Emotional design

Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is my favourite landscape design in London becuase this brilliant water feature successfully communicates with visitors.

Diana was the best loved princess in Britain and the fountain is a monument in Hyde Park for her.

I believe good design is offering great experience to user(visitors). Gustafson Poter succeed in evocating Diana's soft character and her ethical activities through using water. The most impressive fact is that the physical elements of fountain design such as smooth shape of the fountain, or materials enable people to move emotionally! I believe it is the power of good design.

Particulary, I suppose the design for peaceful sound from flowing water was best idea to reflect Diana's character. In order to make various kind of water flowing sound, they designed different depth and different width depends on the part of the fountain.




Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain

Location: Hyde Park, London, UK
Completion Year: 2004
Designer: Gustafson Porter