Industrial designer Yan Lu is hoping that you’ll think twice about your water consumption if you think of it as draining the home of a poor little fish, hence the name of his innovative design.

Poor Little Fish Basin

The wash basin, “Poor Little Fish”, topped off with a fishbowl, not only looks interesting but works in such a manner that, if you’re a fish lover, you will not waste a drop.

Why? Because as you turn on the faucet and let the water flow, the level of water in the fish bowl lowers proportionate to the amount of running water you are using. Let the water run for too long and you’ve got a fish out of water. Don’t fret though, the water level in the bowl returns to normal after turning off the faucet. And it’s designed in such a way that the water from the tap is pure because the pipeline does not connect to the water in the fish bowl.

The project was first shown in 2008 at the Kith Kin exhibit, a London based art & design cooperative, producing events exhibitions and projects to inspire. Then at Designersblock London in 2009

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Yan Lu is a Chinese designer/engineer based in London. He graduated from product design department in Central Saint Martins in 2009, and currently in the first year of the Industrial Design Engineering joint course (MA + MSc Double Masters) at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.

See more of his imaginative and innovative designs here.