Interview with sieger Design about the Future of the Bathroom
with the Viu ceramics
range, the XViu furniture range, and the matching bathtubs, Duravit and sieger
design present a complete bathroom range that exudes forward-looking design.
Q.The briefing from
Duravit for the new Viu/XViu range included the intention to effect a paradigm
shift, essentially to glimpse the future of the bathroom. Were you surprised?
Christian Sieger:
Definitely. The visionary look to the future stated in the briefing indicated a
progressive and initially also surprising approach - which also extended to
consumer electronics or the automotive sector, i.e. highly complex consumer
products. Transposing these benchmarks to the bathroom context gave us a clear
idea of where we needed to be heading.
Q.What is the approach
to Viu/XViu? And how did you find the subsequent discussions with Duravit?
Michael Sieger: With the
development of Viu, we are meeting the changing demands on today's bathroom and
continuing its evolution. Over the last ten to fifteen years, the bathroom has
developed into a homely space, which has also changed the requirements as
regards the equipment features. A washbasin or a bathtub is now seen as more of
a piece of furniture than a sanitary product.
Christian Sieger: The
openness with which we discussed our ideas and designs, and the opportunity we
had to completely rethink the bathroom and bathroom products, created a really
exciting process.
Michael and Christian
Sieger
Q.For you, what is the
stand-out feature of Viu/XViu?
Michael Sieger: For us,
Viu/XViu combines a high level of modernity, precision and accuracy with a
similarly high level of longevity, elegance and quality. Through the
combination of ceramic and vanity unit with the c-bonded technology, we have
achieved a level of precision rarely seen in ceramics, and this has really
raised the bar in terms of sanitary design.
Christian Sieger: The
perfection of a product is contained in the many aspects that you only notice
on the second look - e.g. the pretty inner lining of a suit jacket, the open
engine compartment of a vehicle. We made that our motto with Viu/XViu. When I
lie in the bathtub, I have a completely different perspective, for instance of
the underside of the washbasin, and we wanted to take that into account, too.
It was at the front of our mind for every last detail of the series.
Q.How would you describe
the look of Viu/XViu?
Christian Sieger: We
consider Viu/XViu to have more of an industrial look, which is also expressed
in its colour. The marked linearity of the range is amplified by the materials
and surfaces that we employed. Some of the products also sport futuristic
features, without losing sight of the present. This lends the range a very
strong expressive quality. For me, overall the range has a very metropolitan
aesthetic.
Q. To what extent does
Viu/XViu bring us closer to the bathroom of the future?
Michael Sieger: I think
that with Viu/XViu we are throwing open a new door in terms of bathroom design.
The range underlines the fact that the bathroom of today and the future shares
characteristics with the living room and shows the direction in which we will
develop.
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Great bathroom!
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