Helmut Smits turns a critical eye to consumer culture and the ubiquity of Coca-Cola in "The Real Thing," a distilling installation that turns Coca-Cola back into clean drinking water. Made possible by Synthetic Organic Chemistry Group, University of Amsterdam and TU/e. Photo by Ronald Smits Photo 13 of 13 in A Crowd-Sourced Exhibition of Solutions for the Future by Heather Corcoran

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Helmut Smits turns a critical eye to consumer culture and the ubiquity of Coca-Cola in "The Real Thing," a distilling installation that turns Coca-Cola back into clean drinking water. Made possible by Synthetic Organic Chemistry Group, University of Amsterdam and TU/e. Photo by Ronald Smits