Formation 01 浴室水龍頭 by Samuel Ross is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 白金獎 in 衞生潔具設計 Competition Category.

白金衞生潔具· 2024

Formation 01 浴室水龍頭

by Samuel Ross

Client: Kohler and SR_A

A' Design Award 白金獎 Winner in 衞生潔具 Category

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The Design

About Formation 01 浴室水龍頭

Formation 01 係一款限量版浴室水龍頭。設計將雕塑感造型同先進工程技術結合，採用Neolast複合材料製造，呈現出意想不到嘅質感同豐富飽和嘅色彩。鮮明嘅角度線條配合大膽嘅觸感橙色（Haptic Orange）飾面，突破咗傳統水龍頭嘅固有印象。3D打印嘅內部水道令水流形成片狀流動效果。壓花鑄鐵裝飾底盤則呼應咗悠久嘅材料創新歷史。呢款水龍頭闊300毫米、深207毫米、高135毫米。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 白金獎

Formation 01 浴室水龍頭是 A' Design Award 白金獎得主，這是授予真正卓越、優雅和宏偉設計的極具聲望的認可。白金獎得主是創造的奇蹟，是智力創造力極限的見證，展現出其設計師無與倫比的專業精神和天才。這些設計被期待成為定義一個時代的美學、造福社會、並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術界限的最負盛名的作品。Formation 01 浴室水龍頭展現出超凡脫俗的卓越水準，以其有益而寶貴的特質毫無疑問地讓世界變得更美好。Formation 01 浴室水龍頭是一件贏得 A' Design Award 白金獎的作品，它喚起慾望，啟發人心，令人愉悅，並迸發出巨大的喜悅。

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