Water, water everywhere ...
Attention all designers: Metropolis Magazine has a challenge for you!
The 2008 Next Generation® Design Competition sponsored by Herman Miller, Maharam and Sherwin-Williams, focuses on WATER.
In a world of killer floods and rising tides, potable water is a finite resource. Water is everywhere—in nature, industry, home, our bodies, products, interiors, buildings, landscapes, systems (just to name a few). With up to one third of the global population living without reliable access to clean water, we need better design solutions that account for potable water, gray water, black water—its uses, re-uses, controls, management, efficiency, and conservation.
We call on your innovative design solutions at all scales and sizes—products, interiors, buildings, landscapes, communication systems, or anything else you’ve dreamed up—for handling this most precious and most threatened natural resource. The time for new thinking on water is now. WHAT’S YOUR SOLUTION?
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When I used to live on boats, I was familiar with several innovative water systems developed for the marine environment, including a "watermaker" that converted salt water to fresh, and was powered by a paddle wheel you towed behind the boat. I am looking forward to seeing what land-based solutions this contest surfaces.
Swank
Some of those systems sounds like exactly what we need to be embracing on a larger scale. I very much look forward to seeing what innovations this content may bring. :)
Victoria E
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