The Energy Collection: Marjan Van Aubel's Photovoltaic Tableware Collects Sunlight and Stores it in a Cabinet

by Nicky Spear, 11/08/12

filed under: Architecture, Green Appliances, green Interiors, Green Products, Reader Submitted Content, Renewable Energy, Solar Power

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Dutch designer Marjan Van Aubel has created a collection of everyday objects that are all infused with solar panels! Her cleverly titled Energy Collection is a series of glasses and tableware that are imbued with a photovoltaic layer of dye synthesized solar cells. Once they have been used, the objects are returned to a cabinet which acts as an energy storing unit and can provide power to appliances and other electronic devices.

+ Marjan Van Aubel

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