Touch 洗面ボウル by Bulent Unal and Elif Gunes

Touch 洗面ボウル by Bulent Unal and Elif Gunes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in バスルーム家具・衛生陶器デザイン Competition Category.

鉄衛生陶器· 2022

Touch 洗面ボウル

by Bulent Unal and Elif Gunes

Client: Atılım University

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 衛生陶器 Category

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The Design

About Touch 洗面ボウル

Touchは、大人2人が同時に使用できるよう設計された洗面ボウルです。一体型のボウルは、水の流れる動きに沿った彫刻的で流麗なフォルムを備えています。サイズは幅1250mm、奥行450mm、高さ150mm。背面に一体成形された脚部により、洗面ボウルが自立します。Touchはファインファイアクレイ製陶器で製造され、汚れが付きにくく手入れが簡単な滑らかな非付着性の釉薬で仕上げられています。そのフォルムは親密さと寄り添う関係性を表現し、見慣れた浴室の設備を美的なオブジェへと昇華させています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Touch 洗面ボウルは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Touch 洗面ボウルは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Touch 洗面ボウルは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Touch sink; while aiming to change the traditional perception of two-use washbasin with its unique form, it aims to accommodate the use of two adults in one washbasin and together with its aesthetic and functional form. It symbolizes the ideas of being together with its sculptural form and being in touch with the design approach.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions: Length: 1250 mm, Depth: 450 mm, Height: 150 mm. The packaging will be an environmentally friendly packaging that will include these dimensions optimally.
Tags: washbasin, double basin, ergonomic, functionality, sculptural, passion, to touch
Production Technology: Touch basin is produced with Fine Fire Clay (FFC) ceramic. It is then glazed with a very slippery non-stick glaze and becomes a high-performance ceramic.
Design Challenge: Semiotic science determines the colors, forms, light-shadows that the designers will use in design; He created designs with information based on the knowledge of balance and harmony created with colors, forms, light and shadows that trigger the subconscious patterns that humanity has acquired for centuries. In this way, they will create the necessary effect in the target audience and create the necessary emotion for the product to be marketed. This poses a great challenge for creativity.
Research: Easy to clean, modernism, functionalism and minimalism are on the rise in all consumer groups. However, the purpose of this design is to reflect the emotions and meanings on the form. As it is known in the signs, the denotation – emerges when the signified is perceived as it is objectively. Connotation is the implied meaning. Although the Touch washbasin is used as a washbasin for two, it is designed to express the bond, passion and togetherness between two people.
Inspiration: We are drawn to each other by love. Our shields drop, we experience excitement and a sense of oneness. We melt into each other. This closeness is reminiscent of the feeling of touching and being together. Thanks to its prestigious appearance, Touch Washbasin not only creates a sculptural visual perception in wet spaces, but also symbolizes being together in every sense. The sink concept is now turning into an aesthetic object rather than a functionality.
Project Duration: The design was started in May 2021 in Ankara
Operation Flow: Designed for two people to use together, the Touch washbasin offers its user a different bathroom and usage experience. While reflecting the passion and desire of touch between couple with its form, it has a sculptural and flowing form where aesthetics meets function. Its form is designed in accordance with the flow characteristics and behavior of water. There are integrated feet on the backs of the sinks, so they can easily stand on their own.
Team Members: Bulent Unal and Elif Gunes
Image Credits: Image #1: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal,2021.
Image #2: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2021.
Image #3: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2021.
Image #4: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2021.
Image #5: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2021.