Helm, signed by Lopez Quincoces, could be called an “absolute”, iconic object that takes the classic archetype of the tap with cross handles and turns it into cylindrical volumes that have been deconstructed then reconstructed, with carefully-designed proportions.
“I start from complex ideas – explained the designer – to then get to a synthesis and find a style that will most effectively stand the test of time and circumvent trends”.
Helm is the first line of steel taps launched by Zucchetti, both in single-lever and three hole versions. The design has been enriched by the introduction of colours, textures, vertical ridges and knurling to expand and diversify the aesthetics of the product, making it simultaneously exquisite and highly-performing, brutalist and ultra-chic.
Helm began from pure geometric shapes, combining them to create a versatile line with broad appeal that is particularly wellsuited to the world of architecture. It provides different solutions to market demands, in all types of spaces: from commercial to hotel/contract and private homes.
Medameda, designed by Alberto and Francesco Meda, is reassuring and composed: ‘We try to come up with objects with simple, unified style; objects that aren’t too loud’, stated the designers. ‘We avoid formal extravagance in favour of special attention to effective relationships between the different components of the items and then between the items and those who use them’.
This has given rise to an object with organic, flowing lines, never over designed, a piece that owes its universal appeal also to the interaction between the two generations of designers, father and son, that created it.
Zucchetti on ARCHIPRODUCTS
Zucchetti on ARCHIPRODUCTS
