Twenty years after it was first introduced, one of LAUFEN’s most successful collections has been thoughtfully reimagined for the contemporary bathroom: featuring lighter shapes, innovative materials and a range of new bathroom technologies.
First launched at Milan Design Week in 2002, ILBAGNOALESSI is the result of a collaboration between the legendary Italian brand Alessi and LAUFEN. Under the creative lead of designer Stefano Giovannoni, the two partners achieved one of the most complete collections ever made at an industrial level, including washbasins, tubs, shower enclosures, furniture, taps, and accessories. ILBAGNOALESSI represented an entirely new approach to the design of the bathroom: a holistic and complete collection of elements that can be freely combined to create exceptional interiors. In the collection, viewers will be surprised to see how technological advances in bathroom objects and furniture, like the new high-tech mirror, have developed over the years.
Likewise, innovations in the ceramics industry have shaken up the way objects are designed and manufactured. One of these innovations is LAUFEN’s patented SaphirKeramik. This revolutionary, ceramic material reaches its exceptional hardness through a blend with corundum, a colourless mineral, which is a component of sapphires. This gives SaphirKeramik a flexural strength equal to that of steel, lending designers almost infinite freedom to experiment. Applying SaphirKeramik to ILBAGNOALESSI enabled Stefano Giovannoni and LAUFEN to create new, lighter and thinner shapes – all while maintaining the original design language. Following LAUFEN’s ambition to offer complete and harmonious bathroom solutions, ILBAGNOALESSI was also extended with carefully crafted furnishing elements, state-of-the-art bathroom technology, and new colours and finishes.
ILBAGNOALESSI offers both enjoyment of the classics and the experience of something that is both artistic and new. The entire suite of objects includes carefully crafted furnishing elements, state-of-the-art bathroom technology, and new finishes and colours. We look forward to having you view the collection with us at LAUFEN. If you can’t make it in to one of our spaces, you can view the collection online at laufen.com.