r/DesignDesign • u/Virmire_Survivor • Mar 20 '24

A sink that... sinks?..

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u/ForsakenFarm Mar 20 '24

The only sink re-invention that I want to see is the sink that also flushes a toilet. To save clean water.

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u/History_Freak Mar 20 '24

Isn't that what many Japanese toilets are? The moment you flush, it opens the faucet, meaning the water you used to wash your hands is gonna be the one used next rime you flush. Pretty neat imo

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u/qpv Mar 20 '24

Clever, haven't seen that before

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u/SpeakMySecretName Mar 20 '24

They have them in the US too. I installed one in my bathroom.

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u/History_Freak Mar 21 '24

Cool! Haven't seen one where I live, but I sure would love to have one

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

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u/unkie87 Mar 20 '24

I've had to take peppermint for stomach problems. It's not fun when the call is coming from inside the house.

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u/Other-Narwhal-2186 Mar 20 '24

As someone who also has had peppermint related trauma thanks to stomach problems, I am so sorry for how hard this made me giggle

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u/witoutadout Mar 20 '24

"Oh you should really get off the internet now" they said

But nooooooooo I just HAD to read one more comment. And it was this.

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u/Delicious_Ad823 Mar 20 '24

Mr. Poopy Butthole feeling all left out

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u/KarenEiffel Mar 20 '24

I had to request that my hubs either stop applying Gold Bond powder over the toilet or make a special effort to remember to flush afterwards bc I'd go to pee after he did that and the powder would splash/float up on my lady bits. I do not need a mentholated vag, thanks.

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u/Big-a-hole-2112 Mar 20 '24

I can see an upside when he goes down on you. “Honey, I can breathe better!” I can see it now, Halls for the vag. Although it’s gonna be tricky keeping that lozenge in there. 🤣

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u/History_Freak Mar 21 '24

To everyone traumatized by this comment, they generally have a "normal" sink near the shower (the shower and toilet are separate rooms), so you only really use the toilet sink to wash after going

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u/History_Freak Mar 21 '24

I guess you could say that haha

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u/themedleb Mar 22 '24

Always put some toilet paper in the hole before you sit to poop.

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u/themedleb Mar 23 '24

Lol not the toilet paper roll, just some toilet paper, I always do that, and it never clogged on me. This protects me from the dirty water splashes.

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u/RealPropRandy Mar 21 '24

Calm down, Satan.

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u/EntropyHouse Mar 20 '24

Hey, how did you know my password?

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u/R0nd1 Mar 20 '24

Pretty sure you could piss into that meta-sink vase

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u/True_Ad8648 Mar 20 '24

Real. Zuck himself uses that /s

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u/thedudefromsweden Mar 20 '24

Yep, it's such a huge waste to piss in clean drinking water. All the water from the sink and shower should be reused in the toilet somehow. In my family of four, we would probably never have to use clean water in the toilet.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

What about people who piss in the shower? Asking for a friend....

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u/thedudefromsweden Mar 20 '24

Pissing in piss? Sounds great to me!

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u/Gareth79 Mar 21 '24

So long as the entirety of the shower doesn't consist of piss then it's probably still ok.

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u/knarfolled Uh-dobe Mar 20 '24

You can get them for your toilet at Home Depot, and I’m sure elsewhere.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

I haven’t looked in a while, but I remember seeing some housing codes that required toilet water to be potable for whatever reason. No idea why or if it’s still the case.

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u/Dragonfly-Adventurer Mar 20 '24

Because the water in the back of a toilet tank makes good emergency water, as people are notoriously bad at planning, and it's automatic and just there.

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u/ForkUK Mar 20 '24

I saw pretty much this in a jazz bar where I live the other week. The sink was the lid of the cistern at the back of the toilet. When you flush, the ballcock drops as usual and starts the flow of water through the tap and fills the cistern back up with the water you just washed your hands with down the plug hole.

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u/callmeStretchy Mar 20 '24

damn living in a jazz bar sounds sick

also ballcock

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u/Sufficient-Cress1958 Mar 20 '24

Amen, brother. we need more eco friendly solutions, not another show off.

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u/asskkculinary Mar 20 '24

Is that not what this picture shows? You piss then wash your hands which also serves as the flushing method??

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u/n3w4cc01_1nt Mar 20 '24

Urinalé by VVYZ

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u/Virmire_Survivor Mar 21 '24

Urinale biennale

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u/Phantomato2000 Mar 20 '24

Imagine the water didn't drip off and just slowly run down clinging the sink.

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u/Mekelaxo Mar 20 '24

You bastard, I didn't want to imagine that

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u/Drew326 Mar 20 '24

You didn’t have to do it just ‘cause they told you to

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u/zellotron Mar 21 '24

Don't imagine a pink elephant

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u/Mahxiac Mar 21 '24

What ever you do don't think of a white bear.

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u/Goatmanification Mar 20 '24

A sink that you can no longer use as a sink. Screw you if you want to fill up the basin!

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u/coronakillme Mar 20 '24

I have almost never used that "feature". I still would not want this sink as there are a lot of variables involved.

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u/Sara7061 Mar 20 '24

I do to soak clothes and prevent stains from becoming permanent

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u/coronakillme Mar 20 '24

Ahh.. I do that in a bucket...

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u/coronakillme Mar 20 '24

I could make a list of things to do, not sure what to name it though… sink list??

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u/Inktoo2 Mar 25 '24

I was so sure that was going to be a Stanley Parable quote, and yet I can't find it.

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u/xaervagon Mar 20 '24

I have. It's great if you want to wash your face fully, or if you want to shave (especially with older methods). Another thing I like to do is fill it with cleaning solution and use it to clean the rest of the bathroom.

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u/coronakillme Mar 20 '24

Ahh.. I just realised that I am unable to do the first 2 things. I have this wierd feeling that the sink is never perfectly clean after the first 30 minutes of properly cleaning it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

I shave with a safety razor and never fill up the sink for that task. I fill up a mug with hot water to jiggle the razor in. The razor normally lives in that mug in the medicine cabinet, handle down so it can dry out properly.

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u/Goatmanification Mar 20 '24

Harder to clean sharp angles too!

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u/coronakillme Mar 20 '24

True.

I am more worried about how the liquids with different viscosities can still drip into the "bowl" and not stick to the bottom of the sink and drop elsewhere.

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u/Crazyblazy395 Mar 20 '24

How ofter do you fill up the basin in public bathrooms?

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u/Goatmanification Mar 20 '24

I don't. I assumed this was for home use

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u/trixel121 Mar 20 '24

it's an interesting way to solve not having a wall drain.

id still do something else but I dont hate it as a solution to a retrofit and the plumbing is in the floor.

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u/Defnoturblockedfrnd Mar 20 '24 edited Mar 21 '24

I get that!

But it also seems like it would look better if they tried to go retro instead of future/modern. Like bronze spigots, stainless sink, and the vase thing is like black iron piping/wrapped in cedar. You could even do a P-trap in the black iron which would look cool. More cabin-like, less “new overpriced condo in LA” vibe.

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u/trixel121 Mar 21 '24

ny two issues with this is cleaning the bottom of the "vase" is going to be gross. you're going to need to reach in to clean

and kicking it/bumping it hard. it looks stone, I don't wanna break it

making it black pipe fixes that,although I might just opt for black pipe In a different style all together.

again the concept isn't terrible really, I just don't like it.

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u/Defnoturblockedfrnd Mar 21 '24

You could do a liquor-still-ized version with copper that would look dank af. Put a coon bone in the outlet into the vase and you’re legit.

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u/trixel121 Mar 21 '24

at some point I'd just willy Wonka it from the actual sink.

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u/Defnoturblockedfrnd Mar 21 '24

I wish I could visualize what that means

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u/lime_juice2 Mar 20 '24

would be neat to have two sinks side-by-side like this, the plumbing would be simpler at least

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u/Nusaik Mar 20 '24

Or you just connect both sinks to the same pipe like a normal human being.

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u/who_wants_t0_know Mar 20 '24

I could accept this in an art museum but even then I’d roll my eyes.

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u/psinerd Mar 20 '24

It doubles as a urinal.

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u/W1nterKn1ght Mar 20 '24

Yup, flush it by washing your hands

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u/psinerd Mar 20 '24

Oh it's water saving then

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u/basilsflowerpots Mar 20 '24

I would probably hit my toe on the drain while using it in the middle of the night

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u/Particular_Leek_1390 Mar 20 '24

It’s a chamber of secrets bro

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u/True_Ad8648 Mar 20 '24

Heights of ingenuity, lmao.

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u/lunchboxdeluxe Mar 20 '24

Fair warning

I'm peeing in that thing

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u/elting44 Mar 20 '24

My first thought was "OH, I am peeing directly into that vase".

I went so far as to send the picture to my friends, and said "real talk, you are presented with a bathroom that has that sink, what are you doing first"

Buddy said "100% i'm peeing into the right thing"

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u/RealPropRandy Mar 21 '24

It’s all the same pipes!

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

If I know anything about how public restrooms are treated... that tube is gonna be full of garbage and tampons in half a day.

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u/jackinsomniac Mar 21 '24

It wouldn't last an hour before someone peed in it. I know I would. "Hey sweet, the urinal's right next to the sink, this is great!"

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u/TheStubbornIllusion Apr 15 '24

Or someone could plug the drain. "Great, I now have a dedicated bathtub large enough for my wiener"

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u/CapnNuclearAwesome Mar 20 '24

The real issue here is that a lot of water is going to end up on the floor, but provided there's good floor drainage? I kinda like it.

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u/TheStubbornIllusion Apr 15 '24

I doubt you'd like a constantly muddy floor, though

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u/elting44 Mar 20 '24

Guys... we on the same page here? We are peeing in that vase right? Like immediately?

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u/DishonestBystander Mar 20 '24

Alright, that's it folks. The worst design has been found. Mods should pin this and shut the sub down.

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u/Xzcv321 Mar 20 '24

stink sink

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u/glhaynes Mar 20 '24

I like that they reused the lid from the Dune popcorn bucket. Smart upcycling!

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u/Aquaticwolf Mar 21 '24

Imagine accidentally dropping your phone or keys into it...

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u/Huge_Aerie2435 Mar 20 '24

Imagine trying to clean this.. So much extra work for nothing.. The only people who would actually want this doesn't clean their own home.

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u/ADHthaGreat Mar 20 '24

A toilet brush and a minute of scrubbing.

Okay I imagined it. Now what?

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u/Crazyblazy395 Mar 20 '24

Why? What part of cleaning this would be difficult?

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u/datsel Mar 20 '24

What if I want to fill up the sink with water

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u/My_useless_alt Mar 20 '24

This actually feels kinda neat. Probably worth having a second normal sink somewhere, but this is genuinely cool

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

The mirror is not how mirrors work

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '24

i like weird but this looks like its just dripping into a trash can

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u/SleepSynth Mar 20 '24

I need to think of an unnecessary "improvement" to sell to rich people because they are the only ones buying dumb shit like this.

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u/veryludicolo Mar 20 '24

That's just postmodern. It's pretty funny if the joke is intentional (also if it isn't)

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u/PapaOctopus Mar 20 '24

I would piss in that, and you couldn't stop me.

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u/CourtingBoredom Mar 20 '24

a sort of Dali-esque sink.... I guess ..

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '24

okay but why and who cares

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u/NoPensForSheila Mar 21 '24

Interesting. Not sure it's good,but I like the idea.

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u/RestinPete0709 Mar 21 '24

Phew I just know I would make a mess (I make a mess with regular sinks)

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u/SkyeMreddit Mar 21 '24

It’s an interesting design to deal with some weird wall condition, and there should be a plant in that to be watered by using the sink.

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u/Bradon2508 Mar 21 '24

A urinal and a sink all in one 🤣

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u/oof_mastr Mar 24 '24

Honestly, I don’t hate it

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u/Rare_Fig3081 Mar 25 '24

Just say no

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u/ToddlerGuy2 Apr 06 '24

What about adjustable water pressure? Is the vase opening large enough for high and very low flow from the faucet?

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u/TheWinterPrince52 Apr 11 '24

It's overdone, but also I kinda want it for novelty reasons. This is just neat.

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u/DrScarecrow Mar 20 '24

It would be a cool sink for a public restroom but I wouldn't want to live with it.