Facebook Tweet Help Stories Bathroom New Zealand TIDA Bathrooms Black bathroom features sculptural sink and magazine stand Share Tweet Help This bathroom reads more like a sculpture gallery than a place to freshen up – moody surfaces and an off-the-wall vanity sink lead the design charge For this bathroom by designer Celia Visser, the sculptural white vanity basin is matched with a black sculptural magazine holder. Most accessories and hardware are black, as are the large-format floor and wall tiles. For many homeowners, artistic form should be celebrated at every given opportunity. So if you care deeply about design, why not bring the visual pleasure of playful lines and dramatic surfaces into your more private spaces?This eye-catching, atmospheric bathroom is one of five bathing spaces that designer Celia Visser was engaged to create in the one home.“Its main function is to act as a powder room for guests who visit the home, and to serve as a handy shower/changing room for the outdoor pool area. The owners’ brief was for a simple, yet dramatic space that fitted in well with the contemporary architecture of the residence.” Used predominantly as a powder room and a changing room for the home’s pool, this bathroom places emphasis on visual impact over space-hogging functionality. The centrepiece for the design of the modest-sized room is a beautiful, organic basin, chosen for its arresting shape, and enhanced by a large theatrical oversized mirror that not only reflects light, but also makes the room feel larger.“One of the biggest challenges faced on this design was fitting all three main elements – the feature basin, shower and toilet – into what was an odd-shaped room with two entrances. Accordingly, the shower is positioned next to the door out to the pool, and the toilet next to the internal door to the main living areas.”As this room was to be used as a through space, storage was not high on the list of requirements, but drama was. The designer and the owners felt that freestanding cabinetry would have detracted from the feature basin, and so was not required or appropriate here. And for the same reason, the bathroom walls have been given a clean look, with touches like the heated towel rail recessed back into the wall of the toilet cubicle.Contributing greatly to the room’s stand-out presence is its colour. The scheme is mainly in black, with the large floor and wall tiles, taps, toilet and accessories all in this moody tone.Completing the design picture, a curvaceous porcelain freestanding sculpture provides space for an extra towel or for holding magazines, and is a perfect accompaniment to the fluid lines of the white statement vanity sink. Credit list Designer Celia Visser, Celia Visser Design Tapware and shower fittings Waterware in Carbon Black Toilet Zero 550 Black by Catalano, from Plumbline Wall and floor coverings Loft tiles in Black, 600x 600mm Awards Trends International Design Awards (TIDA)Bathrooms – Runner Up Vanity sink Falper Wing wall basin, from Plumbline Shower stall Glass from Image Centre Accessories Heirloom Studio Noir Lighting LED Story by: Charles Moxham Photography by: Kallan MacLeod 06 Apr, 2019 Bathroom New Zealand TIDA Bathrooms Trendsideas Home kitchen bathroom commercial design Latest Post Memories of the Alhambra 17 Nov, 2024 Who won? – 2024 TIDA Homes awards results announced 17 Nov, 2024 Stone, wood and metal 17 Nov, 2024 We know the Specialists Related Book More Books > Home Trends Vol. 35/2 One of the best ways for you to start creating the bathroom – home or kitchen – you've always wanted is to look through ... Read More Similar Stories