08.02.2024 | Good Design Award for the Qatego range, design by Studio F. A. Porsche for Duravit

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The program favors natural materials with tactile surfaces. (Image source: Duravit AG)

Studio F. A. Porsche designed the Qatego bathroom range for Duravit, with clear, pared-down elements that simultaneously exude naturalness.

The Chicago Athenaeum was so impressed with the outstanding design that it bestowed the GOOD DESIGN® Award, one of the oldest and globally renowned awards, upon it in the category “Bathroom and Accessories”. The GOOD DESIGN® award is testament that the selected products meet the most exacting international standards in design excellence. And there is more: the Duravit Qatego collection was published in the 2023-2024 GOOD DESIGN yearbook.


Harmonious bathroom ranges with references to nature

The minimalistic and timeless design language of Qatego is all about slowing things down. The range also favors natural materials with tactile surfaces: wood, ceramic, and natural stone come together to create a harmonious bathroom design for an unmistakable homely atmosphere with skillfully accentuated niches. The designers see the washbasins and furniture as unity of design and functionality. “With Qatego we took our lead from people’s requirements in the familiar and intimate surroundings of the bathroom. That’s why it was important for us to lend the objects a strong emotional quality that goes beyond mere functionality,” said Henning Rieseler, Design Director at Studio F. A. Porsche describing the creative process. The rounded form of the sanitary objects is striking against the linear and minimalistic design of the cabinets. The designers referenced archetypes in their creative process: “As a material, ceramic tends to have softer forms due to the working and the firing processes, while our perception of furniture is generally box-like,” said the design studio.

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