Cielo’s high quality and excellent design have earned it a new prestigious award;
its urinals designed by 5.5 Designers have won the “Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014”.
Cielo is a top-quality manufacturer of Italian ceramic products, presenting design collections for contemporary bathrooms designed by prestigious international designers. Cielo has won its third Red Dot Award for Slot, Ball and Mini Ball, a new generation of urinals, long on personality, designed by 5.5 Designers.
Pictured, Ball suspended urinal from Cielo, designed by 55 Designers in Sandstone finish from the exclusive Terre di Cielo color and material line inspired by the colors of the earth, plants and minerals. Dimensions 54 x 32 x 59h cm;
Cielo also won a Red Dot award in 2012 for its Le Giare freestanding washbasin and suspended bathroom fixtures. Established in 1955, the Red Dot Award is one of the most important international awards in design. This highly prestigious accolade given to Cielo recognizes its design culture, which is based on bringing back Italian manufacturing tradition in combination with state-of-the-art technology to create exclusive collections that embody the uniqueness of handmade products.
Pictured, Slot floor-mounted urinal from Cielo, designed by 5.5 Designers in a glossy white finish; dimensions: 30 x 23 x 147h cm.
The award’s jury included 40 expert representatives of international design who admired the originality of the Cielo’s iconic urinals, which were among the more than 4,815 submissions from 1,816 companies and designers from over 50 countries. The awards ceremony will take place on July 7, 2014 at the Aalto Theater in Essen, Germany, the award’s native country, with major representatives of the world of design, industry and media in attendance. Over 1,200 guests are expected from around the world. The space also includes the Red Dot museum, in which a permanent exhibition of the winning designs will be installed. The designs will also be published and described in the Red Dot Yearbook 2014/2015 and on the website www.red-dot.org/pd.
Pictured, Ball suspended urinal from Cielo, designed by 5.5 Designers in a Cocoa finish from the exclusive Terre di Cielo color and material line inspired by the colors of the earth, plants and minerals. Dimensions 54 x 32 x 59h cm;
Slot, Ball and Mini Ball are versatile design products based on pure geometric forms. They match French creativity with high quality Italian handmade style in a new creative approach for residential and contract bathroom furnishings.
The team of young designers, clear stars of the international designs scene, worked with Cielo for the second time. They took a fresh approach to an everyday object, creating three versions that stand out for their unexpected styles.
– Slot, in a floor-mounted version, is a monolithic block, like a sculptural totem carved by a deep curved slot. Dimensions: 30 x 23 x 147h cm;
– Ball, in a suspended version, is like a witty sculpture with its generous, soft, pure shape based on the geometry of a circle. Dimensions 54 x 32 x 59h cm;
– Mini Ball, also in a suspended version, has the same form as Ball, but in smaller dimensions: 47 x 24 x 50h cm.
Pictured, Ball suspended urinals from Cielo, designed by 5.5 Designers in Sandstone finish from the exclusive Terre di Cielo color and material line inspired by the colors of the earth, plants and minerals. Dimensions: 54 x 32 x 59 h cm.
The tongue-in-cheek, extroverted style of 5.5 designers served as an excellent counterpoint to the classic form of urinals. They also gave a great deal of attention to comfort as well as optimal practicality and ease of mounting and cleaning. The urinals also are another example of Cielo’s commitment to protecting the environment, designed to save considerable water when used.
They are made in the finest Italian ceramic material and come in glossy white, glossy black, stone, charcoal and color finishes. The color finish are from the Terre di Cielo range inspired by natural elements. Cielo’s meticulous efforts gave fresh interpretations to all its ceramic design products through 12 colors and original textures inspired by nature, including Basalt, Frost, Pumice, Talcum, Cacao, Tobacco, Sandstone, Tuff, Moss, Sage, Agave and Silt. These exclusive finishes bespeak Cielo’s strategy based on manufacturing excellence and the value of handmade style in Italy as well as specific features of Italian ceramic manufacturing, which has long been part of the Civita Castellana district where Cielo is located in Fabrica di Roma.
Pictured, left, Mini Ball suspended urinal from Cielo in glossy white finish; dimensions: 47 x 24 x 50h cm; right, Ball suspended urinal in a glossy white finish; dimensions: 54 x 32 x 59h cm. Both were designed by 5.5 Designers.
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