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2 Shanghai, China London, UK Moscow, Russia Istanbul, Turkey Becići Budva, Montenegro THE LANDMARK London, UK Page IFEN HOTEL Kleinwalsertal, Austria Page RADISSON ROYAL HOTEL Moscow, Russia Page SPLENDID CONFERENCE & SPA RESORT Becići - Budva, Montenegro Page SAPPHIRE Istanbul, Turkey Page OCEAN ONE Shanghai, China Page 6 9 Kleinwalsertal, Austria Nice, France Interview HOTEL NEGRESCO Nice, France Page THE PIERRE New York, USA LE MERIDIEN CHAMBERS Minneapolis, USA HILTON HEATHROW TERMINAL 5 London, UK HILTON CANARY WHARF London, UK HILTON PARK LANE London, UK THE GOVERNOR SPA PARK LANE London, UK ONE HYDE PARK London, UK LEOPOLIS HOTEL Lviv, Ukraine MANDARIN ORIENTAL Prague, Czech Republic HOTEL VIER JAHRESZEITEN KEMPINSKI Munich, Germany PENINSULA Paris, France CONCORDE LAFAYETTE Paris, France CHARLES DE GAULLE Paris, France HOTEL HERMITAGE Monte-Carlo, Monaco GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM Bilbao, Spain HOTEL PUERTA AMERICA Madrid, Spain PALAU DE LES ARTS REINA SOFIA Valencia, Spain GRAND HOTEL SAVOIA Genua, Italy ASTRA MONTENEGRO Budva, Montenegro POINT HOTEL Istanbul, Turkey SELENIUM TWIN TOWERS Istanbul, Turkey HYATT REGENCY ISTANBUL Istanbul, Turkey FAIRMONT HELIOPOLIS HOTEL Cairo, Egypt MARRIOTT HOTEL Cairo, Egypt BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Beirut, Lebanon KEMPINSKI EMERALD Dubai, UAE THE PALM GOLDEN MILE Dubai, UAE THE ADDRESS DOWNTOWN Dubai, UAE MEYDAN HOTEL Dubai, UAE DURRAT AL BAHRAIN Bahrain, Bahrain PETRO PALACE HOTEL St. Petersburg, Russia THE ST. REGIS BALI RESORT Bali, Indonesia RITZ-CARLTON Beijing, China DEEP BLUE PLAZA Hangzhou, China INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL Shenzhen, China THE PENINSULA HONG KONG Kowloon, Hong Kong MANDARIN ORIENTAL Hainan, China FOUR SEASONS Guangzhou, China ÉLYSÉE RESIDENCES Kirra Beach, Australia 4 5 SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :29:16 Uhr

3 OCEAN ONE Building type Interior designer Building project residential Steve Leung new building Products Squaro Loop & Friends STEVE LEUNG Interior designer and architect SQUARO bath made of Quaryl SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :29:26 Uhr

4 SQUARO bath with optional whirlpool system Design, aesthetics, quality. Thanks to the use of Quaryl, when installing a whirlpool system, the jets can be fitted flush and the material also has soundproofing properties. SQUARO SUPERFLAT shower tray Perfect complement. The extremely flat shower tray merges almost invisibly with the floor. Thanks to the use of Quaryl, the surface is also non-slip. LOOP & FRIENDS undercounter washbasin Clear forms and elegant surfaces. The Loop & Friends undercounter washbasins create a pure look and are a key factor in achieving completely flat shelf space. LOOP & FRIENDS undercounter washbasin STEVE LEUNG interior designer and architect 8 9 SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :29:33 Uhr

RADISSON ROYAL HOTEL Building type hospitality Architect Arkadi Mordvinov und Wjatscheslaw Oltarschewski (1953 1957), 2000 architects & interior designers (2007 2010) Building type Height Building

5 RADISSON ROYAL HOTEL Building type hospitality Architect Arkadi Mordvinov und Wjatscheslaw Oltarschewski ( ), 2000 architects & interior designers ( ) Building type Height Building project Building owner hotel 206 m renovation Rezidor Hotel Group Completion 2010 Category 5 Star Products Amadea Evana Hommage Pavia HOMMAGE wall-mounted WC + Bidet EVANA undercounter washbasin - -, SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :29:40 Uhr

6 SAPPHIRE Building type Architect Building project residential aban o u Architecture new building Completion 2010 Number of floors 54 Products Memento Subway Loop & Friends LOOP & FRIENDS surface-mounted washbasin -, SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :29:52 Uhr

SUBWAY wall-mounted WC The international bestseller. Straight-lined design. The collection also includes bath and shower trays and can be combined with the Central Line furniture programme.

7 SUBWAY wall-mounted WC The international bestseller. Straight-lined design. The collection also includes bath and shower trays and can be combined with the Central Line furniture programme. LOOP & FRIENDS surface-mounted washbasin An entirely successful collection. Available in many forms ranging from round to rectangular and also as built-in and undercounter variants. MEMENTO wall-mounted WC Straight-lined variety. In addition to a wealth of washbasin sizes and a handwashbasin, Memento also offers the matching WC and bidet. SUBWAY wall-mounted WC LOOP & FRIENDS surface-mounted washbasin SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :30:06 Uhr

SPLENDID CONFERENCE & SPA RESORT Building type hospitality Architect Zoren Djordjevic (architect), Aleksandra Matic (interior designer) Building project new building

8 SPLENDID CONFERENCE & SPA RESORT Building type hospitality Architect Zoren Djordjevic (architect), Aleksandra Matic (interior designer) Building project new building Completion 2006 Products Subway Loop & Friends Cetus LOOP & FRIENDS undercounter washbasin SUBWAY wall-mounted WC,000, SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :30:27 Uhr

9 SUBWAY washbasin Another hit. The washbasin is available in various sizes, variants and forms and is the perfect complement to the Subway WC. Timeless design, high-quality materials and diverse possibilities add the finishing touch to the collection. LOOP & FRIENDS surface-mounted washbasin More variety for more possibilities. The successful surface-mounted washbasins are also available as semi-built-in variants and can be combined to optimum effect with the Shape furniture programme. CETUS oval bath Perfect form, impressive variety. The sweeping lines of the bath ensure maximum lying comfort. Also available as rectangular and hexagonal variants. LOOP & FRIENDS undercounter washbasin CETUS oval bath made of Quaryl SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :30:40 Uhr

10 IFEN HOTEL Building type hospitality Architect Hans Kirchhoff (1936), Prof. Hermann Kaufmann (architect), Lorenzo Bellini (interior designer) Operator Building project Travel Charme Kleinwalsertal GmbH new building Completion 2010 Products Subway La Belle Loop & Friends LOOP & FRIENDS rectangular undercounter washbasin SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd 26-27, :30:58 Uhr

LA BELLE free-standing bath Modern interpretation of the Romantic. The La Belle bath features delicate and playful lines. Available either as a free-standing or built-in variant.

11 LA BELLE free-standing bath Modern interpretation of the Romantic. The La Belle bath features delicate and playful lines. Available either as a free-standing or built-in variant. LA BELLE washbasin The perfect unity of all parts. Thanks to the consistency of its design. La Belle meets all the requirements of a designer bathroom. Both the washbasin and the WC take up the curved line of the bath. LA BELLE built-in bath made of Quaryl SUBWAY wall-mounted bidet SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :31:23 Uhr

12 HOTEL NEGRESCO Building type Architect hospitality sté A.B.R./Atelier le Transo Building owner Jeanne Augier Building project renovation Rooms 117 rooms and 23 suites predominantly with a seaview Products Subway Evana Libra Squaro EVANA undercounter washbasin SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :31:31 Uhr

LIBRA bath Comfortable use of space. Thanks to its reduced form, the compact bath unites high-quality luxury and practicality without compromising on comfort.

13 LIBRA bath Comfortable use of space. Thanks to its reduced form, the compact bath unites high-quality luxury and practicality without compromising on comfort. SQUARO corner bath The art of clear lines. The unique shape that, with its clear lines, creates a stylish design for timelessly modern bathrooms. SQUARO corner bath made of Quaryl SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :31:39 Uhr

14 LEARNING FROM NATURE. THAT S IMPORTANT TO ME. OLIVER CONRAD, DESIGNER The designer Oliver Conrad is an architect and trained carpenter. He founded his studio OC Gestaltung in 1990 and launched his first furniture collection in the same year. He has been working with Villeroy & Boch for many years, initially developing Tableware projects. Signs of Character visited the designer at his creative studio in the renovated Obermüllerhaus in Düsseldorf s Medienhafen and talked to him about his new designs for Bathrooms & Wellness, the future of the bathroom and the new My Nature product line. - OLIVER CONRAD designer and founder of OC Möbel + Objekte & OC Gestaltung Mr. Conrad, how do you see the development of the bathroom? We are following two parallel trends. On the one hand, we have the merger of the kitchen and living room as a public area and, on the other hand, the merger of the bathroom and bedroom as a private area. However, the problem is that, although the bedroom and the bathroom are moving closer together, it s actually the architecture that is holding things back. Our bathrooms are actually too small. If a bathroom is just eight or ten square metres in size, I can t transform it into a wellness oasis. The problem is often the size of the bathrooms. How large does a bathroom have to be in order to serve as a living area? Some architects used to say that we don t need more than six square metres. Today, it s quite the opposite. If you today plan 15 square metres, things start to be fun. If we are to meet today s requirements, we actually need a 20-square-metre bathroom. But reality is somewhat different. What do you think of the idea of technology in the bathroom? I think it s going to catch on big time. But, to some extent, we have too many possibilities. As a brand and as a designer, we have to be selective. For example, LED lighting: If I give you a remote control that allows you to set 4 million lighting atmospheres in your bathroom, you ll throw it aside after ten minutes. What do we actually need? A functional light that we can switch on and off. Forget the atmospheric lighting. It is up to us to offer the user the right products. Sound is also a key area and will become increasingly important. You mean sound in the sense of acoustics? Yes, acoustics. The bathroom used to be a reverberative room and we are now starting to ask ourselves what sound it can absorb and muffle; I need loose materials, textile objects or furniture that can absorb the sound. And we have to make sure that it all fits together afterwards. And we re not planning a space to put the scented candle. The bathroom used to be a purely practical room for washing and taking a bath or shower. That was it. Today, we are spending much more time in the bathroom and also pamper ourselves there. It s all about wellness today a bar of soap that doesn t do wellness isn t sold any more. Your previous designs are very abstract, reduced and cubic. Your Pure Stone line that Villeroy & Boch is currently showcasing is almost narrative or metaphorical. Are you remaining true to yourself? Not at all. And that s what s interesting. I have an innate grid in my head. And it s taken me a long time to break away from it. I ve always made very straight-lined things and then, out of nowhere, I suddenly designed a sphere and I can t even say why I did it. I just had to design something round and so that s what I did. This shift can be seen in our sketches for My Nature, too. Ceramic material gives you the geometric lines and the delicate aspect on the one hand and the rounded, sweeping quality on the other, because this is also what you find in nature. The natural doesn t always have to be curved. Have you heard of pyrite? Pyrite is a naturallyoccurring mineral. It has a completely cubic structure. You might not believe that it s natural but pyrite really is like this. Nature is both. And you can find this dualism in the ceramics and furniture of My Nature. Learning from nature is a huge area. And I believe it s an important one. So are you an advocate of the right angle and the cube? We used to talk furniture, and furniture is always made up of joined surfaces. Since we ve been making ceramics, we have had to rethink because we don t have any problems with edges anymore, rather we work with a single piece. As a product designer working with ceramics, you are, in theory, shaping a piece of clay. And that s very interesting. I simply have a piece of clay, throw it on the table and start shaping it. I knead it and don t have any problems with edges because the material is the same throughout. So I simply create the design in my head. Not on the computer, as everyone thinks. No, I sit down in the mornings and think about what I can make. I start by kneading a piece of clay in my head and then I sketch it. That s how I created Pure Stone. We couldn t build the washbasin on the computer. It had to look like a stone that has been hollowed out during the course of 4,000 million years. However, with My Nature, we wanted this delicate, thin feel SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :31:44 Uhr

15 Can you tell us something about My Nature? We ve been working on it for more than one year. First we developed these delicate, curved forms. And to realise them we wanted a material that isn t oak or walnut again. We looked for native woods renewable resources from our own land, asked what has a good sound and thought of chestnut. Everybody loves chestnut trees, even children know them because of their fruits. Light wood is becoming popular again. As designers, we also have to be one step ahead of the market. It takes at least another year before the product reaches the wholesaler. Does My Nature force an opening between the bathroom and the sleeping area? It can also be used in the classical bathroom. The Smartbench opens it up more, that s the way it was designed. However, the boundaries are becoming increasingly fluid, what is the living bathroom? The typical picture we have in our heads is looking from the bathroom through the dressing room into the bathroom. There still has to be something inbetween, people are ok with that. However, they haven t got the basic idea yet. The bed is a bit further away, because of the moisture. How close does the carpet get to the tiles? They think it can t all work, but it does work. And the products we re producing today have to be able to do everything, whether in the 10m 2 bathroom or in the living bathroom. Is the delicate aspect possible? My Nature doesn t have a rim. Yes, we wanted a very strict edge radius but feared we might have a problem with firing. We collaborate very closely with Villeroy & Boch. I simply love working with them in production and technology. That s where you appreciate just how difficult this profession is. Getting a product to look the way you want it to and also being able to is a tremendous achievement. The ceramic also shrinks a lot. Yes, the shrinkage is 30 percent. That s a huge amount. Added to this, the material is also deformed. It s really alarming. And that can t be simulated on the computer? No. Villeroy & Boch only does it out of experience. In theory, if we wanted a straight form, the washbasin would have to be curved when it is fired. That reinforces the corners. They know exactly what the mould has to be like in order to get straight edges. So back to your brainstorming. What do you do to get a flash of inspiration? You have to work on it. Nothing works without a meaningful concept. The finished product needs to tell a story. I tend to walk around with it for days and weeks asking myself what this product is all about. It gets to a point where I can almost feel it and feel what s right. Then I put it down on paper. You carry it around with you for a while and then you start to develop it. And then we build models in our workshop. It s unusual to work with models. Don t many people just work with renderings? Renderings lie. And yet, unfortunately, we still have to do them. If you were to say to me now that you need a washbasin, I d have an idea and would draw it on the serviette. And you also input your imagination. However, if I say here s the rendering of the washbasin, there s nothing there, it has no weight or life. However great renderings are, they now look like photos and yet you still realise that something is wrong with them. A dimension is missing. That s why we build 1:1 models. So you have a more holistic, artistic approach to an idea? First, there s an idea, an inspiration. And something of this initial inspiration has to remain. If I take the idea apart and find out what s important about it, in the end, this original idea, which led us to the actual form, is still there. Does the fact that such a way of working is encouraged make a difference to the quality of the collaboration with Villeroy & Boch? for Villeroy & Boch, the question was always, is that a Villeroy They have their own way of doing things. When I started working Yes. What makes Villeroy & Boch special is the tradition; the fact product? Unlike in other companies that say that s a product that Villeroy & Boch has existed for so long and the fact that they that the market wants. This is why they only work with designers know what they are doing. There are many ceramic manufacturers that also understand this Villeroy approach and the company. on the market but only a few brands. Villeroy & Boch is a brand. They stand for something. They have existed for 260 years. And Mr. Conrad, thank you for the interesting discussion. only because they have continued to develop. The exciting thing is that they manufacture in-house, that they have the knowledge inhouse and that they also have confidence in designers such as us. We believe it s important that someone can approach development with freedom and without being restrained by the question of what can actually be manufactured. This is why we also collaborate very closely with Villeroy & Boch. We then develop ideas that are not universal. The challenge is not make a washbasin! but make a washbasin for Villeroy & Boch! That s a completely different task. It s more difficult, but it also gives us a certain framework SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :31:55 Uhr

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17 GERMANY LUXEMBOURG GERMANY Your Contact: C G0 Shades and dimensions subject to the usual tolerances. We reserve the right to make technical modifications to the range and alter colours. SignsOfCharacter_RZ.indd :38:04 Uhr

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