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A new, sustainable glass carafe for tap water, to be used by London’s bars, hotels and restaurants, has been unveiled by the Mayor of London and Thames Water at a busy press launch at London’s City Hall on 1 December.

The carafe, called ‘Tap Top’, from industrial designer Neil Barron, is the winning design in the London On Tap campaign competition, which challenged London-based designers to create an iconic and sustainable carafe to serve tap water across the capital.

Mayor Johnson, who presented Neil with his £5,000 prize from Thames Water, said: "I've been hugely impressed by the magnitude of London-based design talent that this fantastic carafe competition has revealed."

He told the assembled crowd that there was no water more sweet and delicious than London tap water and urged businesses across London to place orders and make tap water an easier choice.

For more on this story, please see the Dec/Jan 09 issue of cooler innovation magazine.