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BATHROOMS

Zencha by Sebastian Herkner

A homage to mindfulness and traditional craftsmanship

Perfectly balanced bathroom design that always wanted to develop a bathroom
flatters the senses with tactile surfaces series for Duravit,” said the designer from
• Inspired by Japanese rituals and Offenbach. He can now take his place in
craftsmanship the roll-call of renowned designers such
• Organically shaped sanitary objects as Philippe Starck and Cecilie Manz who
• Minimalistic, modular storage have designed collections for the German
furniture manufacturer.
• Selected finishes from wood to Sebastian Herkner
textured glass Striking & delicate: the design by Gaby Gerster
• High-quality materials such as The bathroom is one of the most
DuraCeram® and DuraSolid® for important rooms in the house. It is
optimum look and feel increasingly becoming a place of retreat The straight-lined design of the
• Bathtubs with a pool-like feeling and ritual. With its balanced shapes, furniture creates an intriguing contrast
colours, and materials, Zencha appeals to to the organic sanitary objects and
The outstanding design of the Zencha all of our senses. The inspiration for the complements the collection’s subtle
bathroom collection by Sebastian design are hand-made ceramic teacups material and colour concept. The
Herkner was inspired by traditional that the designer discovered in Japan. outstanding design feature here is an
Japanese rituals and craftmanship, and Their gentle, organic shapes are transposed elegant frame just six millimetres thick. It
combines unusual above-counter basins on to the sanitary objects in abstract form. creates a uniform shadow gap that lends
with minimalistic furniture. The most Designed as cambered rectangles, they are the furniture a graceful and effortless feel.
striking feature of the basins and bathtub bulbous at the bottom and taper upwards “You can only manufacture technically
is the rounded shape that opens into with an elegant curve. The materials sophisticated solutions like this in a
a graceful, outward-curving edge. The used are equally sensual, with basins consistent quality if, like Duravit, you
dual-walled sanitary objects made from manufactured from DuraCeram®. This have your own manufacturing facilities
DuraCeram® and DuraSolid® are paired material enables above-counter basins with the corresponding expertise and high
with modular, geometric bathroom with an extremely thin rim thickness to be levels of craftsmanship,” said Herkner.
furniture with an elegant frame. The created that are robust and extremely easy
furniture is made from materials such to care for. Seamlessly manufactured from Multi-faceted & functional: modular
as wood and textured glass and not only DuraSolid®, the bathtubs impress with furniture elements
offers plenty of storage space, but is also their pleasantly warm feel and elegant The furniture of the Zencha collection
extremely pleasant to the touch. “I’ve matt aesthetic. is designed in a modular fashion and

The furniture of the Zencha collection is designed in a modular fashion
and can be deployed in a variety of ways, for instance as open shelves or
drawers with push-open and self-closing technology. (carcass White Super
Matt, front Natural Oak)

The outstanding design of the Zencha bathroom collection by Sebastian
Herkner was inspired by traditional Japanese rituals and craftsmanship
and combines unusual above-counter basins with minimalistic furniture.
(carcass Graphite Super Matt, front Black Oak)

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