A Faucet Designed By Simin Qiu Reduces Water Waste While Creating Fascinating Swirls At The Same Time

This luxury product creates mesmerizing tornado-like swirls.

Filip

• Published in Interesting
• October 31, 2021

We are overwhelmed by new designs every day, but in a sea of ​​unimaginative creations every once in a while pops up the one which is worthy of our attention. To incorporate beauty and functionality in one product is rather difficult, and that’s even more challenging when it comes to everyday objects.

The brain behind this project is a London Royal College of Art graduate Simin Qiu. He created this incredible bathroom tap that swirls water into the unique geometric pattern when you turn it on. 

This innovative faucet uses 2 different turbines to create this mesmerizing swirl. One turbine makes the water flow clockwise and the other spin it counterclockwise, allowing it to develop the beautiful lattice of water streams. 

The aesthetic of this innovative faucet is minimalistic. Retaining a modern look, the design incorporates a simple touch button on top of the curved faucet for the activation, rather than the old-fashioned tap that needs to be turned, or a lever.

The captivating faucet features 3 different settings for water flow. For this unique design called Swirl, talented designer Simin Qiu won the IF Design concept award back in 2014.

Thanks to an amazing design this stylish faucet will be the main attraction in your bathroom. Take a closer look at this eye-catching tap in the pictures below.  

With its minimalistic aesthetic, this faucet tackles off everything that modern design requires.

Thanks to the unique and soft water flow the faucet produces, the gentle feeling you get, when it hits your hands is just satisfying.

"It is more comfortable on people's hands because it's not flowing in a solid line. My design changes the angle the water hits your hands at and it's smoother".

Gentle and swirly nature of water is retained in Qiu’s masterpiece.

As he said, “According to my understanding, water is gentle and swirly. These two elements have been used in my work. The rotary outlet of the faucet makes water swirl motion. In this water faucet, the water is put through a complicated mechanism in the head of the device to set it into rotary motion so that a type of sprinkling swirl is created.

This unusual-looking water jet emphasizes the beauty of flowing water and provides for a pleasant surprise when it is first turned on. In addition, it visualizes the preciousness of water as a resource and makes users more aware of how they use this valuable raw material.”

Minimalistic curved, silver faucet head goes well with either black or white interior giving it a modern, yet luxurious touch.

The mechanism behind this jaw-dropping faucet is not complicated.

According to the creator, "It's a very simple design. I've used two turbines to create the effect, with one making the water flow clockwise and the other anticlockwise".

There are 3 different settings for the water flow.

"The spiral is an organic shape water takes in nature and I wanted to recreate that."

And doesn’t it look simply stunning when you look at it from the under.

Besides its exceptional design, according to its creator, this spectacular faucet reduces water waste, to be précised, 15% of water is saved compared to the traditional taps. This important feature makes it environment-friendly, which we all appreciate. 

The designer initially meant for Swirl to be used in hotels, but given the positive impact, it has on the environment this genius product should be widely used. Vortex pattern spiral feels gentle when it hits your hands and that is another reason for this faucet to be used everywhere. 

If you are interested to see more of Qiu’s work, follow him on Instagram or take a look at his page on Behance. 

Filip