Introducing Step-by-Step and Trame from the Element collection by Tubes, where radiators and heated towel rails are conceived as an element of the architectural structure, endowed with a strong personality and furnishing capacity.
Step-by-Step
Design: Alberto Meda, 2018
“I like essential objects with a hidden complexity. Step-by-Step looks like a single surface, but it actually consists of modules with elliptical ribs that guarantee energy efficiency with minimal overall dimensions.” Alberto Meda
The concept of Step-by-Step starts from a solid element in aluminium with a surface made of pleated elliptical modules, tilting towards the left or the right. Depending on their layout and on the observer’s perspective, charming games of light can be created, as well as visual effects that cause completely different emotions: from a slight sense of motion to a monumental architectural feature.
Modularity makes Step-by-Step suitable for the most diverse design requirements. The basic module can be installed individually or placed beside another module, thereby creating four configurations: one or two modules tilting towards the right, one or two modules tilting towards the left. If multiplied by the different heights available, these make possible twenty different combinations. Step-by-Step is therefore ideal for both large spaces, in which users want to introduce a significant decorative presence, and for smaller settings, where the compact overall dimensions (the radiator protrudes just 7.8 cm from the wall) saves space indoors.
Step-by-Step is available in hydraulic, electric and mixed versions. The radiator heats up in two different ways: via radiation and through natural convection, thanks to the hot air that goes from the bottom upwards. Step-by-Step can be accessorised with a towel rail or a hook, making it suitable for use in the bathroom.
Step-by-Step received the Designplus powered by ISH 2019, the German Design Award 2020 as Winner of the Category Excellent Product Design – Bath and Wellness, both organised by the German Design Council, the iF Design Award 2020 in the category Building Technology and the Red Dot Design Award 2021 Best of the Best.
Trame
Design: Stefano Giovannoni, 2012
“The heating element reinterprets the classic model, providing an object that is half-way between a contemporary artwork and a piece of fine craftsmanship. The end result is a game of blocks and voids, which clads the heating element and enhances the reflective properties of metal.” Stefano Giovannoni
A three-dimensional design that clads the walls with curved, warm and welcoming Surfaces, in Trame the classic tubular steel elements become soft, coloured threads which pursue one another amid warp and weft, weaving a proper fabric of heat. Trame is the result of experimentation and research, marked by technological and shape-related innovation. Behind an apparently simple and immediate result, which stands out for its linearity and pure styling, lies a great complexity of design.
Trame is made with low carbon content steel, a material that is ideal for creating the curved shapes that distinguish it. Giovannoni skilfully combines the solidity of steel with the lightness of the shapes in a heating element with a strong architectural value. In fact, depending on the version in which it is used, with horizontal or vertical patterns, its tubes either slim or thicker (available in the three versions Trame 14, Trame 20 and Trame 28), Trame creates different effects on the wall it adorns, almost as if it were a tapestry or a carpet, a work of art that recalls craftsmanship, in addition to heating the surrounding setting.
In accordance with the standard EN 442, Trame has been trialled at the Polytechnic of Milan laboratories which have verified the heat output and its compliance in terms of quality with the highest European standards.
Available in Australia through Oblica, visit oblica.com.au/
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