Objects / 2011

Cube & Dot

Bathroom collections · KALE

CUBE & DOT / KALE

Two bathroom collections for KALE. Faceted geometry and circular relief become tools for composing a space.

ABOUT THE WORK

Designed as complete systems of ceramic surfaces, washbasins and furniture. Cube and Dot bring depth, light and individual expression to the bathroom.

01 / CUBE COLLECTION

Cube.

Cube turns colour and volume into a kit for shaping space. Faceted ceramic modules animate the wall in changing light, while the same precise geometry continues through washbasins and mobile storage.

Cube washbasin and cabinets presented against the modular tile wall — CATALOG / WASHBASIN + CABINET SYSTEM

Overhead catalog view of the Cube washbasin and illuminated mirror — CUBE WASHBASIN / OVERHEAD STUDY

Catalog detail of the Cube cabinet and mobile storage module — CABINETS / FIXED + MOBILE MODULES

White Cube washbasin shown as a freestanding geometric object — CUBE WASHBASIN / GEOMETRY CONTINUED INTO OBJECT

Cube tiles used as a sculptural kitchen backsplash — CUBE / A LIVING ARCHITECTURAL SURFACE

CUBE / DEVELOPMENT

In the workshop.

The collection was resolved as furniture and architecture, not only as a graphic idea. Full-size workshop prototypes tested proportion, mobility, storage and how the cubic language would meet the body.

Detail of Cube modular cabinet prototypes during development — DETAIL / MODULE, PROPORTION, MOBILITY

02 / DOT COLLECTION

Dot.

Dot begins with a single circular interruption in a quiet field. Repeated, mixed or accented with reflective finishes, it becomes a softer language of depth, touch and personal composition.

Dot collection campaign portrait against a tactile white wall — DOT / A QUIET FIELD, ACTIVATED BY TOUCH

Dot bathroom collection installed in a luminous white interior — DOT / COMPLETE BATHROOM COLLECTION

Dot washbasin and cabinets in the original collection catalog — CATALOG / DOT WASHBASIN + CABINETS

Overhead view of the circular Dot sink and wood cabinet — DOT SINK / OVERHEAD VIEW

Reflective circular Dot tiles — DOT / REFLECTIVE SURFACES

DOT / IN ARCHITECTURE

Planchonella
House.

At Planchonella House in Australia, the circular relief leaves the showroom and enters a lush, lived environment. The white surface catches tropical light while remaining calm enough to sit beside glass, timber and dense vegetation.

Dot on the cover of Take a Bath / Gestalten ↗

PLANCHONELLA HOUSE / DOT IN USE

Bathroom at Planchonella House using Dot tiles beside tropical planting — REAL-WORLD APPLICATION / BATH

Dot tiled shower opening toward the forest at Planchonella House — REAL-WORLD APPLICATION / SHOWER

RECOGNITION / CUBE & DOT

CUBE + DOT / TOGETHER

KALE / 2011

Cube & Dot for KALE. Recognised by the iF Product Design Award, Red Dot Design Award and ELLE Deco International Design Awards.

Tamer Nakisci presenting Cube and Dot at the KALE collection launch — COLLECTION LAUNCH / KALE

Cube and Dot recognition displayed among design awards — RECOGNITION / RED DOT + IF DESIGN AWARDS

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