Product news: a tap presented by French designer Philippe Starck in New York this week uses half as much water as regular taps.
Ninety jets spurt combinations of air and water to give the sensation of more falling water than is actually being used. These nozzles are made of silicon to prevent limescale formation.
“We have created a new type of water, which we call ’empty water’,” Starck told Dezeen. “You have the feeling of having a lot of water, but with less.”
Designed for bathroom brand Axor, the Organic faucet is turned on at the nozzle to either an economy or a boost setting, keeping the hands low in the bowl to avoid splashing the surrounding basin and surfaces.
The temperature is preset at the top of the tap, so water comes out at the desired warmth each time it’s used and none is wasted while fumbling to adjust the heat. “When we change temperature we lose a lot of water,” said Starck. “We don’t need to change temperature – we always use water at more or less the same temperature. That’s why we’ve added a pre-set feature.”
Its shape is derived from natural forms. “It’s something very, very pure,” he said. “The lines come from our body, from vegetation.” This version is a development of the Starck’s original design for Axor (below), first conceived 20 years ago and influenced by a simple outdoor farm tap.
We’ve recently featured a combined tap and hand dryer by Dyson, and other faucets on Dezeen include gently rounded bathroom fittings by Matteo Thun & Partners and a curving sculptural tap by Zaha Hadid.
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