-
Michelle Hammerton
Energy and Sustainability Scientist
Progressive problem solver using initiative and innovation to meet challenges, working towards closing the nutrients cycle at De Ceuvel by optimizing the nutrient recovery from urine-based fertilizer.
-
The Big Blue
Sustainable and financially profitable sanitation
Three years ago, an off-grid closed-system toilet known as the Blue Diversion won an award in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinventing the Toilet"-challenge. It has also won the title of...
-
Paruresis
Bashful Bladder
When we enter a restroom that is occupied by others, many of us don't fret, we simply go about our business. Unfortunately, for some, this is not an option. In fact, even a restroom with just one...
-
Pop-up Urinals
Public convenience by the push of a button
This public urinal hides in plain sight during the day, and rises for the occasion at night. With room for three, the urinal provides ample opportunity and encouragement for male citizens to do their...
-
Emma T. Gaskell
Born and raised in central New York. I have a background of many interests including artistic design, equestrian sport, health and nutrition. After I received my Bachelor's degree in Health and...
-
PeeBack Time
St. Pauli residents fight back against public pissing
That moment when there is a long line to the toilets and you need to pee, not in a few minutes but right, this, second. Okay, for the social event goers, the occasional slip outside between the cars...
-
Extra Kak #3
The colorful bad boy of Dutch fashion takes on human waste
In Bas Kosters' fanzine/magazine/anti-magazine Extra Kak you find content like that of no other publication. Between women pissing on Lionel Richie (hello, is it pee you're looking for?) and graphic...
-
Urine implants?
Caution: after reading this article you will rush, headlong, to brush your teeth.
Pis’ blog’s returning readers must be hard to surprise: they are already well-aware of urine-powered mobile phones, pee tea, pee fonts, furniture made out of pee and other fruits of humans’ insanity.
-
Taking a stand
Challenging female urination through a South Korean lens
When urine leaves the body, it connects the internal with the external. The space between the two is no longer a void, but a bodily function for men and women alike. South Korean artist Jia Chang...
-
Oo, Oo That Smell
What is that distinct smell after enjoying a plate of this green veggie?
Asparagus. A lean, green vegetable with a dramatic list of healthy benefits. Many people are aware that asparagus is heart healthy, high in antioxidants, contains characteristics to heighten your...
-
The Art of Peeing
A very personal way to create a font
There are loads of different typefaces. You can find them made out of gummibears, cats and even meat. Humans: you think it and it's made. Artist Aravindan Thirunavukarasu also wanted to design his...
-
Theo Brandwijk
A self-proclaimed "wildplaskunstenaar"(outdoor pee-artist), who utilises urine as both an artistic medium and a design subject.
-
Brigette Bloom
Pee, soak, dry and use
A project that started as an accident and ended up being a new way of making pictures personal.
-
Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Using Urine in Smarter Ways
- Pis’talk 1: Hugo Cortial, André Marques Arsénio and Janna Coomans30Apr 2015You never really get to talk about piss, do you? Well, at Mediamatic, we do. Kicking off the first Pis’talk, a series of lectures that explore urine in a broad cultural and contextual sense. The...
-
Short supply
Sustainable water systems
When resources are scarce, improvisations are needed. A research team from TU Delft is currently researching the possibilities for sustainable water system for developing countries. Such a system...
-
Wildplaskunstenaar
The art of peeing on walls
When a group of young friends are drinking on the streets, there inevitably comes a point where at least one of them needs to pee. For Theo Brandwijk the basic need originally inspired a friendly...
-
Painting in pee
Warhol's Oxidations
Made up of soft coppery yellows, oranges, blacks and greens, the pools and drips of Andy Warhol's oxidized works represent quite a different take on the artist, than his (in)famous pop-art. The...
-
Peeing in the Shower
Who knew your shower time could get any cleaner?
Before you react with an "ew, gross!" just think of all the positive effects that peeing in the shower would have on you and the environment. Also, be honest now. Have you never once relieved your...
-
Pollee
Urinals not meant for men.
Remember standing in line for a hot, smelly porta potty for what seemed like hours, just because it was either that or a sneaky pee in the bushes? Well, never again: the Copenhagen-based design...
-
Peter Trimble
Furniture made out of sand, urine and bacteria.
Did you ever wonder about the power of your pee? Peter Trimble did. For his thesis project he investigated the possibilities of bacteria and the urea found in urine. What he found was a way to...
-
Public Convenience
Hygienic, Portable Urinals for Men AND Women
The team of UiWe have taken to the streets in hopes of improving the experience of outdoor bathrooms for event go-er's and all around urban convenience.
-
Rhythm of Life
From the water of life
Through the combined narratives of traditional Chinese medicine and modern technology, Thought Collider's Aqua Vita-project visualises personal metabolic development and health with the help of their...
-
Prope(e)r
Portable urinals for women.
Shout out to all the ladies out there! Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you've really had "to go" and there as not been a convenient bathroom within reach? Maybe you were on a road...
-
Disruptive nightlights
A fluorescent stand against public urination
Putting a rather lustrous spotlight on a seemingly unnoticed problem in Madrid, Luzinterruptus took it upon themselves to draw attention to some people's use of the public spaces as personal...