Beautiful Solar-Powered Charger is Shaped Like a Bonsai Tree


If you love the beauty of bonsai trees, here's one that combines its aesthetic qualities with practical use. French designer Vivien Muller has recently unveiled the Electree Mini, a bonsai-shaped charging lantern that stores energy in small batteries that can then be used to directly power your gadgets. It cleverly mimics the process of photosynthesis by capturing light through flexible mini solar panels held by branches that you can manipulate in different directions.

In addition to charging AA and AAA batteries, the Electree Mini has other add-on features that you can clip into it. A USB port will power your smartphone, while LED lights will automatically illuminate the tree at dusk. To change colors, simply rotate it.

Muller has launched an Indiegogo page to fund the manufacturing of his invention. By supporting his efforts, you can purchase an Electree Mini of your very own. This isn't the first iteration of this sculptural product; it's actually a smaller, more affordable version of his original design, the Electree. He used crowd-funding with that project, too, and made production possible through a Kickstarter campaign.




Electree Mini Indiegogo page and Vivien Muller website
via [Inhabitat]

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled 'Embroidered Life' that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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