A Brilliant Cooling Concept
Austria’s Clay Cooler Is the AC Killer Nobody Saw Coming - Yanko Design
https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/06/18/austrias-clay-cooler-is-the-ac-killer-nobody-saw-coming/
Every summer, the conversation around air conditioning goes roughly the same way. It's hot, we turn on the AC, the electricity bill spikes, and we quietly wonder if there's a better way while doing absolutely nothing about it. A design student from Austria named Katja Posch decided to actually do something about it. The result
Filed June 18, 2026 at 7:35 am
What if you could cool your room without heating the planet? That's the question answered by a design student from Austria named Katja Posch. The "MALU" was her master's thesis. A deliberately simple and sustainable cooling system that works with or without powering the fan because it "breathes" on its own. Brilliant.