Electree Charger by Vivien Muller

French designer Vivien Muller has created the solar powered charger for your gadgets called Electree. Electree uses 27 solar panels that capture solar energy and store it in the 13,500 mAh battery.

“Inspiration for the Electree came first while observing trees. Tree leaves are actually natural solar panels.

Nature has selected over millions of years the most efficient structures to capture solar energy. The trees shape is thus the best mean to take advantage of the solar energy.

While studying fractals, I realized that one could draw a tree by repeating and transforming a basic pattern.

The basic pattern has then become a module and the general shape of the Electree appeared.

But I wanted the Electree to be a product to be placed inside. The idea of a bonsai to recharge mobile electronic devices thus came up.”

Source: Vivien Muller, via Ulule