Celebrating a history of firsts 
OLPC XO Laptop
One Laptop per Child redefines education by providing durable, low-cost laptops to children in developing countries.
Education means a chance for a better life. But for the majority of the children in the developing world, access to education remains difficult. fuseproject worked with the One Laptop Per Child foundation to create a low-cost laptop specifically adapted to children and their environment.
The OLPC XO laptop (also dubbed the $100 laptop) is an iconic machine that was designed with the children in mind from start to finish. The XO Laptop needed to be small and light for children, but sturdy and robust to ensure durability and to prevent damage from natural elements and years of use. Because the laptop is for children, the aesthetics needed to appeal to children and distinguish and identify itself as the OLPC XO Laptop.
Designed for intended use by millions of children, XO Laptop needed to be resilient, easily portable and energy efficient. Design brings incredible value to the function, experience and feel of this object, and specifically, a design that is expressive at the same time (like the fun rabbit ears). OLPC XO, proved the real impact the OLPC mission will have for kids worldwide: a new dignity and pride to possess their own education, communication and entertainment tool, making the XO a true industry game changer.
Services
- Product
- Social Impact
- Recognition
News
Awards
- Solution to a Developing World Social Problem - OLPC XO Laptop, 2010
- IDSA Design of the Decade
- OLPC XO, 2009
- iF Award
- OLPC XOXO, 2008
- Engadget Editor’s Choice Awards
- OLPC XOXO. 2008
- GOOD Design Award
- Spark! - OLPC XOXO. 2009
- Spark Awards
- OLPC XO, Gold Award, 2008
- OLPC Strategy, Gold Award, 2008
- IDSA - Business Week
- OLPC XO Laptop, 2008
- Red Dot Design Award
- OLPC XO Laptop, 2008
- London Design Museum’s Brit Insurance Design of the Year
- OLPC XO, Sub-Category Winner, 2007
- International Design Awards
- “Most Life Enhancing Item”, OLPC XO, 2007
- Wallpaper Award
- OLPC $100 Laptop, 2007
- INDEX “Community” Award
- OLPC XO, 2007
- D&AD Award
- OLPC XO, 2007
- “Concepts”
- OLPC XO, Spark, 2007
- Spark Award
- OLPC XO, 2006
- IF Product Design Award
- OLPC XO Laptop
- Chicago Athenaeum
EXHIBITS
- 100 Years of Swiss Design
- November 2017
- Museo de Arte Moderno
- Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical
- July 2017
- Met Breuer
- OLPC XO
- Permanent Collection, 2012
- New York, NY
- MoMa
- OLPC XO
- Permanent Collection, 2011
- London
- V&A Museum
- OLPC XOXO
- Permanent Collection, 2011
- New York, NY
- Cooper Hewitt
- OLPC XO
- Permanent Collection, 2010
- San Francisco, CA
- SFMOMA
- OLPC XO
- Permanent Collection, 2008
- Paris, France
- Musee National D’Art Moderne/Centre Pompidou
- OLPC XO
- Permanent Collection, 2008
- Paris, France
- Fond National d'Art Contemporain
- OLPC XO
- Permanent Collection, 2008
- Chicago, IL
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- "Artists for OLPC"
- Miami, FL
- December 2007
- Art Basel 2007
