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- swirl sink conceptWhy wash your hands under a boring old faucet when you can watch the water swirl and dance as it cascades down over your dirty paws? The <a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/2015/01/28/swirl-dip-splash/#eO6c6zfXBel2vbQj.99" target="_blank">Swirl Faucet</a> by Simin Qiu, a student at London's <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/royal-college-of-art/" target="_blank">Royal College of Art</a>, is a concept design for a faucet that saves as much as 15% of the water used by regular faucets. The bonus? The water streams out in a variety of eye-pleasing swirl patterns. Hopefully, you won't spend so much time staring at the water that you cancel out the savings!1
- swirl faucet sinkIn his design, Qiu intended to keep to the "<a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/2015/01/28/swirl-dip-splash/#eO6c6zfXBel2vbQj.99" target="_blank">gentle and swirly</a>" nature of water. To that end, he designed a system of turbines installed inside the faucet to create different swirly flows. Similar to a massaging shower head, the Swirl Faucet has three different settings for swirlosity.2
- swirl sink installedWhichever you choose, you and your houseguests will be mesmerized by the gentle artwork formed by the flowing water.3
- swirl sink faucet patternChoose from a helix-like flow, a spaghetti noodle swirl, or go for the gusto and select the elaborate lattice-work column of water.4
- Yanko RenderingThe Swirl Faucet is intended to control the flow of water in such a way that water usage is reduced by 15% over traditional faucets. Designers have worked to create <a href="http://inhabitat.com/elegant-1-%E2%84%93imit-faucet-cuts-water-use-to-a-single-liter/" target="_blank">other faucets</a> that help reduce water flow, and it's nice to see another attractive option.5
- Yanko Faucet Concept Sketchesconcept drawing6
- Yanko Swirl Faucetconcept drawing7
- Yanko Concept Drawings (1)concept drawing8