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TONO, the Unique Bathroom Collection for the 21st Century: Interview with Foster+Partners



When an internationally renowned architecture and design practice collaborates with a globally respected ceramic and bathroom manufacturer to create a new bathroom range, you can be sure of a striking result. And so, when London-based Foster + Partners joined forces with the Castellón-based Porcelanosa Grupo, a new vision in bathroom design and development was born.Together, Foster + Partners and Porcelanosa created the TONO collection, a truly remarkable, innovative and discerning set of bathroom components. In TONO ? a collection made up of TONO Elements and TONO One ? we find a clearly expressed design language, integrating minimalism, utility, sustainability and craft. TONO?s designers have produced a bathroom for the 21st century, attaching great importance to water usage and efficiency, as well as intuitive and harmonious design: by concentrating on essential design aspects, all superfluous details were eliminated in order to promote sustainability. For example, the 2.3 litre capacity TONO sink reduces water wastage by providing just the right amount of water.TONO Elements and TONO One are suited to a range of residential and commercial interiors. Where TONO One unifies the component parts of a bathroom in three pre-fabricated units (a shower, sink and WC ), TONO Elements offers considerable choice, flexibility and endless combinations. With over one hundred products, ?Elements? comprises a range of sinks, baths, WCs, brassware and furniture, available in a variety ...
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