London studio Future Facility has designed a countertop filtration system that can create Alpine mineral water at home, for Swiss drinks company Lang.
Future Facility, which is a division of Sam Hecht and Kim Colin's Industrial Facility studio, worked with Swiss "bottleless drink company" Lang to develop the product in response to sustainability issues associated with bottled water.
The design aims to translate a complex industrialised system into an easy-to-use countertop product that is simply plugged in without the need to connect to a water outlet.

The device replicates the flavour and health benefits of natural Alpine mineral water, which contains a particular balance of minerals and salts that are typically removed in the process of filtering tap water for drinking. A filtration system in the product uses reverse osmosis to remove harmful pollutants and odours from the water, before a formula of minerals and salts is added to replace what may have been lost.

The overall mass of the system is broken up into three segments, with the round jugs featuring a crease that forms a spout.
Hecht described the resulting form as a "squircle" and claimed that the flowing lines of the three adjoining elements "make it appear like a ribbon of paper".
An opaque jug on one side is filled with tap water, which is then filtered, remineralised and reemerges from a spout to fill a transparent jug on the opposite side. A simple control panel used to select h...