An installation featuring basins that alter colour and water fittings set in scented spaces has been unveiled by Villeroy & Boch and Ideal Standard at Milan design week , as captured in this video produced by Dezeen.
Created with design agency Elastique , the installation transforms the brands' Milan showroom into a sequence of immersive environments combining projection, sound, texture and scent.
Visitors move through five rooms, each designed as a self-contained installation exploring bathroom design through sensory elements.
Design Continuum presents bathroom design through a sequence of sensory spaces
One of the spaces features Antao 3D, a 3D-printed washbasin prototype made from 100-per-cent-recycled ceramic.
The installation comprises a silo that releases fine sand onto a central mound, triggering projection mapping across the surrounding forms to visualise how discarded material is reprocessed into new products.
The layered surfaces of the basins emphasise this process, with visible striations…