Mathieu Lehanneur's 'Andrea'

Andrea, an air purification system designed by Mathieu Lehanneur in partnership with David Edwards of Harvard University, elevates the status of household plant to functional art piece.

The system works by drawing air through a body of water via intake fan where solid particles (dust, pollen, etc) are captured. The interior air, laden with the toxic off-gases of consumer and industrial products poses a threat to human health. Andrea pulls this air in through its root system and leaves before allowing it to reenter the room, cleansed. The tests have shown it to preform immensely better than similar carbon based models. Initial results have indicated as much as 80% of a noxious gas removed through one pass.

[images courtesy of www.mathieulehanneur.com/]