SUNNY SIDE UP
Solar Extremities
Photovoltaic manufacturing offers
a variety of energy options in terms of
type and application. While much of the
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focus is on industrial scale application
there is also a great deal of work put
into ingenious applications of solar
devices. Fashion house Louis Vuitton
may not seem the obvious instigator of
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new applications but as one of their
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products show, PV applications are only
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limited by imaginations and finance.
42 Something the Vuitton company and
clients have in abundance.
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n important part of the Louis Vuitton company is With a large storage capacity the “Breakfast in the Desert”
their bespoke service. Potential clients with deep supplies the basic mundane needs of a travelling trunk as well
enough pockets can literally ask for anything to be made to their as a number of luxury items all powered by an inbuilt solar
specifications and the master craftsmen employed go to work power supply. The trunk is covered in high quality Damier
creating all sorts of remarkable items. canvas and comes equipped with a portable DVD player with
flatscreen display, two-way radio, TV tuner and a coffeemaker.
One such item that recently came to light relies heavily on solar
energy to be as effective There is a battery stack in the base of the trunk that is charged
as the client wanted. by two solar panels. Despite the technology access the trunk
took Louis Vuitton over 12 months to manufacture.
Called “Breakfast in the
Desert” the company The client’s remit was that he wanted to watch TV and offer
has created a bespoke coffee to friends no matter where he was in the world, including
travelling trunk for a the remotest desert, hence the moniker of
Chinese businessman the bespoke trunk. So despite the size
whose request was for a which would make it difficult for easy
trunk that was able to travelling, the “Breakfast in the Desert”
travel anywhere in the trunk is another method that ensures PV
world without limiting the devices continue to develop and
client’s access to his become an integral part of developing
favourite things. global energy needs.
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