Back in August, Green Thing had a bit of fun and invented World Tap Water Week. During the week we highlighted some of the best, beautifully designed products out there for embracing the tap. One of which was Join the Pipe, a reusable bottle and it has just been awarded a Dutch Design Award.
Join the Pipe is a durable water bottle, designed in the shape of a pipe that can connect with other pipe bottles, to form the world’s largest water pipe. Proceeds from the sales go to water projects around the world. It’s a brilliant and clever design and campaign. Well done Join the Pipe!
(Spotted on Inhabitat)
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
