Etihad inflight magazine article.
"Design for life"
Issue November 2007, Page 102
See pdf article

Architecture for Humanity, Design Like You Give a Damn is a compendium of innovative projects from around the world that demonstrate the power of design to improve lives. The Watercone® is discribed on page 285.See article.

The Watercone® is travelling arround the world for testing.


Women in Europe for a Common Future

At lake Aral the problem of low waterlevel causes a salinisation of the land and ground water. The Watercone has been tested successfully in 2005 and will be tested again.

CARE Germany held pilot project in Yemen testing the Watercone®

From Jan. 25 on until end of March 2004 CARE Germany tested 100 Watercones in Yemen in a little fisherman`s village east of Aden.

Click here to download the 5 pages Project summary as PDF.

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To see more pictures and read the extract of the 26 page CARE report with its final conclusion click here.This pilot project could only be realized with the financial support of the Hans-Sauer-Stiftung in Munich.
Thank you!

ALIAS, a supplement issue in the italian "Il Manfesto" talks about "DESIGN for the other 90%"
Issue September 2007, Page 6-7
See jpg article

WorldChanging, with foreward by Al Gore has been published on November 1st 2006
On page 193 and 194 the Watercone is featured: (Pages as PDF)
" The best- yet solar water purifieris the Watercone, a solar still that uses the sun`` heat to evaporate water, which then condenses on the inside of the cone - flip the funnel-like cone over and you can pour the water right into a container. This cheap, rugged system can purify about 1,6quarts (1.5 liters) of water per day, not only killing all waterborne pathogens but also removing particulates, many chemicals, and heavy metals. Better yet, it can also desalinate seawater- an important function for the world`s sizable coastal populations. JJF"

See Internet site with article

Massive Change: The Future of Global Design in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
September 16, 2006—December 31, 2006.

October 16, 2005-January 2, 2006 MoMA

SAFE: Design Takes On Risk features a carefully selected array of more than 300 contemporary design objects and prototypes from all over the world designed for a variety of reasons.

The Watercone® has now been selected to be part of the permanent collection of the MoMA NY.

From June 29th 2005 - October 17th 2005 the Centre Pompidu in Paris presented the Watercone® in the exhibition D-DAY, modern-day design.


View catalogue pages here as PDF file.
The Watercone® has now been selected to be part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidu in Paris.