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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
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