Awards

International juries have recognised Sonnenglas for design, sustainability and social impact. Here are the awards with year, category and the organiser's own page.

Design

International design juries judge form, function and how a product is made.

iF Design Award 2025 certificate for the Sonnenglas Light Carafes
The certificate iF DESIGN AWARD 2025WinnerSonnenglas Light CarafesProduct / Household / Tableware To the Light Carafe → Organiser's page

Sustainability and impact

Awards for ecological and social impact.

Nominations

Nominated or longlisted – these are not awards.

Labels and memberships

Not prizes: audits and networks we belong to.

Blauer Engel

Sonnenglas was the first solar lantern in the world to be certified with the Blue Angel. The story from back then →

As seen in

Editors who have reported on Sonnenglas.

„Diese Lampe ist simpel, aber genial“

In English: “This lamp is simple, yet brilliant”

Süddeutsche Zeitung Test winner in the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s solar light test “Solarleuchten im Test” by Marcel Grzanna, 5 June 2025 – a lighting consultant compared nine solar lights; Sonnenglas came first. Our story about it →
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  • Galileo (ProSieben)

    “Sonnenlicht – der Exportschlager aus Südafrika”, TV feature 2017, filmed in our workshop in Johannesburg.

  • Utopia

    “Das Sonnenglas Mini leuchtet jetzt die ganze Winternacht”, 15 December 2018.

    To the article

Galileo logo: ProSiebenSat.1 TV, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons