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At IdeaFactory, we love when ideas leap out of the ordinary—and Saloorappoyka is exactly that kind of leap. What began as a simple thought—“What if a pond could be a frog?”—turned into one of Satva Designs’ most playful and talked-about landscaping experiments. Saloorappoyka isn’t just a water feature; it’s a character. A large, friendly frog sculpted into the land, its wide mouth open in welcome, its tongue imagined as the water body itself. This project wasn’t about form alone. It was about feeling. How do you take something small, even slightly intimidating—like a frog—and scale it up without losing its charm? How do you make it lovable, interactive, and full of personality? That was the design challenge. And the result is a pond that smiles back. Visitors can sit on the edge of the frog’s mouth, dangle their feet into the cool, reflective water, and momentarily step into a world where nature and imagination blend seamlessly. Keep your legs inside the pond and you might even get a ...