The Kids of Kathmandu, a non-profit that utilizes the arts to fund an orphanage in Bhaktapor, Nepal, invited 17 lighting designers to design and donate a series of lamps for auction.

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David Weeks

For this year's fundraiser the enLIGHTen Project was created - an auction selling lights to pay for solar panels, batteries, solar lanterns, and a water filtration system for the orphanage in Nepal.

Matt Gagnon

According to the Kids of Kathmandu, "The electricity will allow the kids to have lighting, clean water, refrigeration, as well as other basic, fundamental sanitary conveniences. The improvement will be profound, and in the long run, measurable, as we see their health and school attendance improve."

Koura by David Trubridge

Tumble Lamp by Dino Sanchez

Workstead

Workshop Design Build

Standard 41 by Andrew Raible

Unique by Ben Light

Encalmo Stamen by Niche Modern

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