The Gravity of Illusion: Dysons Mysterious Garden Fountain

A simple water feature can take an ordinary deck and turn it into something magnificent. But a water feature fashioned by celebrated industrial designer James Dyson (of Dyson vacuums fame) is bound to be the most unforgettable water feature ever. This fountain part of an overall garden design dubbed !The "rong #arden $ was created by Dyson for the %oyal &orticultural 'ociety(s )**+ ,helsea -lower 'how. .ike everything else designed by Dyson it accomplishes a seemingly impossible task with highly astonishing style/ in this case it makes water flow uphill.

Dyson(s inspiration for the highly unusual outdoor fountain was 0.,. 1scher(s !"aterfall $ an illustration in which a stream of water seemingly breaks the laws of physics. .ikewise Dyson(s fountain looks like it somehow e2ists in a loophole where gravity has no control over the flow of water. A constant stream seemingly flows up the long surfaces of four triangular water tanks before spilling off of the highest points.

The secret is deceptively simple/ the water is actually flowing inside and through the tanks and being propelled through small openings at the highest corner of the tanks. The stream flowing !up$ the tanks is actually flowing down after spilling through the openings but the illusion is so effective that it is hard to identify the trick even when looking right at it. "ill we see home versions of the baffling illusion anytime soon3 4eople involved in the Dyson pro5ect think it could be recreated on a smaller scale even though they are unwilling to share e2actly how the illusion was achieved. 6ntil the vacuum giant starts selling a D78 kit duplicators are on their own.