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A major part of the green design movement involves minimizing waste by recycling it. Most people think of waste in terms of things you throw in the trash, however even something like water can get easily wasted. Water that drips out of air conditioners is actually a golden resource that tends to get wasted. Air Whale does a brilliant job of putting that water to good use. What it does is, it collects the water, filters it, and sprays a mist right near the air conditioner’s outlets. This mist, when cooled by the AC’s air helps cooling down the room even faster! A wonderful way to use waste water, and a brilliant metaphor with the whale bit! Don’t you think??

The Air Whale is a winner of the Red Dot Design Award for the year 2015.

Designer: Deng Pei-Chih

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Design’s job isn’t always form follows function. Sometimes all design aims at doing is being captivating, forcing a second glance out of you, followed by absolute fixation and attachment on the product in question. The Mist Lamp is one of those products that won’t go through a day without you looking at twice, if not more. Designed to have a lampshade made of overlapping layers of Lycra Spandex, this pretty little thing creates random hypnotic patterns because of the fabric’s weave and the way you perceive it when it overlaps with itself.

Apart from being a visual delight, the Mist lamp is super minimal too. An aluminum shade houses the light. The Lycra sheets can be easily suspended from this. Lastly, one more aluminum ring finds itself at the end, holding the Lycra firmly down by gravity so that you get an unusual play of patterns between the two Lycra layers. The Mist lamp is available in two variants. One with a single Mist unit that acts as a lampshade, and another with a three tier Mist arrangement for a more focused light projection. Which one do you like more?

Designer: Studio Jungmo Seungyeon

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