An electric fan is disguised as an understated side table in Brise, a student project from Hongik University graduate Wonho Lee.
The Brise fan mechanism is concealed within a round table topped with Douglas fir wood. Air enters through the bottom of the unit and is pushed up and out by the electric fan inside.
The Brise side table contains a hidden fan to cool a space and promote air flow
The fan generates enough air circulation to feel like a "natural breeze", according to Lee, and has the benefit of aiding ventilation as well as lightly cooling the room.
Lee was inspired to create Brise after noticing that his friends were opting for air-conditioning over electric fans due to a lack of space, particularly in single-person homes. The curved shape of the wooden tabletop element disperses air from the fan in all directions
They did not want an appliance that was going to sit unused for most of the year, taking up space and gathering dust ? dust that would only make them more unlikely to want to use the fan again the following summer.
"The design of Brise concentrates on sustainability and I define sustainability in this project as seamless use of the product," said Lee.
"In my small room, my fan has been used during summer and it just stands there with dust after the season," he added. "I found that it becomes useless periodically and it is a waste of space."

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