California, USA
Nottingham Spirk, in collaboration with Hydros, has designed a new line of sustainable portable containers with interchangeable filters delivering fresh water in just one minute.
The project has been awarded a 2020 Good Design Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Born out of the relentless commitment to sustainability, Hydros filters, and hydration products are designed using more responsibly sourced materials and engineered to use fewer materials and plastic.
Like many consumer product design innovations, the idea for the Hydros water filtration system began as a desire to make the world a better place—in this case, by providing an alternative to commercially bottled water that’s just as convenient.
There is a lot of physics involved in liquid flow.
The dimensions of a container’s inlet, outlet, and venting have to be precise.
There are countless variables, but only a limited number of combinations will work.
The Hydros cap has three vents, all of them hidden, to ensure an easy flow, free of “glugs.”
For fill-ups, a diffuser prevents water from drilling right through the filtration media, a granulated activated carbon that meets Hydros’ exceedingly high standards, removing more than 90 percent of chlorines and chlorimides.
The Nottingham Spirk-developed Fast-Flo filter is five times faster than the competition.
Materials for the Hydros product line are sourced from Germany, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and other places around the globe, to get the cleanest and most durable plastics available without driving up manufacturing costs.
Nottingham Spirk works directly with Hydros Life, a leading international drinking vessel manufacturer that has purchased new equipment specifically for this project.
The Hydros line includes a filtering water bottle, a filtered carafe, and a filtered water pitcher which can be purchased individually or as a bundle.
Project: Hydros Filtering Water Bottle, Carafe, and Pitcher
Designers: Nottingham Spirk Design
Manufacturer: Hydros Life
