No.7 water jug.
Object · 2017

No.7, a jug that asks to be put back.

A water jug shaped around minimalism. The rounded base means it can't sit on its own. It has to return to its housing. The form is the behaviour.

TypeWater jug
MaterialsGlass · timber housing
Year2017
Iterations7

Brief

The No.7 water jug is designed around the ideals of minimalism. The rounded bottom means it refuses to stand on its own, so it has to go back into its housing every time. The dining table stays uncluttered by the act of using it.

No.7 water jug seated in its timber housing.
No.7 with its housing.
No.7: pour, hand cradling the rounded base.
Pour: rounded base in use.
No.7 returning to its housing.
Return: jug back in its housing.

Process

Pulled from the original presentation deck — research, ideation, and the feature spec for the final jug and housing.

No.7: research board of existing water-jug designs.
Research: precedent in existing jug design — Jensen, Bredahl, Son, Avanti.
No.7: thumbnail sketches and digital concepts.
Ideation: thumbnail sketches and the digital concepts that came out of them.
No.7: annotated final-design specification.
Final design: 750ml volume, internal louvers for water stabilisation, alignment pin to its housing.
No.7 water jug in use: pouring into a cut-glass tumbler on a timber table.
In use: the jug doing what it was made to do.

Methods

Industrial design Object design Behavioural form Materials
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