It stands where a lamp would stand. At night it is the warmest thing in the room, and the only sound it makes is air.
A screen of linen over a body of walnut. Nothing chrome, no vents cut into the front, no display counting particles at you. The glow is the interface.
Mountain, wind, and the letter A.
Three things in one figure — a ridgeline, the air moving across it, and the letter the name begins with, drawn in parametric strokes so the wind is what you notice first.
Water does the work.
Conventional purifiers intercept. A filter catches what is large enough to be caught, lets the rest through, and is eventually thrown away carrying the plastic of dozens of bottles.
Shoji draws the room's air down through water instead — a protected method borrowed from heavy industry, where gas streams have been washed this way for a century. No cartridge, no replacement, no schedule to keep. You fill it, and you empty it.
- Patent
- PI2023005039
- Protection
- 18 years from 2023
- Consumables
- Water
The light is the only readout.
One ring around the top plate, three things to know.
The prototype runs.
It is not for sale yet. The technology is patented, and we are talking to the people who could build it.