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Playing with Dry Water

Playing with Dry Water

The Waterboard is an interactive installation by Mike Burton giving the user a chance to play with water without getting wet. By drawing lines on the whiteboard, the water will follow a different course. Abstract life forms may appear in basins and where the water is stagnant it will become turbid.

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waterboard by mark burton

waterboard by mark burton

The project won the 2007 RSA Design directions award.

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  1. Dear Madam/Sir

    We just came accross and were greatly impressed with Mr. Burton’ s award winning “The Waterboard” project. We are a direct marketing agency in İstanbul, Turkey. We would be grateful if you can inform us of the commercial applications if there has been any or possibilities of adapting this innovative water interactive technology as a marketing tool inside stores for the interactive use of consumers. We would also be grateful if you could help us establish direct contact with Mr. Burton to dıscuss this matter in further detail.

    Thanking you in advance

  2. Dear sir/ madam

    We are very interested to borrow or purchase the device for exhibition in Hong Kong, China, can you pls contact me ASAP, thanks!

  3. Hello

    We’d love to install one of these Waterboards at the Museum. Do you know how we can contact Mike Burton?

    Thanks