Results: Art-Ful Water

Waiting for a train at this Osaka City Station will have you looking at the clock, but for all the right reasons. The attraction, located in the South Gate Building of the new Osaka Station City complex, consist of a large rectangular water fountain that displays a digital style time read out, moving floral patterns and falling shapes in the collapsing wall of water. Designed by the local firm Koei Industry, the fountain works using a digitally controlled printer that ejects water droplets in carefully controlled patterns to reproduce images that are stored on a PC. The water droplets are illuminated by overhead lights. Founded in 1987, Koei has produced entertainment fountains and landscape displays in various cities in Japan. Have you ever seen this fountain?

The amazing Divers Fountain in Dubai is the world's largest choreographed fountain system. It is set on the 30-acre manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It cost $218 million U.S. to create, and is one of this country's premiere tourist attractions. It was designed by WET Design, the California-based company responsible for the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel Lake in Las Vegas. Have you seen either the Divers Fountain in Dubai or the Bellagio Hotel fountains in Las Vegas?

The Tap Fountain, in Menorca, Spain is one of several similar designs in Europe (the others are in Ypres, Belgium and Bahia de Cadiz, Spain). Located in the Santa Galdana Resort area on the Spanish island of Menorca, this installation takes advantage of its design to create an optical illusion. The supports are hidden under the water that is flowing out of the tap, making it look like the faucet is floating in mid-air without any support at all. Have you ever seen any fountains of this design?