house of thol

October 24, 2013

five days - thirty five percent

Since we've reached 35% of our funding goal in only 5 days (yes, that's right: THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT - FIVE DAYS) we thought now would be a good time to spread the word about WATERWORKS a bit more by sending out a newsletter to a wider audience + mailing our first official press-release.

Click on the links below the pictures to view the full press release / newsletter.

view the full newsletter

view the full press-release

There are still a couple of days left to visit us at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.

- See you there?

More information about the show can be found here.

October 23, 2013

Waterworks featured on Design-4-sustainability.com

By Mirjam Visser for Design-4-sustainability.com

Mirjam Visser wrote a lovely piece about Waterworks for sustainable design platform 'Design-4-Sustainability'.
Click here to read the entire article.

October 22, 2013

NASA's 1989 study for clean air

Wolverton, B. C., A. Johnson and K. Bounds, Plants for Clean Air Council, Davidsonville, Maryland, 1989
published on Scribd by Avisolo

Remember this infographic? It was based on a study conducted by NASA back in 1989.

Googling around i found a scan of the original study on Scribd.

So for all of you who are interested in the exact amount of benzene a Golden Pothos plant filters out of the air in two hours and other scientific results: read the report.

October 21, 2013

Location Sectie C

Image from Smalle Haven.com

Our exhibition during the Dutch Design Week is at Sectie C, at the Daalakkersweg in Eindhoven.

Never heard of it?
To tell you the truth: neither had i.
As a matter of fact, when we first drove toward sectie C and left Eindhovens' city centre way behind us, i became less and less sure about whether people would actually come to visit us....

As it turned out Sectie C is a great and bustling location that comes to life in the afternoon with all kinds of little pop-up restaurants and wood-fires everywhere.
The location might not be as well-visited as Strijp S, where people were waiting in line last Sunday, but the whole place has a brilliant underground vibe to it and there is loads to see.

And it's so easy to get to: all you need to do is get into one of those Mini Design Rides and you're dropped off right at the front gate. Or, if you're driving into the city: there's plenty of free parking space available.

To make sure everyone will be able to find us, this is where we are:

Sectie C is open from 16:00 till 22:00 from Monday to Friday and from 12:00 till 22:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Check out what's going on here.

See you there?

October 20, 2013

WATERWORKS @ Dutch Design Week Eindhoven

Day 2 of the Dutch Design Week has come and gone.

You should know i started writing this post as soon as we arrived at the exhibition early in the afternoon, but didn't finish it until now, and we're about to leave!

Reason: we're talking to people all the time.
My throat feels kinda dry and my feet are killing me, but man, it's a rush!

So far the reactions have been great and we've already had pre-orders for 30 oh... wait: 31 WATERWORKS sets!
-Edit late Sunday Night : 34 now !-

But it only just started: The DDW runs until next Sunday so there's still plenty of time to visit us.
Sadly we won't be able to be at the exhibition all the time, so let us know if you're planning on stepping by, we'd love to see you!