Connected Pipe
Nina Tolstrup
The provision of tap water requires a massive infrastructure of piping, pumps, and water purification works. The direct cost of the tap water alone is a small fraction of that of bottled water, and the transportation through the pipe systems is instant. The thickness of the water pipe and tube walls varies. Thicker walled pipe generally implies greater durability and higher pressure tolerances. I have referenced this with a graduate wall thickness of the carafe – with at robust thickness at the bottom and less thickness at the top. Wider tapered base works to keep ice at base. Generous opening for filling, and the tube bend forms generous spout for easy poring.
Nina Tolstrup works at design studio ‘Studiomama’ in the East End of London. Nina is responsible for designing products, furniture, interiors and accessories for companies including Habitat, Lexon, Trip Trap, E&Y, The Danish Embassy in London, Wentworth, Twentytwentyone and Greenwich Village (http://www.studiomama.com). Last year Nina won Best contribution to 100% Design for the curation and exhibition design for ‘Made in Denmark’, The Eureka Prize and The prize at The Worshipful Company of Pewters.
Nina lectures at Ravensbourne College, is a visiting professor at the Syracuse University and is a member of 100% Design’s advisory board. Previously Nina has worked as design manager for Eleven Danes and was examiner at the Danish Design School.