This water drinking design has all the possibilities of winning the prestigious Australian Design Award - Dyson Student Award. Alistair Simpson of University of Western Sydney claims to have urbanized a new design for drinking fountain; this fountain, he claims, could be a godsend for parks and open-air areas that provide admittance to public, wash hands/cooking utensils and fill drinking vessels.
This unique design permits the residual water to overflow through an exclusive porous concrete base thus inventively shunning the used water.
The creator, while roaming through parks and various outdoor places, found a great need for water fountains for community usage. He inquisitively tried to deal with the situation of water wastage through overflows and spillage, in the wake of this, he decided to come up with an amazing fountain design.
According to Simpson, his design has innovation in its drainage structure where it uses a permeable concrete material in place of a desecrate grate or drain hole that can be blocked.
He asserts that -
There is cleverness in my design because rather than using more water a user has more access to the water because it moves a long distance through the air. My design has Visual Impact in its form that is derived from water-reed leaves. Longevity was considered whilst designing this product with extensive reflection put into materials and finishes, for instance the all stainless steel body.
He also consulted many leading industry developers like Hycast, Rotordyne, Marcus Engineering, North Shore Stainless and Laser Wizard. He has made this fountain in compliance to public safety and all design standards. This design is surely an outcome of in-depth analysis and research through sheer ergonomics, I should say!
Alistair Simpson Picture Gallery
Via: StudentDesignAwards
