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Artefact’s 999 Water Bottle

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011 in GOOD CAUSES

The 999 water bottle by Artefact is a revolutionary water bottle 999 million times better than your regular plastic bottle able to turn your good will and actions into data that can be visualized on a smartphone app. That’s the logic behind a brilliant conceptual project by Artefact’s director of industrial design, Fernd Van Engelen who developed a concept for a reusable water bottle, dubbed 999bottles, able to help keeping track of non-consumption through a built-in three-dial counter system. Every time the user refills the 999 bottle, the dial can be advanced of one notch. A companion app would then allow to visualize the impact: At eight bottles, the initial purchase will be amortized. At 147, the savings will add up to $326 and seven gallons of oil; stacked lengthwise, they’d reach the height of a 15-story building. A social media burst can be added to the “picture” through extra encouragement coming with the always present (but in a positive way, this time) spirit of competitiveness, with friends competing against one another or joining forces and measuring their collective impact.

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4 Comments

  1. Emilia Palaveeva
    March 21, 2012

    Thanks for the comments, everyone. We, at Artefact, are excited by the positive feedback and hope to make the 999Bottles concept a reality. Stay tuned for updates via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/999Bottles and on Twitter (@999bottles, https://twitter.com/#!/999Bottles)

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  2. admin
    January 5, 2012

    Tracie and Robert, sorry for the late reply. It is not specified whether the bottle has been produced and it’s available in the market or not. The best option I think would be to reach out to the designers (artefact) these are their contact info http://www.artefactgroup.com/#/content/category/contact
    Good luck and please let us know!

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  3. Robert Pistey
    January 3, 2012

    Hi, I think this is a great idea and concept. I have not seen a response to the first comment, from Tracie.

    Is the Artefact 999 water bottle available for ordering? If so, where can I order one?

    Thanks!

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  4. Tracie Egeland
    November 29, 2011

    Where do I go to order an Artefact 999 water bottle?

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