Nomad by Alain Gilles elected as best designed product

The solar lamp Nomad by Belgian designer Alain Gilles is chosen as the best designed Flemish product of 2012. Each year Design Flanders selects the best designed products for their Henry van de Velde Labels. The public is invited to choose a winner out of these.

The Brussels based designer Alain Gilles, who's also elected as Belgian Designer of the Year 2012, created Nomad together with the company O'Sun. This solar lamp needs to bring light to people who don't have access to electricity or who are in an emergency situation. Thanks to a solar panel the lamp is charged. Although it can also be charged with an AC adapter or a vehicle's cigar lighter.

The lamp can be used by almost everyone, thanks to it's aesthetic look and multifunctional approach. When fully charged, it's giving light for more than six hours. Thanks to the use of led-lights, it's also ecologically friendly.

Out of 123 products, the jury of the Henry van de Velde Labels selected seven laureates. They can use the Henry van de Velde Label as a quality mark. The list of products of 2012:

1. Beams, radiators combined with bathroom accessories by Studio Seghers for Vasco
   
2. Museum in our street, social cohesion campaign on the streets in urban areas by Concrete for City of Antwerp & Design Vlaanderen
   
3. Garden reel, reel with garden hose by Concrete for ZEE
   
4. Marina, picnic bench, table and bucket seats by Bruno Fattorini & Partners for Extremis
   
5. Nomad, solar rechargeable and multifunctional lamp by Alain Gilles for O'Sun
   
6. Hybrid, folding knife by Filip De Coene
   
7. Subjective atlas of Hungary/Subjective atlas of Mexico by Annelies de Vet

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