It seems as if designer Naoto Fukasawa can do it all. While he’s of Japanese extraction, and thus would seem to possess an intrinsic talent for clean, geometric lines and minimal adornment, he can also go full-on organic and curvaceous. Take a gander at his recent re-visiting of the iconic Grande Papilio to see whereof I speak. His latest, the AF/21 collection of taps and mixers for Aboutwater, is a synthesis of natural functionality and derived simplicity. The series of fixtures for tub and shower are crisp and cool like a drop of rain—they “embody purity through their gently curved lines and simple details.” Read more…
Rubinetterie Ritmonio wants everybody to know that “if you have an eye for the innovative, you are sure to love the new Tac Tac, folding kitchen faucet.” To which declaration I respond, “we have and we do,” even if the observation is made virtually. Read more…
It’s about time designers started thinking wholistically—after all, a good design is made up of more than its parts. This is especially true in the bathroom, where products have historically been produced in isolation, Read more…
A great man once said, “in order to lively wisely one must live well.” Or was it “in order to live well one must live wisely?” Or perhaps the aphorism went “a wise man once said, in order to live well one must live greatly.” Let’s dispense with this confusion and go with number one, for it’s a deft summation of a sentiment apropos of design: Read more…
The seamless form is a fluid union of the spout, body and handle: all in one. Hadid’s research on the complexity of curvilinear geometry manifests itself in the new Triflow tap, which takes inspiration from the fluid movement of water. Read more…
Victor Carrasco’s voluminous washbasin for manufacturer Boffi—appropriately designated VOL—is one part industrial functionality and two parts contemporary elegance. If, that is, your design parlance equates Read more…
Although seductive scenes in bathtubs have become rather cliché, a bathtub described as “a seductive sculpture for the modern bathroom,” is something out of the ordinary. Scoop, the monobloc bathtub designed by Read more…
