Simple, with a depth of accessories and blending in with the Mediterranean environment, both fit in with the reformulated world of the bathroom, where the important thing is to have and control your own time.
«The challenge was to naturalise the product without renouncing the Mediterranean, introducing materials such as fabric and wood. We dive into classic Japanese bathrooms, tea ceremonies, car interiors, looking for nice, pleasant shapes...» (Jorge Herrera)
Calma and Tempo are born hand in hand. Conceived under the same creative process, that of designer Jorge Herrera, and the same Mediterranean halo, these two signature bathtubs that make up the new Sanycces collection nevertheless look towards different destinations. That of functionality guides Tempo, with a geometry that, without reaching the point of transgression, does border on the differential. Meanwhile, purity with a touch of Zen prevails in the case of Calma, with its idiosyncratic concave and totally enveloping shape.
Calma and Tempo fit in with the new meaning that bathtubs are acquiring in today's world. In this slow movement, of using them for those places where you want to have and control your own time. Along with this premise, the triple starting point for this first collaboration between Sanycces and Jorge Herrera was clear. A simple product, with depth of accessories and blending in with the environment. These were the only guidelines given by the firm to the Valencia-based designer from the Canary Islands to start creating. From there, Herrera began to build, polishing the concept of the Mediterranean inherent to Sanycces, until he bifurcated his original idea and arrived at these two models of bathtub with which the company based in Burriana (Castellón), makes a qualitative leap in the design aspect and reformulates the way of seeing, and living, the world of the bathroom.
The process has been cooperative. A combination of freedom, trust and connection; in which the sensation, says Herrera, of being in the same boat has prevailed. The challenge was to naturalise the product without renouncing the Mediterranean, introducing materials such as fabric and wood. We dive into classic Japanese bathrooms, tea ceremonies, car interiors, looking for nice, pleasant shapes...
With all these different worlds, ideas and sketches began to emerge. From there we sifted through them and saw that there were two paths to define, which ended up being Calma and Tempo. These are the signature bathtubs of the new Sanycces collection under the Jorge Herrera label, with which the firm reaches the design elite.
Tempo: a rope to catch time
Tempo is a bathtub with a difference. There is nothing like it on the market. It does not transgress, but transits and cohesively. With Mediterranean nature. With time. The incorporation of the textile, through an enveloping rope that you can touch while you bathe, is the mooring to this natural and temporary dimension on which Tempo pivots, characterised by its personalised range of colours. It is precisely the rope, a transitional element at the service of design, that contributes to this opening up of tonalities. Splits. It covers. It facilitates the jump from one side of the bathtub to the other and this multiplies the possibilities in terms of colour, as the product can be lacquered differently on either side of this textile axis.
Externally, it shapes a balance of proportions, shapes and shades. Tempo geometry was born to solve a functional need. Aesthetic, yes, but functional, Herrera explains. Without a plinth, it incorporates in its place a small rounding so that the encounter with the floor is softer, lighter.
It shares with its other half, Calma, the range of bath trays, a priority element for the designer. Either in a shelf format installed at the foot or in a satellite shape (smaller and rounded), each tray is engraved with a phrase that evokes one of the Mediterranean winds that give them their name.
Calma: the space between one moment and the next
"Calma conveys calm" says Herrera. It's as simple as that. It is defined by its clean, light lines. That purity that connects with the user and dialogues. And also the fact that it challenges time. It is a bathtub that will be timeless, says its author.
Because of its enveloping and concave shape, reminiscent of a container, a bowl, it is a bath more conceived for rest, for tucking in, even for being with a partner in its larger version. Calm is lightness: that which is achieved with the support, raising it on characteristic legs that reinforce the sensation that the bathtub floats, seeking that sensation of the erosion of time.
Externally, it transports us to a calmer, more zen and restful world. Its recessed shape reminds me of a cup, an everyday element, a very mentally recognisable visual shape, but shifted to a different scale or context, which is the bathroom says the designer.
Calma also features an exclusive tray that rests on one of the bathtub sections, creating a supportive space that helps to explore a wellness dimension of bath time.
