Meeting Creatives in French Cafés with Adobe

Depuis toujours, de nombreux artistes viennent chercher l’inspiration au sein des cafés. Dans ces lieux hors du temps, les esprits se rencontrent pour créer, imaginer et débattre.

Meeting Creatives in French Cafés with Adobe

Adobe France a collaboré avec Luiza Laffitte, Lulu La Nantaise, Florimond Mochel, Caroline Attia et Matthieu Verlaine, 5 artistes illustrateurs qui nous ont partagé leurs inspirations et dévoilé leurs créations imaginées et créées avec Photoshop. Nous avons eu la chance (Fubiz) de les rencontrer afin d’en savoir plus sur leur univers artistique et leur rapport avec les produits et les outils Adobe Photoshop.

Lulu la Nantaise, une illustratrice fan de rock et amoureuse d’humour noir. Fascinée par les aplats de couleurs, les typos et l’accumulation, elle puise son inspiration dans son quotidien et ses voyages.

Quel est votre rapport et le lien de création avec les produits et les outils Adobe Photoshop historiquement dans votre travail ? Une anecdote à partager ?
Les produits Adobe ont toujours fait partie de ma vie ! Mon père était photographe et utilisait déjà Photoshop dans les années 90 pour la retouche photo. J’ai commencé comme ça, avec lui. J’ai ensuite fait une école de design ou j’ai appris à utiliser les autres produits Adobe. Je ne l’utilise plus de la même façon qu’il y a 20 ans, mais « la suite » continue de m’accompagner au quotidien. Et aujourd’hui c’est moi qui partage mes astuces avec mon père !

Florimond Mochel est un “original créatif”, illustrateur et directeur artistique, il est passionné de l’image et aime mettre de la couleur dans le quotidien de tous.

Pouvez-vous nous préciser le contexte et le défi dans votre création pour « Les Cafés Français par Adobe Photoshop » ?

J’ai apprécié avoir été choisi par Adobe pour ce projet parce que j’ai moi-même participé avec une petite équipe à la création d’un café branché en ville à Strasbourg. L’essence même de la création de café était le « social ». Créer du lien avec les gens du quartier. Proposer de venir comme l’on est et d’apprendre à se connaître à travers des activités. On a eu l’idée de créer un lieu de rencontres tourné vers les relations, les ateliers, un lieu de vie finalement. Il y a eu des brunchs, des ateliers de langues, des soirées concerts, des ateliers créatifs, des cours de musique, d’atelier d’impro…

Quand je pense à Café Français je pense à Amélie Poulain. Je trouve que c’est une bonne image du café français. Un lieu de vie ou les gens se connaissent bien, avec les petits défauts de chacun où chacun vient avec sa propre histoire pour en créer un autre ensemble.
En soit, je ne dessine jamais dans les cafés. Soyons honnête c’est compliqué avec tout le matériel informatique. J’ai un grand écran, une tablette… dur de venir bosser ici. Aussi j’ai besoin d’un endroit très calme. Même dans mon coworking j’ai mon casque antibruit et je n’ai parfois pas de musique ni rien. Je suis dans ma bulle.
Mais j’aime m’évader dans des cafés. Et je crois que tout est source d’inspirations. Même ce genre de moment volé dans le quotidien. Mon inspiration vient des relations. C’est pour ce côté humain que j’ai illustré essentiellement des personnages.

Matthieu Verlaine, artiste lettreur parisien, Matthieu a démarré comme DA dans la pub avant de se concentrer sur sa passion des belles lettres.

En quoi votre univers a-t-il évolué depuis les débuts et comment les outils vous ont-ils permis de vous exprimer ?

J’essaye de toujours renouveler et faire évoluer mon univers et ma technique. Chaque nouveau projet me permet de tester quelque chose de différent et de varier les styles. J’aime passer du tout au tout : du digital au peint à la main; du pop et coloré au sobre et raffiné; du traditionnel au moderne et expérimental.
Au début de ma carrière je travaillais mes lettrages exclusivement à la main sur papier avant de les numériser. L’arrivée d’outils comme l’Ipad et les différents logiciels de dessin m’ont permis de gagner en efficacité sur toute la phase d’esquisse tout en gardant de l’énergie et de la spontanéité dans le trait.

Luiza Laffitte, illustratrice d’origine brésilienne et nantaise d’adoption, a façonné avec le temps un style onirique, qui laisse libre cours à son imagination.


En quoi votre univers a-t-il évolué depuis les débuts et comment les outils vous ont-ils permis de vous exprimer ?

Expliquer l’évolution de son style est aussi expliquer son évolution personnelle. Je crois fortement que l’un n’existe pas sans l’autre. Mon style n’a jamais pu prendre forme avant que je comprenne qui je suis et ce que j’aime.
C’est grâce au congé maternité que j’ai pris pour mon deuxième enfant que j’ai pu m’investir sur plusieurs projets personnels. Pendant cette période, j’ai découvert un nouveau public, beaucoup moins dur et moins exigeant que le précédent: mes enfants. J’ai dessiné pour eux ce que j’aime faire. Au fur et à mesure, mon style a commencé à apparaître. Mais tout n’était pas si fluide et naturel que ça. J’ai suivi plusieurs cours en ligne, j’ai analysé tout ce que j’aimais chez les autres, et j’ai intégré toute cette connaissance dans ce que je fais aujourd’hui. Pendant toute cette période de recherche de style et de développement personnel, Photoshop était mon outil de travail. Il m’a permis de faire des croquis, de créer des mood boards, de décalquer des images et, forcément, de créer l’ensemble de mes illustrations.

Caroline Attia, talentueuse et touche à tout, elle navigue d’une application Creative Cloud à l’autre pour exprimer ses idées. Caroline aime les personnages hauts en couleur et les belles histoires.

Quelle est votre actualité créative pour la rentrée 2022/2023 ?

Je démarre la réalisation d’un chapitre d’un long métrage d’animation Omnibus « Le Noel des animaux » avec 5 autres réalisatrices pour les Valseurs. Sortie prévue au cinéma à Noël 2024. Et mon dernier court-métrage « Au pays de l’Aurore Boréale » produit par Folimage sort au cinéma en Novembre en accompagnement du film Opération Père-Noel. Je travaille également au développement d’un spécial de 26 mn que nous allons pitcher avec Sacrebleu production devant les diffuseurs en septembre. Donc grosse rentrée pour l’animation ! Du côté de l’illustration, j’ai déjà les tomes 9 et 10 de la série les petits Toltèques dont j’ai illustré les 8 premiers.
Pour découvrir les tips des artistes sur leur utilisation de Photoshop, notamment à travers des vidéos créatives et ludiques, cliquez ici.

This rugged portable speaker looks like a war-torn sci-fi space carrier

Portable wireless speakers come in many shapes and sizes, but most of them are designed to be easy to carry around, whether by hand or inside a bag. That means that typical designs revolve around conventional shapes like cylinders and bars, though a few speakers have unusual and interesting forms that try to grab your attention. There are, of course, always exceptions to those rules, and some portable speakers seem to prioritize appearances over portability, especially when they’re just in concept form. This particular wireless speaker is an example of the latter, and while it uses one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of rugged equipment as its muse, it can easily be mistaken for a miniature model of some sci-fi spaceship.

Designer: Harry Rigler

A spaceship naturally has to be made to be able to withstand many dangerous forces outside of our control. One that could be carrying a fleet of smaller battleships needs to be extra tough to survive enemy fire. Given its purpose, this kind of ship doesn’t need to have an elaborate design, which is almost a perfect model for something that’s designed to be used in an industrial setting today.

The Aurras speaker concept tries to take its design cues from Caterpillar, better identified by its CAT logo, a brand whose heavy equipment has become a de facto standard in the industry. It has even lent its name to smartphones that try to capitalize on the company’s fame for producing rugged products. This speaker’s black, white, and orange motif try to convey that association beyond the telltale logo, but you can’t be blamed if you connect the design with something totally unrelated to heavy machines used in construction.

The speaker looks like something that would be coming out of an outer space warp gate, carrying inside it other spaceships. The trapezoidal shape and industrial appearance give it an almost militaristic look in this context. You can almost expect the front of the device to lower like a drawbridge and unleash dozens of smaller ships upon enemy forces.

Despite its futuristic aesthetic, the Aurras’ design is pretty simple and utilitarian. There are three knobs along the top to control treble, bass, and volume. Everything else is operated using a smartphone or any other device connected via Bluetooth. The back has a single port for a USB-C cable to charge the battery inside, though it might also be possible to connect it to a sound source that way.

Beyond its appearance, the concept is also interesting in its actual construction. It’s designed to be easy to take apart using an Allen key, making it more trivial to swap out components or shells to customize its look. Its aluminum and HDPE plastic shell were also chosen to give it actual ruggedness, helping it survive present-day enemies such as accidents. Whether it’s sitting on a workshop table or hanging around in our gaming room, the Aurras portable speaker concept tries to look good and hopefully sound good as well, bringing some enjoyment to what could be a busy day of work or play.

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The Boomerang bed features an integrated table + storage area making it ideal for small homes

Our bedroom is our haven, our safe space, to which we rush after a bad day at work or simply a bad day in general. My bedroom is my private kingdom, and my bed its bejeweled crown. We all know the importance and need for a great bed. And, we have for sure come across some amazing beds – for example, the HiBed with its 70-inch retractable screen and health monitoring system. Another bed that we came across recently was the Boomerang Bed. Although it isn’t quite as techy and smart as the HiBed… its immense functionality and USP lay in its very simplicity.

Designer: João Teixeira

Designed by Teixeira Design Studio, the Boomerang Bed is another innovative creation by him. From a bedside table designed with a detachable laptop tray to a slim shelf that looks like an open book encouraging you to read – Teixeira’s designs are simple, functional, and yet unlike any other furniture pieces you’ve seen around the block. The Boomerang bed attempts to be more than just a bed. Teixeira transformed a simple bed into a little living area of its own with the help of an integrated table.

The integrated table can be considered the star of this furniture piece. Just like its name, this handy table “comes and goes”. By simply shifting the table or changing its placement, the adjustable table can adopt various roles and perform multiple functions. You can slide the table from one end of the bed to the other. If you position it at the edge of the table, it can function as a regular desk for you to place your laptop on and work from home! Or you can pull it closer to you, transform it into a bed tray, and have your breakfast on it every morning. It can even function as a TV stand for your weekend-long Netflix marathons. I love how a simple desk can be repurposed for so many uses, allowing you to do almost everything in your bed – from eating to working (not that you should, it is important to get out of bed).

The headboard is upholstered, so it’s pretty cozy to rest against while eating your meals or working on your laptop. Teixeira integrated curved lines into the bed, giving the surface a rather elegant and sophisticated texture, and even giving the impression of a floating bed at certain angles!

Teixeira says, “The prospect for hidden storage was discarded to avoid a saturated and heavy design.” Instead, he opted for an open storage area at the bottom of the bed which functions as a nifty shoe rack or even as a resting spot for your pet.

The Boomerang bed is a simple yet ingenious design that could work well for smaller and compact homes. It’s a furniture design that caters to multiple needs while occupying minimal space.

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This wall clock tries to make you look at time in a different way

In our minds, we all know that time is linear. Once gone, you can never go back even just a second in the past, nor can you jump a second to the future. At the same time, however, we also have this concept of time as going in circles, with repeating cycles of 24-hour days, 30-day months, and 12-month years. Many clocks, including digital ones that try to emulate analog timepieces, represent time in a circle that goes round and round every day. It may seem negligible, but it can actually affect the way we approach our time and our schedules, which is the kind of mentality that line linear wall clock is trying to fix.

Designer: Luke Avenas

It’s almost too easy to take for granted how shapes and designs can actually affect the way we think about things. Although the concept of time is linear, we still see it as a never-ending cycle of day and night represented by a circle with hands that travel around its face. This makes us aware of certain rituals that need to happen on a daily basis, from eating to sleeping to going to work or school, but it is also somewhat limiting because it confines your “vision” to only 12 hours at a time, even when the day has 24 hours.

While we view days as a cycle of hours, we actually see our schedules more as a list of hours, days, and even months. The discrepancy between our paradigms and our tools can be jarring and inefficient. At the very least, it forces us to jump between paradigms every time we switch between a clock, a calendar, a to-do app, and the like. A digital clock may seem like it minimizes that shifting, but it may actually make it worse because it only shows the time as an isolated point rather than as part of a bigger whole.

This Linear Clock concept tries to address that in an elegant and unconventional way by representing time for what it is. It has three bars representing the hours of a day, the days of a month, and the months of a year, synchronizing with how we actually view and use time, especially when thinking about schedules and appointments. Because it isn’t limited by space, the clock isn’t limited to showing just a portion of a day each time.

The clock is also simple yet beautiful, with a material that reminds one of black marble. It uses gold markers and accents to contrast with the dark surface of the bars. The markers move across the length of the bars to indicate the hour, day, and month, moving back to their starting position when the first stretch is over. Admittedly, there are no clear markings on which position corresponds to which figure, a detail that could perhaps be added in future iterations of the concept.

The Linear Clock does take up more space than even the most extravagant wall analog wall clock, but it also serves as a beautiful accent to any room anyway. It stands like a silent witness to the passage of time, making us become more acutely aware of how little time we have left and that, despite the repeating cycle of days, you can’t repeat time that’s already passed.

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SüpKüp traveler coffee holder keeps your drink hot and safe

Having a reusable coffee mug is of course earth-friendly but it’s not always the most convenient. For one, you have to always clean it before putting it in your bag and there’s not always a place to clean it after you’ve finished your caffeine fix. During the pandemic, some coffee shops (including Starbucks) stopped pouring coffee into your personal mug, understandably due to public health reasons. So this “no mess traveler mug” concept is pretty interesting and may be more convenient for coffee addicts always on the go.

Designer: Quinton Casburn and Sean Tipton (Nobot Labs)

The SüpKüp is a travel mug that is not really a mug in itself but serves more as an alternative to the disposable paper coffee sleeves. It is able to hold the paper cups (medium and large at least) that most coffee shops provide, including the still pretty popular Starbucks. It is made from durable polycarbonate and has a pretty elegant and minimalist design that can still display whatever cup is snugly placed inside. This holder doesn’t need any liquid transfer or constant cleaning that’s why it’s more convenient.

Aside from just holding a coffee cup, SüpKüp has an airtight seal when you place the coffee cup inside. It’s similar to those popular double-walled and insulated bottles that everyone seems to have now. This means that your hot drink can remain hot for longer, 50% longer, than when you just hold your paper cup. It also has a double helix screw ejector that lets you eject the cup when you’ve finished just by twisting the rotating base.

This is not just technically a concept as they are crowdfunding it and launching as a limited edition all-clear design on Kickstarter. There will be black, white, and green color variants when it launches and users will be able to personalize and customize it. The cup holder can also hold an Apple AirTag so if you’re like me that constantly misplaces things, you can keep track of it. As a coffee addict and a constant traveler, this is something I will definitely find useful.

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The “most twisted tower in the world” by Aedas is inspired by the Northern Lights

Aedas unveiled the Dance of Lights office tower in Chongqing, China. Situated in Xingfu Plaza in the Jiangbei District of Chongqing, the mesmerizing structure features two double-curved facades, which draw influence from the Northern Lights. The curved facades give the impression that the building is in fact twisted! It’s considered to be the “most twisted tower in the world”

Designer: Aedas

“The concept of the Dance of Light was proposed to celebrate the achievement to embrace technology by the city of Chongqing,” said Aedas.

Standing tall at 180 meters, the 39-story skyscraper is marked by gentle curves and gridded panels. It was designed to be a ‘landmark building’ in the busy business district where each of the structures is inspired by stars and celestial bodies. And we love how wonderfully Dance of Lights drew inspiration from the Aurora Borealis! Aedas wanted to make the skyscraper as natural, dynamic, and elegant as the lights. And indeed, the refraction of the tower’s reflective glass further captures the essence of light and celebrates it.

The building’s facade was clad in double-curved cold form glass, which lends a very smooth exterior to the structure. The building twists at an angle of almost 8.8 degrees per floor, which is more than 1.5 times of any other skyscraper in the world, hence rightfully making it the “most twisted skyscraper” in the world! They cited a 2016 issue of the CTBUH journal to further claim this. The smooth surface is marked by vertical lines of the gridded panels or mullions which are curved and silver in color (owing to a bright silver PVF2 finish). This ensures that light reflects off the building, giving it different looks and appearances throughout the day from different angles.

“To pursue the concept of the Dance of Light, the design team set their goal to utilize light to define architecture,” said Aedas.”This is a huge challenge and through the creation of two distinctive twists, a curvaceous form is generated that allows natural light to follow the contour of the building to give character and a special signature. By integrating two opposing twists at each end of the building it will present an ever-changing facade to the urban context,” they continued.

34 floors of the building will function as offices, whereas the top five storeys will be utilized as meeting rooms and facilities, or as a “district reception space for guests”.  A block holding restaurants and cafes have been placed at a lower level, next to the building, with a twist on the roof, as an ode to the skyscraper.

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Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Talking to animals, ultra-high-speed public transport, Seoul art fairs and more from around the web

TransPod’s Fully Electric “FluxJet” Transportation System Can Travel 1,000 km/h

In development by Canadian mobility startup TransPod to carry passengers and cargo, the FluxJet ultra-high-speed ground transportation system employs contactless power transmission, enabling it to reach speeds of 1000km/h. The FluxJet will travel along the TransPod Line, which is already under construction. Once it is in operation, “it will cost passengers approximately 44% less than a plane ticket to travel the corridor and help reduce CO2 emissions by 636,000 tonnes per year,” according to designboom. Read more about the groundbreaking system (which is similar to an airplane-train hybrid) and the emerging science of “veillance flux” that makes it possible at designboom.

Image courtesy of TransPod

3D-Printing Wood that Purposefully Morphs

Wood’s tendency to warp has long been a hindrance to designers, but researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are trying to change that. Using wood-waste micro-particles (called “wood flour”) and cellulose nanocrystals and xyloglucan (natural binders extracted from plants), the researchers developed an environmentally friendly water-based ink that harnesses wood’s ability to morph. When the ink is used in a 3D printer, the researchers were able to determine how the wood morphs, based on the way its laid down. (Printing concentric circles, for instance, leads to shrinkage akin to a Pringle chip.) With this knowledge, the team can program a print speed and form that creates a purposeful morphed shape with the goal of printing more complicated structures, like chairs, down the line. “Eventually, it might be feasible to license the technology for home use so consumers could design and print their own wooden objects with a regular 3D printer,” says principal researcher Eran Sharon. Read more about this at Core77.

Image courtesy of American Chemical Society

Frieze Art Fair’s Collaborative Inaugural Edition in Seoul

On 2 September, Frieze debuts its first edition in an Asian country, in Seoul, South Korea. It will run alongside this year’s installment of the Korea International Art Fair (Kiaf), which was founded back in 2002. In a first-of-its-kind collaborative model, these fairs will together host nearly 350 domestic and international galleries in Seoul’s COEX Center. The roster includes acclaimed Korean artists, regional art organizations like Silverlens Galleries and Taka Ishii Gallery, and renowned blue chip institutions like Hauser & Wirth, Lehmann Maupin, Perrotin and Mendes Wood DM. Read more about both fairs and the abundance of enthusiasm surrounding them at The Art Newspaper.

Image of Park Seo-Bo’s “Ecriture No.070512” (2007), mixed media with Korean Hanji paper on canvas, courtesy Tokyo Gallery

Machine Learning Attempts to Translate Animal Communication

Neuroscientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Germany have deployed machine-learning algorithms to decode communication recorded in mole rat colonies, and documented the importance of varying dialects. This technology (already utilized in the analysis of human language) has also been applied to mice, bats, crows, sperm whales and more—sometimes opening fledgling pathways for humans to communicate back. Though we are far from a “Google Translate for animals,” the analysis has begun to reveal more to the nuance of animal communication. Read about the unexpected breakthroughs, the potential to ascertain meaning and other next steps at The New York Times.

Image courtesy of Mehgan Murphy, Smithsonian’s National Zoo

International Council of Museums Finalizes New Definition of “Museum”

After a vote at their 26th general conference this August, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has refreshed their definition of the term “museum,” that they previously established in the 1970s. The updated definition—which now incorporates the terms diversity, sustainability and accessibility—was finalized after 18 months of commentary and four rounds of consultation. 487 members were in agreement, while 23 voted against it and 17 abstained. ICOM’s president, Alberto Garlandi, notes that it’s a “great step forward,” though recognizes that it’s not perfect. Read the complete definition at Artforum.

Image courtesy of Musée d’Orsay

Link About It is our filtered look at the web, shared daily in Link and on social media, and rounded up every Saturday morning. Hero image of Park Seo-Bo’s “Ecriture No.070512” (2007), mixed media with Korean Hanji paper on canvas, courtesy Tokyo Gallery

The Polestar 1_1 is a single-seater track car that immerses you in the thrill of the ride

Created as an entry for the Annual Polestar Design Challenge, the 1_1 focuses on perfecting the art and the thrill of racing. The name 1_1 is a cryptic indication of the car’s formula.

One kilowatt for every kilogram, a power-to-weight ratio that presents the absolute perfect driving experience, according to Jerome Claus, designer of the Polestar 1_1. The conceptual track car is lightweight, and comes made from flax fiber (in keeping with the car company’s sustainable mission). The car seats just one, and is designed to immerse the driver in an experience that feels so incredibly thrilling and adrenaline-pumping, you forget about the fact that the vehicle has, in fact, a zero carbon footprint “… which, ultimately, is the entire point”, says Claus.

Designer: Jeroen Claus

Claus likens the entire car to a living organism of sorts, which responds to speed, driving inputs, and external conditions. The Polestar 1_1 comes with Active Aero surfaces – a series of flexible panels that help guide and shape the air for a desired balance between aerodynamics and downforce.

Oddly enough, the single-seater cockpit sits on the left side of the car, creating a visual imbalance that looks oddly refreshing. A black line, however, demarcates what would otherwise be the interiors if the car seated 4. It’s safe to assume that the 1_1 uses that neutral space to the right of the driver to store battery cells, adding to the car’s weight and balancing things out.

Visually, the 1_1 is every bit a Polestar just by virtue of its design directions. The car boasts of an incredibly clean design language with a minimal-yet-expressive Scandinavian-inspired body that’s a hat tip to the Precept. The car’s all-white, obviously, and runs on an electric power train, but you didn’t need me to tell you that. In fact, it looks like a less intense, less intimidating version of the Polestar Adaptor concept we covered earlier this year.

While the Adaptor offered the option of autonomous driving, the 1_1 is all about giving you the headrush of having a steering wheel in your hands to control a massive hunk of metal blitzing down a road at breakneck speeds. The car boasts of a 4-point harness seatbelt to keep the driver in place, and instead of a traditional steering wheel, you’ve got a yoke to give you better control.

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Wishbone-shaped chocolate piece allows you to interact and play with the popular dessert!

With the playful, fun appeal of a fortune cookie, Wishoco is a wishbone-shaped piece of chocolate that kids and adults can play with before eating. The rules are simple. Two people grab one end of the wishbone each and snap it. The person with the bigger piece wins and their wish gets granted. The game was originally played with the wishbone found inside a chicken, although this chocolate variant is much more fun, guilt-free, and vegan-friendly!

Designer: Louis Richard Marschal

Wishoco brings an element of interactivity to chocolate in a way that’s comparable to how KitKat and Toblerone have their own signature designs and user experiences. However, there’s a game associated with the Wishoco which involves making a wish or even a bet. The winner is the person left with the larger chocolate piece!

An important aspect of the Wishoco is that it can only be made using tempered chocolate. Un-tempered chocolate won’t snap the way you expect a bone to snap, but will rather just softly break like a cookie. The Wishoco’s requirement aligns almost perfectly with dark chocolate, which snaps rather wonderfully well as compared to milk chocolate. Designer Louis Richard Marschal has, however, experimented with white chocolate too!

Vacuum-formed molds to make the Wishoco

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Portable Travel Toothbrush also comes with a built-in UV sterilizer that kills all germs

Part toothbrush, part UV cleaning kit, the Plover is easily the most advanced travel brush you can carry with you.

Named after the tiny, fearless bird that famously cleans the teeth of crocodiles by plucking the food waste directly out of its mouth, the Plover is a tiny toothbrush that does pretty much the same for humans. Built for travel but also built for health, the toothbrush comes with a two-part design featuring a stick with bristles on one end, and a hollow container that the stick fits right into, transforming from an outer case to a handle for the toothbrush. Although this format is rather popular for foldable brush styles, the Plover has another trick up its sleeve. The hollow cavity of the handle also has built-in UV lights that sterilize the brush after you’re done and before you brush again, killing all the germs on the bristles and keeping your oral hygiene at its high standard.

Designer: UGLY.DUCKLING ID

The Plover Toothbrush comes with the brush itself, and a case/handle. When closed, the brush’s reverse end sports a carabiner clip that makes the Plover rather easy to carry around with you, while its compact size makes it ideal to chuck into a backpack, suitcase, or your toiletry bag. The handle/cover comes with its own textured design that makes the Plover look attractive and feel grippy, and a USB-C port on the underside of the handle/cover lets you charge the Plover’s UV chamber.

When opened, the Plover is the size of your average toothbrush, with a broad handle that’s easy to grip, and bristles that do their job of scrubbing food and plaque off your teeth. The bristles sit on a removable plastic head that you can pop off and discard after a couple of months, giving you a toothbrush that lets you replace its heads and prolong its overall lifespan.

The Carabiner clip makes Plover rather easy to carry around

Plover’s most impressive design feature, however, is the integration of the UV sterilization chamber into the toothbrush design. While we’ve seen our fair share of toothbrush sterilizers/sanitizers, Plover serves up a portable, hassle-free solution that just makes maintaining oral hygiene a step easier. The Plover doesn’t come with any button that toggles the UV light on or off… rather, the lights automatically power on when a USB-C cable is plugged in. It’s a much more elegant solution, in my opinion!

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