designers, are creating, as we are committed to sustainable and responsible design. Today it is a reality; sustainability has become an essential requirement when designing, which will surely help solve the new challenges that appear in the future. Furthermore, interdisciplinarity with professionals from the biological, medical and technological fields will be key to take sustainability to our day-to-day surroundings, by designing innovative products.”

A design made in Valencia

After arriving at Valencia to undertake one of many grasp’s levels of the CEU UCH, Miguel Mojica turned a part of the ISABA venture, the place he’s answerable for designing leisure areas for kids, each aquatic and concrete, with the objective of making more healthy societies who’re dedicated to sustainability and growth via video games. After 4 years’ value of expertise, Mojica values the character of the design created in Valencia. “In Valencia, the concept has a key role in design, everything has a reason, nothing appears without reason. This is something unique that I have only experienced here in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, Valencia will be the World Design Capital (VWDC) in 2022, which will make it a great creative space for the world, which is why I would like to continue working on international projects from here.”