It’s called Vincenzina, an iconic little factory that generates energy from the heat of a candle… It’s totally eco-illogical: it transforms light into light. Paradoxical, like many songs by Enzo, from whom I borrowed the name.

In Vincenzina, a common T-light heats one side of the two Peltier effect cells, while the factory’s concrete body absorbs the excess heat from the opposite side of the cells.

The very low voltage produced by the cells, connected in series, is boosted to 5 Volts by a small inverter that powers the LED.

Design: Moreno Dalca