Immersion

For Milan Design Week 2017, the concept store in via Statuto 12 becomes a showcase to discover the new products by Agape. A new addition for this year comes from Chinese duo Neri&hu, with their first design piece for the bathroom environment.

The Immersion tub is a freestanding bathtub that recalls the eastern bathing tradition, very compact in its length and high, for optimal soaking. It was conceived both for sitting in water and for laying down: this is made possible by a simple modular system, where an iroko removable wooden sitting is laid over the bathtub’s recesses. This simple operation is achieved through metal weights that prevent the wood from floating.

When asked where the idea came from, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu explained that the reduction of space in Chinese cities doesn’t allow for proper comfortable bathtubs anymore, therefore people are giving up this important relaxation and meditation moment. “It took us three and a half years to complete this project: it allowed us to carefully go through the process, since we could never find that one perfect piece for the ‘urban global condition’. Something small but with the luxury feel of a big tub that doesn’t compromise the space”, they explain.

Immersion
Design: Neri&Hu
Production: Agape
Year: 2017

4 – 9 April 2017
Agape Home
via Statuto 12, Milan