Well, the wait is finally over. We officially started shipping out the KOR ONE to all the loyal folks who have been waiting for one of their own. If you followed the saga of our launch on this blog, you are no doubt aware that the ride was a bit bumpy. But we’re happy [...]
KOR recently had the chance to tell our story at the annual, National Conference of the IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) which was themed “Polar Opposites”. If there were ever a “polar opposite”, it has to be bottled water and the environment.
When we started KOR, one of our goals was to transform the lowly water bottle into a fashion accessory. So when the folks at New York City’s Nolcha Fashion Week asked us if we’d be interested in debuting the KOR ONE there, we jumped at the chance. Flying into the city, we have to admit [...]
We recently attended the New York premiere of FLOW (for the Love of Water), a terrific new documentary about the science, economics and politics of water. The film opens with a quote from the poet W.H. Auden that says it all: “Thousands have lived without love, but none without water.” From there we embark on [...]
We admit it, we messed up. Back in June, as sample KOR ONE units were rolling off the production line, everything looked good for an August first launch. The ONE just needed a little fine tuning to give it the precision feel we had set out to achieve from the beginning. We consulted with our [...]
Good things take time. The KOR ONE Vessel has been in development since 2005 and (seriously folks) is just moments away from launching. Our relationship with world-renowned design firm RKS has also blossomed into a deep partnership focused around KOR’s mission of sustainable, personal hydration. Today we jointly announced KOR and RKS will partner in [...]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Wetlands, but Were Afraid to Ask
20 Aug
Posted by Paul as Health, Sustainability
While we here in California suffer from our worst drought in years, residents of the Midwest face a different set of water issues. We recently got a firsthand view of these from our friends at the Chicago-based Wetlands Initiative. As John Sentell, TWI’s Executive Vice President explains, “Wetlands play an important role in healthy ecosystems [...]
“S.E.T.” Standards - Sustainable, Ethical and Transparent
05 Aug
Posted by Eric as Sustainability, kor water
I just returned from our Nypro, ISO-14001 certified production plant in Monterrey, Mexico as we get ready to launch production of the KOR ONE. Pictured with me above is Jon Rolland (right), Global Program Manager for Massachusetts, US-based Nypro.
As a new company, our team at KOR Water has incorporated what we call “SET” Standards. That [...]
In what has to be one of the biggest ironies a new study is reporting that heavy use of bottled water can lead to “smokers lips”. Frequent “puckering” of one’s lips to drink from bottled water bottles can create a similar pattern of wrinkles found on the faces of long-term, heavy smokers. The following video [...]