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Gerhard Busalt

19/10/2026

Gerhard Busalt is an award-winning industrial designer with a reductionist philosophy. His VITREON Steel creations explore the purity of form and the malleability of glazed steel.

A distinguished name in industrial design, Gerhard Busalt is the founder of busalt design, a multi-award-winning studio based in Traunreut, Germany. His work is guided by a deep affinity for material and a conviction that true elegance lies in reduction to the essential.

For three decades, Busalt has explored the expressive possibilities of glazed steel, most notably in his long-standing collaboration with Alape, where his sculptural washbasins and shell forms have refined the material’s quiet beauty. In 2023 Alape was acquired by Roca Group, of which LAUFEN is part, and was renamed VITREON steel.

Beyond the bathroom, Busalt has collaborated for international brands such as Bosch, Siemens, Neff, Gaggenau and Thermador. His work has been honoured with the Red Dot Award, iF Product Design Award and Good Design Award. 

VITREON steel

The VITREON Steel collection offers unique tactility, refined aesthetics and durable hygiene courtesy of glazed steel. Busalt contributed a number of revered pieces to the collection, developing a reduced form inspired by the washing dishes and pitchers from the Biedermeier era that serve as a uniting narrative arc.

Discover the complete VITREON steel collection

AQUA AND TERRA

AQUA AND TERRA is a new expression of the classic bowl in six tones that evoke the vastness of the ocean and the calmness of nature at first light.

FOLIO

FOLIO pairs clear rectangular geometry and precisely flat surfaces, achieving a pure architecture in which storage is integral to the structure. 

SONDO

SONDO presents a soft and sensual shape with clear and precise lines that gives a sense of lightness and the appearance of floating.

STREAM

STREAM creates a serene presence with its rectangular form and rounded corners, offering spacious proportions and minimalist sophistication.

CLASSICS

CLASSICS is a series of perfectly proportioned washbasins whose subdued design language makes a quiet yet enduring statement.

PICCOLO NOVO

PICCOLO NOVO is a compact and harmoniously proportioned washbasin that maximises functionality and elegance in bathrooms with finite space.

INSERT

INSERT condenses functionality in an integrated washplace with essential lines that transmit elegance in compact bathrooms.