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0.76º!

chair by puneet gupta

0.76º – Climate change chair

Designer – Artist: Puneet Gupta

Women carrying several water pots one upon another on their head is a very common sight in an Indian village or Kasbah. We all have seen it. Puneet Gupta also saw it. But he didn’t stop there. He saw a problem – water concern and gave it a global shape by creating a functional piece of art. And now literally he is going global!

0.76º is a piece of livable art – a steel & fabric chair – Climate change chair – an installation – a coffee chair created by Indian designer-artist Puneet Gupta.

0.76º is part of an exhibition “Asia Now: Exploring Design Culture”.

The exhibition ‘Asia Now’ is curated for Dwell on Design by designboom being held at Los Angeles from today till 27 of June. The exhibition brings the best contemporary design from 11 countries throughout Asia.

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I wanted to do this visuals only post on water since months and I missed the world water day! So better late than never! If we I wake up, if I turn off even a day belated!

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Gary Guydosh’s glass water sculpture @ uncommon goods

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source (hopefully this is the original source?)

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(please let me know the image source if you know!)

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illusion tap at Law Garden, Ahmedabad

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the unwilling water taps!

designer Yong Jieyu ‘s project on clean water

Need I say more!?!