Tsalapeteinos is a colourful bird found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive “crown” of feathers (wiki). The concept was birthed early one morning in the summer of 2014, and came to life on the 10th December of the same year. We chose to name it ‘Tsalapeteinos’ (latin: upopa epops, english: hoopoe) because acoustically this word, and visually this bird, brought a touch of comfort to us.