Marjan van Aubel

Marjan van Aubel (born in 1985) is a Dutch solar designer based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

[1]Van Aubel graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy with a BA DesignLAB in 2009, and in 2012 gained an MA in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London.

[7] In 2017 she was one of three winners of the Designer of the Future award sponsored by Swarovski; tasked with using crystal, she incorporated portable solar cells within crystals to produce Cyanometer, a set of three objects that store ambient light as they are carried around during the day and also include LEDs to emulate the changing colors of the sky;[8] at night they power a chandelier.

[14] In collaboration with V8 Architects she created a solar panel skylight for the Netherlands' pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020 which won the Public Award.

[15][16] In 2022, she founded the Solar Biennale at the Het Nieuwe Instituut with Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen.

Nacht van de Radicale Vernieuwing (44737558181) (cropped)
Nacht van de Radicale Vernieuwing (44737558181) (cropped)