iPetals

I like Fandi Meng’s great “Sunny Flower” concept very much and was inspired a lot by the design.

iPetals_a

It’s a solar charger for an iPhone. Based on Fandi’s design, I made it work also as an iPhone stand.

iPetals_b

iPetals_c
petals colored with different lightness

iPetals_d


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  1. This is great looking advice for charging the iPhone and the docking design is really cool.


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