Best of HDW takes a closer look at some of the most exciting projects featured in Design Museum Holon's "Designers Plus Ten" exhibition.
Adital Ela founded her studio, S-Sense Design, after getting her Master's in Sustainable Design from Design Academy Eindhoven. She was a 2010 TED Fellow and consults the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor in sustainability—none of which she told the design panel when she made her presentation during Holon Design Week.
Instead she focused on her work, like "WindyLight," a street light that's powered with wind energy. Each "WindyLight" looks like a cluster of pinwheels made of LED lights that can be illuminated with even very small gusts of wind. She also made "Waterfull," a water collector and filter than operates on a completely passive system.
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