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SaphirKeramik Sonar Washbasin bowl

Presented: imm cologne 2018, Cologne | Year of design: 2018 | Design: Patricia Urquiola

SaphirKeramik Sonar Washbasin bowl

Bath / Sanitary › Sanitary objects › Washhand basins › Single washhand basins

Patricia Urquiola creates a new world with Laufen SaphirKeramik. In cooperation with the best designers of our time, our company philosophy unites with various influences, ideas, concepts and multicultural approaches to create completely new bathroom worlds.

Moreover, the special properties of SaphirKeramik open up almost limitless possibilities for developing novel design solutions in the limited spaces of the bathroom – yet another incentive for creatives to work with Laufen.

The internationally acclaimed and eclectic designer Patricia Urquiola reveals the third generation of our SaphirKeramik project: SONAR.

Having designed the Laufen showroom in Madrid, she is now taking the extraordinary material with great sensitivity into a third dimension.

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