We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. about their original and creative Shower system design work. RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original shower system works.
RUBINETTERIE ZAZZERI S.p.A. ("RZS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Obliqua Shower system . Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
RZS : The inspiration came from an architectural Renaissance element, the “lesene”. Obliqua had to be a really thin steel lesene with a little thickness in all its parts, including the part outside the wall; a light element with dimensions that could fit every single bathroom
RZS : I would describe it as the expression of a new shower concept, with a low impact and an extreme simplicity
RZS : The starting idea was to have an almost invisible object, able to create a new relation between the shower space and the water. Using some new technical solutions we have been able to adapt this idea to reality and to bring Obliqua to life, optimizing dimensions and thicknesses
RZS : The Flyfall® system is probably the most interesting feature of this element. Using it, all the models, both having straight or oblique nozzle, are able to maintain the water fall close to wall, maximizing the shower box space
RZS : My personal idea and final goal when I design and draw something is to obtain objects always able to integrate in every situation and location, easy in their shape but strong enough to communicate simplicity, grace and elegance. This is why I think that Obliqua best represents my design vision and its realiziton
