Formation 01 Paipa Suāvai o le Faletāele by Samuel Ross is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Platinamu in Mea Tumama Competition Category.
PlatinamuMea Tumama· 2024
Formation 01 Paipa Suāvai o le Faletāele
by Samuel Ross
Client: Kohler and SR_A
A' Design Award Platinamu Winner in Mea Tumama Category
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The Design
About Formation 01 Paipa Suāvai o le Faletāele
O le Formation 01 o se paipa suāvai o le faletāele e faatapulaaina lona gaosiga. O le mamanu e tuufaatasia ai se foliga faatagata ma le inisinia maualuga, ma e faia mai le Neolast, o se mea faufale tuufaatasi e mafai ai ona maua se foliga eseese e lei faamoemoeina ma lanu loloto ma matagofie. O tulimanu mataina ma le lanu Moli Haptic malosi e ese mai i faamoemoega masani mo se paipa suāvai. O se auala o le suāvai i totonu na lolomi i le 3D e fatuina ai se tafega laulelei o le vai. O se ipu puipui uamea ua faailogaina e faasino i se talafaasolopito umi o le suia fou o meafaitino. O le paipa suāvai e 300 mm le lautele, 207 mm le loloto ma le 135 mm le maualuga.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Platinamu
O le A' Design Award Platinamu na manumalo ai Formation 01 Paipa Suāvai o le Faletāele, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu e moni lava ona ese, matagofie ma mataʻina. O ē manumalo i le Platinamu o mea ofoofogia o le faatufugaga, o molimau o tapulaʻa o le mafaufau fatufatuaʻi, ma e faaalia ai le tomai faapolofesa e le mafaatusalia ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina nei mamanu e avea ma galuega sili ona lauiloa e faamatalaina ai le matagofie o le vaitaimi, saunoa i le manuia o le sosaiete ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Formation 01 Paipa Suāvai o le Faletāele e faaalia ai se tulaga maoaʻe o le lelei ma e leai se mea e fesiligia, e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei i ona uiga aogā ma taua. Formation 01 Paipa Suāvai o le Faletāele o se galuega na manumalo i le A' Design Award Platinamu e fafagu ai manaʻoga, faaosofia, faaoloa ai le fiafia, ma tupu ai le fiafia tele.
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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