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Watch Your Water

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There’s nothing quite like the visual and taste of fresh, falling, natural spring water. For urban dwellers, this is almost mere fantasy, but the Super-S Water Purifier aims to replicate the experience in a convenient appliance that fits in any home or apartment. The design’s visible water flow is reminiscent of naturally flowing water and allows users to ensure the device is clean. Its slim profile is made possible by a tankless system that saves counter-space and is more hygienic than others with a reservoir. Better yet, the smart design can be operated conveniently via the user’s smartphone to fill, cool or heat remotely as well as monitor water quality.

Designer: Junyoung Hong & Jongsoo Kim

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A new dispensing experience

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Most water purifiers focus on technology, and a form that complements it, while looking advanced and fresh. The Super S water purifier does that, but also focuses on the interaction one has with the purifier. Not many people focus on this interaction because their prime concern is to get fresh purified water. However, a product with a good experience goes miles in becoming iconic, and setting standards for the society (look at the iPod or the Nest).

The Super S comes with a back-lit dispenser button that tells you what you need to know about the water by shining in four different colors. Blue and red for cold and hot water respectively, green for purified water, and orange for baby-safe water (which is temperature regulated, contains more minerals, etc.) The purifier even features a dispenser button for children, located on the lower side of the device, so that kids can easily access it. Clever, don’t you think?

Designers: Junyoung Hong & Jongsoo Kim.

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Air that’s perfect to breathe

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Writing about design can sometimes teach you a couple of things. For instance, today’s product is something I’ve encountered for the first time. An Air Washer. Air washers (from what I read up) are basically humidifiers, but they work as dehumidifiers too, and they also purify the air you breathe. Usually placed as a 2-in-1 solution, an Air Washer is perfect for situations where air purity and climate control are paramount.

The Air Washer designed by Dongwook Yoon and Junyoung Hong aims at making a sculpture out of the appliance, given its niche market. Made to fit into the house it belongs in, the product goes for a geometric style, going for a shape that’s a cross between an ellipsoid and a cuboid. The controls on the top are minimal and display-centric. A secondary display on the white body comes alive too, allowing you to know the temperature/humidity level just in case the upper display is out of sight.

I personally love a few of the design choices. The secondary screen shining through the plastic adds quite a wow-element. The overall design does (to me) resemble a laundry hamper, but that’s something I’m willing to overlook, given how clean the product looks otherwise. After all, that’s what a purifier SHOULD embody, right? Cleanliness.

Designers: Dongwook Yoon & Junyoung Hong.

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