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Spiky Shower Curtains Kicks You Out After 4 Minutes To Save Water
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Textile-based installation artist and educator Elisabeth Buecher has invented a clever way to conserve water. Titled “My Shower is a Green Warrior,” Buecher’s shower curtain turns spiky after four minutes of bathing, “taking over the space and discouraging long water-wasting showers.”
“These curtains are not really for marketing but aim at provoking a debate around water issues,” Buecher told Mochi. “If you don’t want to get trapped you have to get out before it does and stop damaging the environment.”
The curtains fill with air, and the project is only a concept. They were displayed at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair.
More info: elisabethbuecher.com (h/t: inhabitat)
You can shower normally for 4 minutes
But don’t idle…
Because after four minutes the spikes suddenly inflate!
You’re forced out of the shower
Water is saved and mother nature is happy!
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Well.. You can shower for 4 minutes if you have hair like that (Silky and extremely short) Women with long curly hair would need at least 20 minutes to take a shower (says a woman with long curly hair)
that's exactly what i was thinking ... and it'd be a pain to keep that thing clean esp if you have well water
Your right about that. One can only hope it cleans easily.
Really? 20 min? Sounds like somebody really need those spikes..
I have long curly, thick hair as well. I can shower and wash and condition it in 10 minutes.
Im sure time can be adjustable, ones with long air get 1Omins extra. Important debate though.
Wash your long hair in the wash basin like I do.
I need more than 20 minutes.. Normal time for me is about an hour...
Not in California. Please.
I have a long curly hair and my bath tooks me 10 mins :)
As a guy with long hair i second that.
Yikes! 20 minutes!
well i have long curly hair, short curly hair, long straight hair, short straight hair, and all ive maanged to bath for 5 mins...so yeah..thats a big difference to 20.
I agree 4 minutes is rather short if you have long hair but 20 minutes is equally rediculous
I can shower and was my LONG hair and shave my legs in 10 minutes, easily. Please...
I have long curly hair and I can shower in 7 minutes. But never 4...
Solution...cut it.
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Mean womens witn long hair are not ecologic and should be destroyed...
That was a poor bait, buddy.
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Mean womens witn long hair are not ecologic and should be destroyed...
And what energy is used to push in the air inflating this thing? Hope it's green...
Mother nature's wrath
Did no one actually READ the article? They aren't for marketing. They're an art project designed to initiate a discussion on water usage.
I did and I'm also like ppl wtf are you talking about:D
Seems a smart idea but not usable! Who wants something as freak as this in his/her bathroom?
I do!
Haha for your teenagers bathroom
I think it smart. And it looks fun. If you are in California please limit your shower.
Is there a particular reason for that?
And all these commenters missed the point. As stated it's not actually for use but more aimed at sparking a discussion and debate around WATER CONSERVATION
Please continue your conservation efforts, it allows people like myself to be able to consume more.
how are we suppost to shave everything and bath in 4 min?
Where can I buy one?
I might have to design a shower/bath system like a spa to have my toasty warm showers. Yes, with long hair have to wash my hair every 3 to 4 days when its not in braids. Cool Idea though!
I can't use this shower curtain. Oh my god. How can we wash ourselves properly in 4 mins? I can't do that.
I am no longer in the army I do not need to take a 4 minute shower.
Thank you for your service!!
Stupid nonsense. Those spikes are not nice, they are disturbing, they will be very soon dirty and will be hard to clean them out. If you want to chuck the people out from bath after 4 minutes using why it automatically does not stop warm water? 99% of people will be out in a second. Somebody is thinking with his ass again....
As mentioned in description and one comment, “These curtains are not really for marketing but aim at provoking a debate around water issues.."
They had a better water-saving idea staring them right in the face, and they completely missed it: after four minutes, a guy bursts into your shower and starts taking photos.
The idea is sound but not the application. I need 20 minutes to do everything in the shower, shave, wash, hair, everything takes about 15-20 minutes. I like to believe the spikes would just amuse me, though.
just dont go in the shower in the first place.
i dont get it, how bout u
I found this on a tumblr post that got uploaded on pinterest, and honestly, I can't believe I actually looked this up. And being here feels like what I would imagine a frozen piece of internet, untouched for 2 years. If anyone finds this comment, the year is 2017. It is the 17th of December, and in my time zone it is 5:29 pm. Obviously this post was made in 2015, before so many things have gone wrong. Politics have been turned into a war zone. Stupidity is a common thing now, so please, save yourselves.
Good! 27-573d3d11d880d.jpg
brilliant . . . . .
Yeah, right. I need AT LEAST an hour for mine.
yes. Just shower for 4 minutes. Not need to go all medievil with spikes!
20 minuts usualy how long i take depending if i like the watter it might take like 30-40 minuts
extra
Very useful to teach people who take long showers how to limit their time.
The idea is great an all but seems like it could not only make showers really stressful but make them kind of dangerous... catch you off guard and cause you to slip and fall... *shrug* maybe just set a timer lol...
Why is she wearing her knickers in the shower?
All the wrong camera angles
And obviously these inflatable spikes are made out of plastic!!! How about just being a conscious, disciplined human being that does not need silly gimmicks to do something as simple as taking a shower?
And these inflatable spikes are clearly made out of plastic. How about this one: Be a disciplined, conscious human being that does not need silly gimmicks to do something as simple as taking a shower!
until someone's eye is poked
until someone's eye gets poked
But most of the drinking water waste does not come from long showers (it adds to it, sure, and bathers even more).. Most of the water reserves goes to agriculture, so it's the wasted food, and excessive meat consumption that take the biggest part of the problem. But sure, it wouldn't hurt to shower less and/or take shorter showers (no one needs 20 min of non stop water running, even with long hair, it just takes improved shower routines).
this is obviously a design student's thesis project. much like those coffee cups with the handle on sideways, its a design project.
Screw that... My hair is to my waist.
It would need more energy for the pump , and the gauges etc etc.
that curtain would be coming down fast lol
silly
Who wears underwear in the shower?
impractical
What if the user is kicked out without turning off the shower? You can't even go into the shower to stop the water flow.
no way in hell i can take a shower in four mins. it take that time to wash hair alone. i want to be fully clean. not just my hair.lol id cut the spikes if i seen it somewhere.
I love it!!!!!!!!! *_*
Who showers in 4 minutes?! I cant even shave my legs in 4 minutes!
stop eating meat and you will save more water than from this
Is it better to consume the electric energy needed to inflate those spikes better than the water? Or having that huge box in the toilet? how about just using one of this ( I already use it to brush my teeth) Or just count a couple songs if you listen to music...http://csimg.mercama...ina-manzana.jpg...such a useless invention...
How retarded.
As a male with an extremley large penis, I would like to make you fully aware of the timescale required to properly clean oneself.... The shaft - 20-22 mins. Starting from the base, working upwards. Excessive girth requires full clean and lotion. The End - 16mins. Tricky. Very sensitive and requires more attention than said shaft The Scrotum - 18mins. The complexity of the ball sack is hard to describe. Starting like an old mans neck and fast becoming a hippos eye on contact with water, this is the trickiest part. Add 31mins for shaving of said parts. There you go. This really does make a mockery of your "4 min shower" does it not. Micky
Well.. You can shower for 4 minutes if you have hair like that (Silky and extremely short) Women with long curly hair would need at least 20 minutes to take a shower (says a woman with long curly hair)
that's exactly what i was thinking ... and it'd be a pain to keep that thing clean esp if you have well water
Your right about that. One can only hope it cleans easily.
Really? 20 min? Sounds like somebody really need those spikes..
I have long curly, thick hair as well. I can shower and wash and condition it in 10 minutes.
Im sure time can be adjustable, ones with long air get 1Omins extra. Important debate though.
Wash your long hair in the wash basin like I do.
I need more than 20 minutes.. Normal time for me is about an hour...
Not in California. Please.
I have a long curly hair and my bath tooks me 10 mins :)
As a guy with long hair i second that.
Yikes! 20 minutes!
well i have long curly hair, short curly hair, long straight hair, short straight hair, and all ive maanged to bath for 5 mins...so yeah..thats a big difference to 20.
I agree 4 minutes is rather short if you have long hair but 20 minutes is equally rediculous
I can shower and was my LONG hair and shave my legs in 10 minutes, easily. Please...
I have long curly hair and I can shower in 7 minutes. But never 4...
Solution...cut it.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Mean womens witn long hair are not ecologic and should be destroyed...
That was a poor bait, buddy.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Mean womens witn long hair are not ecologic and should be destroyed...
And what energy is used to push in the air inflating this thing? Hope it's green...
Mother nature's wrath
Did no one actually READ the article? They aren't for marketing. They're an art project designed to initiate a discussion on water usage.
I did and I'm also like ppl wtf are you talking about:D
Seems a smart idea but not usable! Who wants something as freak as this in his/her bathroom?
I do!
Haha for your teenagers bathroom
I think it smart. And it looks fun. If you are in California please limit your shower.
Is there a particular reason for that?
And all these commenters missed the point. As stated it's not actually for use but more aimed at sparking a discussion and debate around WATER CONSERVATION
Please continue your conservation efforts, it allows people like myself to be able to consume more.
how are we suppost to shave everything and bath in 4 min?
Where can I buy one?
I might have to design a shower/bath system like a spa to have my toasty warm showers. Yes, with long hair have to wash my hair every 3 to 4 days when its not in braids. Cool Idea though!
I can't use this shower curtain. Oh my god. How can we wash ourselves properly in 4 mins? I can't do that.
I am no longer in the army I do not need to take a 4 minute shower.
Thank you for your service!!
Stupid nonsense. Those spikes are not nice, they are disturbing, they will be very soon dirty and will be hard to clean them out. If you want to chuck the people out from bath after 4 minutes using why it automatically does not stop warm water? 99% of people will be out in a second. Somebody is thinking with his ass again....
As mentioned in description and one comment, “These curtains are not really for marketing but aim at provoking a debate around water issues.."
They had a better water-saving idea staring them right in the face, and they completely missed it: after four minutes, a guy bursts into your shower and starts taking photos.
The idea is sound but not the application. I need 20 minutes to do everything in the shower, shave, wash, hair, everything takes about 15-20 minutes. I like to believe the spikes would just amuse me, though.
just dont go in the shower in the first place.
i dont get it, how bout u
I found this on a tumblr post that got uploaded on pinterest, and honestly, I can't believe I actually looked this up. And being here feels like what I would imagine a frozen piece of internet, untouched for 2 years. If anyone finds this comment, the year is 2017. It is the 17th of December, and in my time zone it is 5:29 pm. Obviously this post was made in 2015, before so many things have gone wrong. Politics have been turned into a war zone. Stupidity is a common thing now, so please, save yourselves.
Good! 27-573d3d11d880d.jpg
brilliant . . . . .
Yeah, right. I need AT LEAST an hour for mine.
yes. Just shower for 4 minutes. Not need to go all medievil with spikes!
20 minuts usualy how long i take depending if i like the watter it might take like 30-40 minuts
extra
Very useful to teach people who take long showers how to limit their time.
The idea is great an all but seems like it could not only make showers really stressful but make them kind of dangerous... catch you off guard and cause you to slip and fall... *shrug* maybe just set a timer lol...
Why is she wearing her knickers in the shower?
All the wrong camera angles
And obviously these inflatable spikes are made out of plastic!!! How about just being a conscious, disciplined human being that does not need silly gimmicks to do something as simple as taking a shower?
And these inflatable spikes are clearly made out of plastic. How about this one: Be a disciplined, conscious human being that does not need silly gimmicks to do something as simple as taking a shower!
until someone's eye is poked
until someone's eye gets poked
But most of the drinking water waste does not come from long showers (it adds to it, sure, and bathers even more).. Most of the water reserves goes to agriculture, so it's the wasted food, and excessive meat consumption that take the biggest part of the problem. But sure, it wouldn't hurt to shower less and/or take shorter showers (no one needs 20 min of non stop water running, even with long hair, it just takes improved shower routines).
this is obviously a design student's thesis project. much like those coffee cups with the handle on sideways, its a design project.
Screw that... My hair is to my waist.
It would need more energy for the pump , and the gauges etc etc.
that curtain would be coming down fast lol
silly
Who wears underwear in the shower?
impractical
What if the user is kicked out without turning off the shower? You can't even go into the shower to stop the water flow.
no way in hell i can take a shower in four mins. it take that time to wash hair alone. i want to be fully clean. not just my hair.lol id cut the spikes if i seen it somewhere.
I love it!!!!!!!!! *_*
Who showers in 4 minutes?! I cant even shave my legs in 4 minutes!
stop eating meat and you will save more water than from this
Is it better to consume the electric energy needed to inflate those spikes better than the water? Or having that huge box in the toilet? how about just using one of this ( I already use it to brush my teeth) Or just count a couple songs if you listen to music...http://csimg.mercama...ina-manzana.jpg...such a useless invention...
How retarded.
As a male with an extremley large penis, I would like to make you fully aware of the timescale required to properly clean oneself.... The shaft - 20-22 mins. Starting from the base, working upwards. Excessive girth requires full clean and lotion. The End - 16mins. Tricky. Very sensitive and requires more attention than said shaft The Scrotum - 18mins. The complexity of the ball sack is hard to describe. Starting like an old mans neck and fast becoming a hippos eye on contact with water, this is the trickiest part. Add 31mins for shaving of said parts. There you go. This really does make a mockery of your "4 min shower" does it not. Micky