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AXOR’s CITTERIO C collection by antonio citterio

As part of Make it Yours!, a campaign dedicated to making individual luxury a reality in the bathroom, AXOR asked renowned architect-designer Antonio Citterio to develop not one but two distinctive concepts to showcase the remarkable versatility of his latest collection, AXOR Citterio C. Minimalist in spirit, with soft contours and a sensuous form, the collection includes a range of fixtures for the wash basin, bathtub and shower, inviting the touch while intriguing the eye. 

as part of Make it Yours!, AXOR asked Antonio Citterio to develop not one but two distinctive bathroom concepts to showcase the remarkable versatility of his latest collection

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two distinct designs heighten water’s luxury in the bathroom

Over a career spanning more than five decades, Antonio Citterio took on AXOR’s ‘Make it Yours!’ campaign, aspiring to create yet another timeless collection. Titled ‘AXOR Citterio C,’ the Italian architect-designer‘s latest concepts bring individual luxury back into the bathroom. From the fixtures for the wash basin and bathtub to the shower, the two very different sets showcase and represent the company‘s versatility through soft lines and shapes. The collection is born of Citterio’s belief that the object one touches should give you an idea of the luxury that water is, so to heighten the experience, the creator developed a special, textured surface as an option for the handles of the collection. 

‘When I think of a product such as this, a space immediately comes to mind. I always imagine the product in a movie set, an ambiance where people interact with the product and the space,’ says Antonio Citterio. 

minimalist in spirit, with soft contours and a sensuous form, the new collection invites the touch while intriguing the eye from every angle

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nature bound vacation home 

Citterio refers to both of his bathroom concepts as ‘light boxes,’ but despite their careful attention to the play of light, their overall spaciousness and their elegant refinement, the similarities between the two concepts ends there. Each evokes its own, unique vision of personal luxury. For ‘Nature Bound Vacation Home’ for instance, the designer imagined a Scandinavian beach house—a vacation home designed for a young and active family, unconstrained by budget. Natural light is scarce and precious in this Northern setting and must be enjoyed at every opportunity. For this reason, he has oriented the spacious bathroom to the east and, instead of an external wall, has given the entire length of the bathroom over to a single sheet of glass.

to heighten the water experience, Citterio developed a special, textured surface as an option for the handles of the collection

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Designed for a northern clime, the bathroom features bright materials such as travertine, light cement and pale birch wood (which lines the ceiling and is used for the floor-to-ceiling mechanical brise-soleil) to underline what Citterio calls ‘the theme of welcoming natural light.’ While birch is common to this part of Europe, the travertine—a porous, cream-colored limestone—is more commonly associated with the architect and designer’s native, warmer Italy. 

One of the distinctive features of the concept is the freestanding travertine structure combining wash basin table and bathtub. ‘The idea is to have a completely free wall. Normally, you have the water pipes in the wall. But here, we built the washbasin and bathtub into the middle of the room, so the pipes are coming from the floor. And then we have the all-glass wall—it’s completely transparent, with nothing to obstruct the view,’ adds Citterio.