A Personal Waterfall To Clean Your Hands

Doing away with faucets that are home to a million microbes in public restrooms, the Flat Tap is a wall panel fitted with inbuilt infrared sensors that activate a waterfall-esque stream to clean your hands. Designed to be a communal sink and allows more users to use the sink at the same time in a crowded restroom, instead of depending on the limited faucets. The entire wall panel is fitted with small outlets that stream out water, wherever you stand. The basin is also designed with a slope so that water drains out quickly.

Designers: Ikegaya Yuko & Osawa Kaori

Radhika Seth

Radhika Seth is a design and technology writer with over 18 years of experience covering products, innovation, and the ideas shaping design. She serves on the jury of international design competitions, including the iF Design Award, and hosts Yanko Design’s Design Mindset podcast. A former Ogilvy advertising professional, she has also taught Communication and Design Journalism, bringing together her experience across design, storytelling, brands, and media.

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