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Not sure why this made the DVice e-newsletter that is published by SyFy but it is interesting to say the least and kinda wacky. It looks functional.
http://dvice.com/archives/2010/01/one-mans-wall-o.php
How would you wash your hands though without getting your feet wet.
by fregeus
Its an original look at a boring room with ordinary plumbing. I like it.
Maybe that's why I'm not an art critic.
TCB
Look again. There's a sink on the far left, but you can't use it without stepping in the overflow.
You were planning on washing your hands afterward, weren't you?
by morrisntex
A pub competition for highest, most consistent, least leakage?
Most urinals accurately hit in one pee, perhaps?
expensive crapper to construct and to maintain - it sure wastes a lot of water.
I think, as an item of artwork, I prefer that public toilet that sits out in the street with one way mirror glass, a mirror to the outside and people inside can look out at everything as it's perfectly clear from their side.
by netman1958
by .martin.
jurisdictions you cannot lawfully use recycled water where it may come into general contact with people unless it's been through a very major cleansing process that makes it too expensive for such a single use. The closest you can come to using it is for lawn and garden irrigation, but not sprinklers and places where kids may play in it. The most common usage is flushing toilets and underground irrigation.
I looked into using recycled water a few years back as I wanted to reuse water in a house I was building at the time. The tight restrictions made it damn hard to use for most uses - the best bet for a thing like this would be rain water, but I doubt they'd get enough for that. Or just keep pumping it back into the system with some chlorine or similar, like a pool or fountain.
In an aside from the artist that he was inspired by my description of the engineering bilge in the USS Constellation (CV-64).
This was where turds floated by. I assumed the Navy's best amused themselves by replicating famous sea battles for, I swear, I saw one turd sporting a little flag.
... in a yacht stricken by a busted Head. One crew member who couldn't wait had to make use of safety lines and lean over the transom at the back of the boat, giving birth to their own offshore vessel.
We were stuck in the doldrums at the time - the nuances of wind and tide meant that the floater gently overtook us, bouncing along the entire length of the yacht.
We wondered what the official ruling would be, should the offending vessel take line honours?
by thechas
This reminds me of the MASH episode where they had to make Korea look better to earn a prize.
They made an outdoor fountain out of bedpans.
The person from HQ who awarded the prize really liked the fountain.
So, if that was art, this qualifies just as well.
Of course, I also considered the plumbing exhibit I saw years ago at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry that used clear pipes to also be a work of art.
There also used to be a web site that was showcasing the most interesting urinals that people would send in pictures of. Some of them were so artistic that if I did not know what they were, I would not have thought they had a function.
Chas
by morrisntex
you piqued my curiosity so I googled decorative urinals and here is some of what I found:
http://www.gadling.com/2007/08/28/controversial-urinals-in-vienna/
Now this guy sells them, and well, just look for your self...
http://www.clarkmade.com/
Funny thing a lot of the search results came up "URL not found" when I tried to view them and a couple told me my computer was infected with the virus flavor of the day...
turned up in use in a gay bar? Nothing about them says what gender, just a person's assumptions and conclusion jumping.
I have seen pictures, from the net, of ones that have realistic people standing on the other side of the urinal.
by boxfiddler Hot topic
by boxfiddler Hot topic
You like being a girl.
Neverending fascination.
by .martin.
something that spurs emotions.
so yes
Out into the daylight. Do your thing. Lay bare your emotions.
That we all may laugh and guffaw.
by .martin.
My explanation of floating turds with a flag.
Or, the floater overtaking the yacht.
With my eyelashes all in curls,
I just float like the clouds on air do.
I enjoy being a girl!"
What? I'm not?
Oh.
by av .
I think its sort of surrealistic, so it could qualify for DVice. The angled roof and piping add interest to the picture. The blocks in the water draw your eye to the lone toilet in the back of the room.
The waterfall effect and water on the floor is visually stunning because of the moving water. I also like the shapes of the tiles on the floor (under the water) next to the tiles on the wall.
Urinals, toilets and sinks, OH MY! Yes, the triangular placement of the urinals works in the picture, but YUK! The toilet at the back of the room is a great focal point visually, but its still a toilet. Know what I mean?
Is it art? Yes.
by delbertpgh
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