Some people say that kitchen and bathroom are the places where can
most manifest quality of life at home, because they can reflect the function
and aesthetics everywhere.
The collection of inspiration
of designers is the biggest highlight of Kitchen Bathroom Cabinetry(KBC) this
year, which combines high-tech and stylish beauty. Works from well-known
designers from Europe and Asia are all extraordinary. They made KBC the
veritable "Bathroom Oscar".
1. French designer: Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck is one of the international most prestigious creative
designers nowadays. His design works, from the cafe sofa to toothbrush, from
small bench to housing construction, cover almost all areas. And he has very
rigorous attitude.
Works: Axor Starck Series
This bathroom series created by Philippe Starck combine the unique
design with sensatory experience of water on condition that water consumption is
very low. His bathroom design focuses on base form, which consistently has
clear functional and simple effects.
2. French designer: The Bouroullecs
The Bouroullecs, two French brothers, is one of the most popular
designer groups in the 21st century. Their designs wander between exquisite
organic form and powerful appearance. Their design feature is the ability to coruscate
fantasy and creativity. "Free! " is what Brooks brothers want to
express. It aims to combine and integrate personal items according to users
needs. Freedom is the key concept in their first design of the bathroom series.
Works: Axor Bouroullecs (Free Combination
Series)
Everyone has their own point of view on style and function.
Bouroullecs give a new concept of personalized trend through their design of bathroom
series. The series is characterized by arbitrarily combination.
3. British Architect: Zaha Hadidd
Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born British female architect, is the first
female winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She was admitted to the Architectural
Association(AA) in London to study architecture in 1972. And she graduated with
a master's degree in 1977. Since then she joined Metropolitan Architecture and
taught in academy of Architecture of AA with Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis.
Until 1987, she set up her own studio in AA.
Works: BRAVAT, " From the Future "
Series
Zaha Hadid cooperated with DIETSCHE, the German century bathroom
brand, to create a sink faucet which is full of a sense of movement and artistry
and is able to provide healthy drinking water perfectly.
Her design is inspired by the beauty of water movement. Liquidity of
sink faucet shows the tension and gorgeousness of instantaneous solidification
of liquid. The sink faucet forms a smooth curve geometry by seamless connection
of spout, body and handle. And it effectively avoid cross-infection by
separating and filtering hot and cold water. It adopts an advanced electronic
system, which can open the faucet by a highly sensitive electronic touch
button.
The sink faucet is full of sense of the future whether seeing from the
front, the back or the side of it. The core strengths of its design is that it
not only has continuity, but also can meet the ergonomic needs.
4. Japanese Designer: Oki Sat, Nendo
As a designer and architect, Oki Sato is the star of international design community and the
founder of Japanese design firm, Nendo. He was born in Toronto in 1977 and set
up a branch in Milan in 2005. He was named " Designer of the Year "
by Elle Deco and Wallpaper in 2012.
Works: LampShower Series (The
Boundaries Disappear)
Oki Sato is good at re-interpreting our familiar things, for example
the LampShower. It was designed to combine water with light in an unusual way,
so that the boundary between bathroom and other household areas disappeared.
Like Shower Products Series, many works of Nendo have their special visual
effects and transparency.
5. Chinese designer: JAMY YANG
Jamy Yang was regarded as the best Chinese
industrial designer and gained influence in the world. He won more than eighty
awards of design, including Red Dot Award, iF, Japan's G-mark, American IDEA
and Asia's Most Influential Silver Design Award.
Works: BRIZO Nourish (Let Techniques Hide)
Jamy Yang injected two themes, nature and life, technology and the
future, into design of BRIZO Nourish to let technology hide behind.
Thinking about users' habits, the top two layers can be used as small
places on which people can put some items needed to take off while washing,
such as glasses, watches.
Face to the future life, technological innovation has changed the
former way of communication between products and users. BRIZO Nourish doesn’t
have a traditional switch, but it still can be more freely adjusted the amount
of water and temperature.
Touch technology can make water come out of the third layer of faucet,
like "waterfall". It can also adjust different water temperature by
touching. At the same time, the changes from warm to cold of light source
emitted by surrounding LED lights make the water temperature visualized.
6. French designer: Jean-Marie Massaud
Jean-Marie Massaud is a well-known French architect. His nature-inspired
design makes him stand out from the traditional design style. His unique
architectural concept shows the breadth and depth of his creativity. His most
daring design project is a large football field which is a typical Massaud
style and gives person a sense of volcano in Mexico.
Works: Massaud Series
Inspired by nature, his designs seem completely unrelated with
technology. So his bathroom series design works often place emphasis on
contacting with nature.
Sink faucet body is like vine of grass. Water poured out of it is like
a waterfall. The bathroom series designed for people who love nature meet their
desire of natural harmony.
Let us fling the hustle and bustle of everyday life behind us and
place ourselves in the natural atmosphere.
