Formation 01 Kīwī Wai Lumi ʻAuʻau by Samuel Ross is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Palatina in Hoʻolālā Lako Lumi ʻAuʻau a me Lako Maʻemaʻe Competition Category.
PalatinaLako Maʻemaʻe· 2024
Formation 01 Kīwī Wai Lumi ʻAuʻau
by Samuel Ross
Client: Kohler and SR_A
A' Design Award Palatina Winner in Lako Maʻemaʻe Category
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About Formation 01 Kīwī Wai Lumi ʻAuʻau
ʻO Formation 01 he kīwī wai lumi ʻauʻau i hana ʻia ma ka helu palena ʻia. Hoʻohui kēia hoʻolālā i ke kino kālai kiʻi me ka ʻenekinia holomua, a ua hana ʻia mai ka Neolast, he waihoʻoluʻu hui ʻia e hiki ai ke loaʻa kahi ʻili hoʻohālikelike ʻole ʻia a me nā waihoʻoluʻu piha a nui. ʻO nā kihi ʻokoʻa a me ka hoʻopau ʻana ʻo Haptic Orange ʻalani wiwo ʻole e kaʻawale ana mai nā manaʻo kuʻuna no ke kīwī wai. Hana ka ala wai kūloko i paʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano 3D i kahi kahe wai like me ka pepa. Hōʻike ka pā escutcheon hao hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i kālai ʻia i ka mōʻaukala lōʻihi o ka hoʻokumu hou ʻana i nā mea hana. He 300 mm ka laulā o ke kīwī wai, he 207 mm ka hohonu, a he 135 mm ke kiʻekiʻe.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Palatina
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Formation 01 Kīwī Wai Lumi ʻAuʻau i ka A' Design Award Palatina, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā ʻoiaʻiʻo loa ka kūʻokoʻa, ka nani a me ka kamahaʻo. He mau mea kupaianaha o ka hana noʻeau nā lanakila Palatina, he mau hōʻike o nā palena o ka noʻonoʻo hana noʻeau, a hōʻike lākou i ka ʻoihana ʻoi aku a me ka ʻuhane akamai o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia mau hoʻolālā nā hana kaulana loa e wehewehe ana i ka nani o kekahi au, kōkua i ke ola pono o ke kaiāulu a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. Hōʻike ka hoʻolālā Formation 01 Kīwī Wai Lumi ʻAuʻau i ke kūlana ʻoi kelakela i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka palena a hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole ʻole i ka honua ma o kona mau ʻano pōmaikaʻi a waiwai. He hana ka hoʻolālā Formation 01 Kīwī Wai Lumi ʻAuʻau i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Palatina e hoʻāla i ka makemake, hoʻoulu, hoʻoikaika, hoʻohauʻoli a hoʻā i ka hauʻoli nui.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The product’s striking angles and industrial bold Haptic
Orange color defy the traditional expectations of a bathroom faucet. The Kohler x SR_A collaboration embraces Samuel’s avant-garde artistic approach while honoring Kohler’s 150-year legacy of innovation and craftsmanship in the development of a new design language for water solutions. This new limited-edition faucet challenges how we engage daily with the form and function of an everyday object by pushing the boundaries of materials, forms, and colors. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 300mm Depth 207mm Height 135mm
- Tags
- Formation 01, Neolast, Haptic Orange, SR_A, Waterfall, Composite, 3D-printing
- Production Technology
- To realize Samuel Ross’ creative vision, Kohler invited him to explore an advanced new composite material that offers boundless form, unexpected texture, and rich, saturated colors. A 3D-printed internal waterway was developed to accomplish the unique sheet flow effect. An embossed cast iron escutcheon plate celebrates our collaboration in an homage to Kohler’s history of material innovation.
- Inspiration
- Combining dynamic gesture with advanced engineering, Formation 01 takes a familiar object and reimagines it as a functional sculpture in Kohler's dynamic Neolast composite material.
- Project Duration
- This project was initiated in late 2022 with collaboration between Kohler and SR_A's studios in the US and UK, respectively. The project launched at Design:Miami in 2023.
- Patents
- Patent: US20240044347A1 filed for Kohler Co. by Brian Douglas Renzelman, Andrew James Stokes, Joel Aldebaran Salazar Elorza, and Gary Clarke. Filed July 2023 in the USA
- Team Members
- SR_A
Kohler Co. - Image Credits
- All image credits to Kohler Co., 2023
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