Pointe bathroom design collection by Karim Rashid x PAA Ceramics – Courtesy of Paa Ceramics.

Design. The bathroom may well be the most demanding room to get right. Technical constraints, function, aesthetics and comfort all have to coexist, in service of our most intimate daily rituals. Archipanic’s Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Enrico Zilli, has picked seven innovative collections from Cersaie, the world’s most influential ceramic and bathroom design fair.

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Piet Billekens x Super Inox

Photo by Super Inox.

High-end tap maker Super Inox presented Enigma by Piet Billekens, a stainless-steel collection suited to both architectural projects and domestic interiors. Its patented handle hides an ingenious mechanism: a slender rod pivots on a sphere, with vertical movement opening and closing the tap and horizontal movement setting the water temperature. “Enigma combines seamless, pure geometric forms with function,” explains the Dutch designer. As with all good design, the devil is in the details.

Marco Zito x AZZURRA Ceramica

Photo by AZZURRA Ceramica.

As part of the Azzurra Art capsule collection devoted to Italian fine craftsmanship, Wenice is a wash basin series by Marco Zito for AZZURRA Ceramica. It links the heritage of Murano glass with artistic ceramic production. “The affinities and emotional connections between glass and ceramics can give rise to projects in which material, colour and surface tell new stories,” Marco Zito says.

Enrico Besana x Ardeco

Photo by Ardeco.

With the Moove collection, Enrico Cesana combines circular and linear forms for Ardeco, creating a contemporary, elegant bathroom design. Generous elements build dynamic, rhythmic compositions that adapt to different spaces and everyday gestures. The modular, reconfigurable micro-system lets you tailor storage by combining elements of different sizes. Distinct 45° folding modules create varying depths, while versatile accessories can sit on base units or be wall-mounted.

Antonio Lupi

Filtro – Photo by Antonio Lupi.

Antonio Lupi presented new and updated products that continue its habit of treating sanitaryware and shower fittings almost as architectural objects. Two new hand showers turn the flexible silicone hose into a graphic, sinuous line. Filtro has a round, perforated head recalling a filter, while Filo is a slim cylinder. The hose comes in white, black and grey, and can be repositioned after use to become part of the visual composition, the everyday design bathroom as a composed scene.

Arbi

Photo by Arbi.

Arbi Arredobagno presented its ultimate collections within an exhibition space designed by Meneghello Paolelli. IBRA Shower enclosures took centre stage, with an emphasis on different configurations and customisation options. Deep amaranth, warm orange and buttery tones shaped the atmosphere, complemented by floating sculptures made from metal mesh.

Karim Rashid x PAA Ceramics

Courtesy of Paa Ceramics.

Latvian manufacturer PAA Ceramics showcased Karim Rashid‘s collections. Alba translates the American designer’s sculptural, organic language with softly rounded forms that explore the shift from rectangle to circle. The Pointe series of washbasins and hot tubs takes its cue from ballet shoes, with an unusual silhouette tapering inwards towards the top. Its sloping walls wrap around the body like a cocoon, creating an intimate, protective space for bathing and a persuasive argument for sculptural bathroom design.

Jangir Maddadi x Ceramica Flaminia

Hellas by Jangir Maddadi x Ceramica Flaminia – Photo by Ceramica Flaminia.

Ceramica Flaminia showed several new pieces inspired by Jardin Majorelle, Yves Saint Laurent’s 1930s Marrakesh residence. Among them, the Hellas countertop washbasin by Swedish-Kurdish designer Jangir Maddadi draws on classical architecture, condensing arches, columns and plinths into a compact ceramic object. Rather than applying decorative motifs, Maddadi turns these references into a three-dimensional outer shell, giving the basin a distinctly architectural presence.

Enigma by Piet Billekens x Super Inox – Photo by Super Inox.