“Furumai” is a polysemic word that means both “behaviour” and “dance”. Waterdrops play around on a dozen paper plates and are intended to make the viewer aware of the joy of the existence of water and the rarity of its pureness. It dances freely on each of the individually designed plates, sometimes as if it were a whimsical shape-shifting amoeba or a microscopically small football. The designers employed water-repellent materials for the plates in order to accentuate the unusual movements of water. These materials make a waterdrop look as if it is standing on the surface of the plate, gliding over it effortlessly. The abstract geometric patterns of the plates, their non-figurative images or forms each reveal a different expression of water. This kind of art becomes imbued with life only through interplay with human activity.
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 | Manufacturer: | takram design engineering, Tokyo, Japan
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|  | Design: | Kotaro Watanabe, Kinya Tagawa, Motohide Hatanaka, Taku Satoh and water project, Tokyo, Japan
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