In the summer of 2010, prominent designers, architects, and environmentalists around New York City received a small paper booklet in the mail filled with realistic renderings of a cross-shaped swimming pool floating between Brooklyn and Manhattan, filtering the polluted water of the East River through its walls. The cover read: "+POOL: A Floating Pool In New York For Everyone."
Within a few days, the +POOL project started getting attention from the press. The founders, a trio of New York-based designers, raised $41,647 through Kickstarter in the summer of 2011, which led to even more accolades from the likes of Jay-Z, TEDx, and mayors of cities around the world. Environmentalists and designers started referring to it as an example of...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/25/4462344/plus-pool-kickstarter-reality-or-fantasy
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