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hot. i think it's really beautiful & would still look good even when there are no flowers. it would only be not hot if the water gets nasty from the flowers.

That's gorgeous! And I can see it in a downstairs bathroom (where no tooth-brushing, etc is going on)...so long as the flowers/plants in the vase are fresh and the water is clean.

how do you turn it on/off? i dont see wet hands being able to turn those posts...

Ick. Imagine cleaning that. Not to mention drinking water out of that. I don't see how it is a "green" design.

Doesn't seem really green to me. In order to get water out of the tap, the entire vase needs to be filled. Then what, the water just sits there?

I wouldn't use it in a bathroom - I couldn't imagine brushing my teeth with that water. It seems more like a fountain for a solarium or conservatory or space that's not usually part of the apartment living. Something I would maybe expect to see in Architectural Digest in someone's 8th bathroom that's beautiful, but never ever used.

No. Cut flowers are usually sprayed with insecticide.

Fake flowers would work ok, but then, what's the point? This is a nice idea, but completely impractical.

It's definitely a cool concept. Seems pretty impractical for actually usage though.

On another look, I think that would be pretty cool if you had some sort on indoor fountain and you could combine with a vase, but still a no for a bathroom that's used.

it is definitely interesting and beautiful in concept, but I think you'd really have to stay on top of the cleaning aspect of it.

Pretty but so very impractical.

Reminds me of toilet tanks I have seen that were actually aquariums! (The fish, at least, were really in a separate tank that just SEEMED to be the one where the flush water comes from...)

Really stunning... but there are many flaws in the design.

First off, many flowers are toxic- I'm sure that would get diluted with the sheer amount of water flowing through, but still seems a little strange.

Secondly, you'd always have dust/bugs landing in your water supply. Ew.

Thirdly, how on earth would you clean that thing out? If there is hot water flowing through it, those flowers are going to ROT.

This is stunning. Don't really care if its practical or not!

Yeah, some sort of removable cartridge would be helpful to see in this design. Also maybe a separate piece to guarantee the flowers? So it would seem a part of the faucet but yet apart?

Just when you think you've seen all the Italian faucet designs--lo and behold...

I'm still waiting for the LED blue to red illuminated faucets to take off.

Hmmm....

I see this getting a film of mold and would need too much cleaning.

I wish I could get my faucets to spew rose water...but I don't think this is the way to go about it.

I think this is for a very high end guest powder room. In an old job I went to donor's homes and this would fit right in. Who would clean it? It is assumed that you have staff to do so - and they would change the flower every day.

Lovely. I don't see how it's "green," though.

Really like the concept... but high maintenance. Would work best in place like high end restaurant or hotel lobby washroom, where somebody would be tasked with changing the flower out regularly.

A beautiful concept but I agree with Benjy--this would work more in a restaurant or hotel.

Beautiful! I appreciate it much as I do most haute couture and concept cars.

This design is totally gorgeous, but kind of unnecessary. I feel like it's the kind of think I would think was charming for like, a week, and then totally get tired of.

That is EXTREMELY UNSANITARY!! If you stick a flower in that faucet tiny bits of debris accumulate in the water and bacteria growth rapidly multiplies. Also, if you bought the flower (it wasn't a flower you cut from your garden) it is a common fact that many florists cut flower stems underwater. The water that they cut the flowers in has been found by lab tests to be a "bacterial soup."

I wouldn't wash my hands with used vase water; I hope this faucet is taken off the market for health reasons.

erm ... what about hot water? i think it is a pretty show piece with no practical use. and not at all "green", or at least i cannot see any green-ness in the concept.

Completely preposterous but so sexy. Maybe it could be filled with (sanitized) river stones or something similar and only used for handwashing.

What fun to be a designer and not have to live in the real world.

So gross. Flower water smells really bad after a few days. It just looks so stupid to me I can't even look at it.When I saw this on SallyTV's facebook page I said "What's next? A toilet that's also a PUR water dispenser?"

Man, I'm a hater today. Must be all the Real Housewives I've been watching.

i like it. reminds me of a wall sconce that I found that held water and is showed pics with fish & flowers in it as well. Its that element of surprise, it's what makes a small space such as a bathroom memorable.

yes because i love brushing my teeth with flower water, yeah...mmm taste that flower residue. yum

um..no. sorry. looks cool. but no.

it's interesting but like others have said - not practical!
and not green; it looks like a water waster to me.

p.s. how does one go about emptying the 'vase'? is that plunger thingy the trick?

Seems really impractical. I couldn't imagine cleaning it, and as another responder mentioned brushing my teeth in that sink! Ick!!!

This gets about an F- on the "form follows function" test...which makes it hard to like.

I've been thinking about this. I have decided it belongs in the powder room of a high end boutique or night club. And the hot water must be reduced to a cool tepid. And only edible flower types may be used. (If you soak lilies of the valley long enough, the water can supposedly kill you.)

One point nobody seems to have made is that the water would be FLOWING if it were being used, so a new supply would constantly be passing through. Which makes it a little less ick from the scummy water standpoint.

But I don't quite get the mechanics of this -- where is the water coming from? The bottom of the "vase" looks closed off, and I don't quite understand the rod up the center. Is this like one of those magic tricks where the "vase" is really a double walled container with one section for the water source and another for the flower??

Love it conceptually, but not practically, think it's a great 'first generation effort' on a new direction in faucet design.

Now, could someone please design one that I can setup to use as a water fountain for my pets? Say, in the laundry room area. Traditional water fountains aren't working, would love something they walk up & trigger a set amount of water from (like modern commercial faucets, hands under faucet, water appears), the existing fountains are wasting too much water and that's even With me using that water on outdoor plants (groundcovers only).

so so hot it's not even funny!