Designed by Paolo Ulian, this stunning basin is Intreccio by antoniolupi as seen at this year’s ISH in Frankfurt. Described as a basket for water made of natural light marble, the basin has the shape of a wicker basket or a flower with a ringed corolla. Its construction allows for light to stream unexpectedly through openings which gives the marble structure an unexpected lightness.
Intreccio by antoniolupi is a sophisticated freestanding washbasin which is the result of a collaboration undertaken by antoniolupi and Paolo Ulian to investigate the relationship between the stunning ancient material of marble and new processing techniques.
The washbasin’s dynamic form is thanks to the geometry of the concentric layers that are staggered when they are overlapped. Growing in size as they ascend, the individual pieces create a play on light and dark, full and empty, which is obtained by the variation of light on the concave or convex shapes.
Created from a single block of marble where the cuts have been optimised to generate all the parts necessary to craft the three-dimensional volume. Thanks to new technologies in numerical control machining technologies, antoniolupi has been able to obtain curvilinear, thin shapes that belie the fact they are pieces of marble.
Part of the methodology behind the design was the investigation of how to save resources and materials. For Intreccio, antoniolupi has taken a single block of marble, divided into four, from which four washbasins are made. The rings that make up Intreccio are concentric because they are cut one inside the other from the block of marble. This drastically reduces the waste produced by the cut.
A selection of antoniolupi products are available in Australia via Minosa.
For more information visit minosa.com.au or antoniolupi.it
