06 Feb Dezeen | Kiki & Joost creates patterned solar panels for MyEnergySkin
Rima Sabina Aouf | 2 January 2020
Design duo Kiki & Joost has created a collection of solar panels for MyEnergySkin, a Dutch company that wants to make products attractive enough to cover building facades.
Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk – a couple who make work both together and separately – produced eight tile designs for MyEnergySkin.
There are two solar roof tiles and six solar facade tiles, all inspired by textures from nature or the built environment.
Kiki & Joost designed the range of solar panels for MyEnergySkin
For the roof tiles, Kiki & Joost chose to emulate copper and iron, with a mottled pattern and a reflective finish that they say glitters “jewel-like” in the light.
For the facade tiles, they looked to a mix of sources. One, titled Paint, appears to have been streaked by a paintbrush.
The collection includes a panel named Paint
Another, Rain, has an oxidised effect, while Tudor has a muddy brickwork pattern, and Leaves gives the impression that it is in the shadow of foliage.