These eco-friendly meeting pods use solar energy to power up charging ports so you bring WFH outdoors!

In recent months, cafes and outdoor workspaces have limited their public amenities to avoid crowding. No more WiFi, the bathrooms are always locked, and time limits for tables are used to control foot traffic. Even still, with pandemic mandates resurfacing, the first taste of bringing our laptops to our favorite cafe to get our work done is hard to kick. Offering their own solution to the unpredictable circumstances of today’s world, furniture studio Duffy London debuted the Minka Solar Pod, an outdoor companion to their indoor office pod.

The Minka Solar Pod operates primarily as an alternative to meeting places and WFH spots like WeWork and cafes with WiFi. Unlike their indoor counterpart, the Minka Solar Pod and its amenities are entirely powered by photovoltaic panels and lithium-ion batteries. Using solar energy for power allows Minka Solar Pods to be placed anywhere, from busy city plazas like Union Square or public grounds like Hyde Park. Designed to be an outdoor working space, Minka Solar Pods come complete with four USB ports for charging and acoustic panels to quiet outdoor noise while amplifying the conversations taking place inside the pod.

Each Minka Solar Pod also accommodates up to four people, which means work meetings that would typically remain indoors could be taken outdoors for some fresh air and a change of scenery. Minka Solar Pods were also built to be weather-resistant, with high-grade walnut and oak veneers finished with powder-coated mild steel. So come drizzle or shine, there’s always an excuse to bring work outdoors. Describing his own inspiration behind the Minka Solar Pod and its indoor companion, Duffy London founder, and director, Chris Duffy says,

“We wanted to design a piece of communal furniture that can meet the needs of the modern working and municipal environment. Indoor or outdoor, our Minka PODs serve as highly adaptable, non-defined spaces that act like mini-hives for human interactions.”

Designer: Duffy London

Clad with powder-coated mild steel, Minka Solar Pods are built to brace the weather.

Minka Solar Pods were initially designed to provide an outdoor workspace for small business meetings or a change of scenery for those of us still working from home.

Outside of work, Minka Solar Pods can function as social meeting hubs for friends and coworkers alike.

Developed in varying structures, Minka Solar Pods embrace the same open-air, collaborative environment.

Each Minka Solar Pod comes equipped with four USB ports and photovoltaic panels to stay powered and charge your devices.

With acoustic panels, Minka Solar Pods quiet the outside noise while amplifying the conversations taking place inside of the pod.

The pod’s high-grade walnut and oak veneers were derived from sustainably sourced forests under the supervision of the Forest Stewardship Council.

Duffy the Campfire Stayer!

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Duffy’s a permanent tent, or a permatent! Crafted out of sheet metal, and just the right size, this shelter is perfect for outdoors. It sits on an elevation, making it great for areas prone to flooding, and sheet metal means it can bare the elements pretty well (barring lightning, maybe). The Duffy also comes in a caravan avatar and is just right for hitching to the back of your car. Not to mention, it also lends itself to great emergency and disaster-relief related applications. Loving it!

Designer: Duffy London

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Sun-Powered Luxury Sailing

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Duffy London has developed the Solaris Global Cruiser, a luxury motor yacht that harnesses the power of the sun to provide free, clean fuel. Users can cruise silently at great speeds, as you would with a sailing yacht. Unlike a conventional sailing yacht, however, you are not at the mercy of wind and weather conditions, dictating your speed and direction.

Made using state of the art manufacturing techniques, it has an extremely strong and light hull, shell, and interior. This combined with the very latest in battery and solar technology, creates a super-yacht that could possibly never require refueling. That’s a level of freedom and independence that fossil fuels could never provide!

PRODUCT DETAILS:
Name: Solaris
Type: Motor Yacht
Model: Custom
Builder: Duffy London
Naval Architect: Duffy London
Interior Designers: Duffy London
Year: 2020

DIMENSIONS:
Overall length: 44m
Width: 8.7m

ACCOMMODATION:
Guests: 10
Cabins: 5
Crews: 7

CONSTRUCTION:
Hull configuration: Planing
Hull material: Composite
Superstructure: Composite

ENGINES:
Quantity: 6
Fuel type: / Electric / Alcohol
Power: hp / 1939 kW
Total power: hp / 3878 kW

PERFORMANCE AND CAPABILITIES:
Speed: 45.00 kts
Cruising speed: 28.00 kts
Fuel capacity: 2380 kWh

EQUIPMENT:
Thrusters: Bow Thruster 40kW

Price: £25,000,000

Designer: Duffy London

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