{"id":20327,"date":"2011-04-06T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=20327"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:41:36","slug":"ige-open-source","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/en\/makeme\/catalog\/ige-open-source\/","title":{"rendered":"IGE Individual Energy Generator Open Source"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs container\" role=\"navigation\">\n\n                <p>\n                <span>\n                    <span>\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/\" target=\"\">\u0141DF<\/a>\n                            \/\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/makeme\/\" target=\"\">make me!<\/a>\n                            \/\n                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/makeme\/katalog\/\" target=\"\">Katalog<\/a>\n                            \/\n                        \n                        <strong class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\"><\/strong>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/span>\n            <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ldf-heading-block container\">\n\n    <div class=\"ldf-heading-block__inner-part\">\n\n        <div class=\"ldf-heading-block__left-part\">\n            <h1>\n                IGE Individual Energy Generator Open Source\n            <\/h1>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ldf-content-block container\">\n    <p><strong>DESIGN:<\/strong> Urszula Kowal<\/p>\n<p>Poland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>make me! 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The IGE project \u2013 Individual Energy Generator Open Source \u2013 has been devised in order to decentralise access to electric energy. The project consists of two complementary parts: a solar energy generator, capable of powering small electronic equipment, and a manual on how to build it. Thanks to IGE, you can construct the device by yourself, so access to technology is democratised, and the users are activated. The idea behind IGE, an open source non-profit solution, is an example of an alternative design method, questioning the postulates of industrial design.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    \n                \n\n\n<div class=\"ldf-images container\n    ldf-images-margin        ldf-images-more-margin\"\n>\n        <div>\n            \n                <div class=\"single-image-desc\"\n                                            style=\"width: calc( 99% \/ 3 );\"\n                                    >\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-279251483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/LDF2011-make-me-IGE-Indywidualny-Generator-Energii-Open-Source-URSZULA-KOWAL.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/LDF2011-make-me-IGE-Indywidualny-Generator-Energii-Open-Source-URSZULA-KOWAL.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"more-images\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t                        <p class=\"single-image-description\">IGE Individual Energy Generator Open Source, design: Urszula Kowal\u00a0\/ from the designer&#8217;s archive<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                \n            \n                <div class=\"single-image-desc\"\n                                            style=\"width: calc( 99% \/ 3 );\"\n                                    >\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-279251483\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/LDF2011-make-me-IGE-Indywidualny-Generator-Energii-Open-Source-URSZULA-KOWAL-.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lodzdesign.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/LDF2011-make-me-IGE-Indywidualny-Generator-Energii-Open-Source-URSZULA-KOWAL-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"more-images\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t                        <p class=\"single-image-description\">IGE Individual Energy Generator Open Source, design: Urszula Kowal\u00a0\/ from the designer&#8217;s archive<\/p>\n                                 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