The shape of water

VitrA has launched a new bathroom collection, courtesy of Italian designer Claudio Bellini. And while the press release might talk about ‘the fusion of organic shapes found in nature with architectural lines present in the urban environment’, PiP thinks the emphasis is more on the geometry than the curves. We’re particularly enamoured with the ‘suspended’ sinks hanging from thin, black metal rails, with integrated mirrors, downlight and towel rail (pictured). All bringing a touch of angular ‘industrial’ to the otherwise fluid ablution experience.

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Invited to create riverside public art atop London’s massive Super Sewer system upgrade, Turner Prize-shortlisted Nathan Coley butted against a rules-based world at odds with his own – but creative differences have borne fruit

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