Overview
Kohler’s Perspective of the Year provides a design-centered framework for emerging ideas in the global marketplace. Through the Perspective of the Year, we seek to initiate a conversation about the relationship of architecture and design to developments within art, fashion, entertainment, business, lifestyles and other cultural touchstones.
Dimensions of Wellbeing Defined
Dimensions of Wellbeing speaks to the connection between physical spaces and personal wellbeing—how we interact with a space and how it responds to our needs—with an emphasis on our personal habits and hygiene and their role in our mental, physical and spiritual health.
Cleanliness and hygiene have been core values at Kohler for more than 145 years, and we support environments that unite form with function to recognize these basic but crucial needs. By designing spaces that meet our need for hygiene, architects and designers have the power to contribute to wellbeing on personal, social and environmental scales.
Designing Wellbeing
Dimensions of Wellbeing seeks to challenge and inspire architects and designers to think differently about their spaces and how they relate to their occupants’ needs for wellbeing, cleanliness and hygiene.
From the luxurious comfort of a smart toilet to the effortless simplicity of a touchless faucet, bathrooms and kitchens are two of the most important spaces for cleanliness, and Kohler provides the products and technologies that bring new possibilities to familiar spaces.
Dimensions of Wellbeing seeks to empower architects and designers to create spaces with personalized technologies, intuitive experiences and responsive environments that seamlessly unify stunning design with thoughtful functionality.
The bathroom is actually the hub for wellbeing. It's where you take care of yourself. Sometimes it's the only space in which you have privacy and you're able to disconnect. So we see the bathroom evolving. It's not just a task-oriented space, it's a living space.
_____Erin Lilly, Decorative Design Studio Manager, Kohler Co.
Featured Products
Stillness™ Infinity Bath
Featured at Salone del Mobile, the Stillness Infinity freestanding bath brings together water, light, fog, and aromas to create an immersive journey of the senses designed to relax the mind, soothe the body, and renew the spirit.
Smart Toilets
With hands-free opening, closing and flushing, smart toilets provide an elevated sense of hygiene and personalized control, revealing the possibility of finding wellbeing in unexpected places. With their integrated technology, intuitive interfaces and water-saving designs, smart toilets create a sense of calm and order while contributing to environmental and personal wellbeing.
The Evolution of Showering
Within the thoughtfully crafted forms of the Statement™ showering collection are easily selected signature spray experiences. These sprays create wholly immersive environments for drenching the body and relaxing the mind to foster a sense of wellbeing.
Matte Black
With its calm and reassuring presence, Matte Black punctuates a space, creating purposeful emphasis and a comforting sense of structure. The soft surface humanizes a space, pairing well with diverse material sets and colors ranging from neutral to bold. Like all other KOHLER finishes, Matte Black is exceptionally durable and corrosion-resistant.
Architects and designers have the ability to combine essential functionality and hygiene with uncompromising aesthetics to truly harness the full potential of a space.
_____Lun Cheak Tan, VP Industrial Design, Kohler Kitchen & Bath Group
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