Italian company Il Coccio Design has produced a collection of nine white ceramic humidifiers by designers including Patricia Urquiola, Fernando Brizio and Alfredo Häberli, which sit on, hang from or can be wedged behind radiators.
Called Il Coccio Design Edition, the collection includes the re-launch of Achille Castiglioni’s 1998 design, Fischietto humidifier, alongside eight new ceramic objects by eight different designers.
The project was directed by designer Giulio Iacchetti.
The Il COCCIO Design Edition is a collection of ceramic objects designed as real pieces of furniture with the function of humidifiers. Born as an idea of Fulvio Martini, who took over as the new owner of this famous brand in 2007, already a world leader in the humidifier market during the 1980s and 1990s, this collection has returned today to be representative of quality of a simple and useful product. Humidifier becomes a fashionable furnishing complement to match today’s contemporary lifestyle, with a new approach to the importance of health and environment.
Consequently, this has highlighted the need to redesign the humidifier, without neglecting to maintain its primary function, and to improve the quality of air in closed environments by supplying just the right level of humidity. This is a process, which provides personal well-being by preserving the ambient; the humidity is in fact obtained through the natural evaporation of water, which occurs when the humidifier is placed near the heat emanated by the radiators once they have been switched on. Coordinated by Giulio Iacchetti, the 2010 Design Edition will see the launching of the new edition of the famous Fischietto humidifier, designed by Achille Castiglioni in 1998 for IL COCCIO, together with eight new ceramic objects, projected along the lines of formal cleanliness, by other, equally well-known designers from the international scene: Fernando Brìzio, Marco Ferreri, Monica Förster, Alfredo Häberli, Giulio Iacchetti, Alberto Meda, Denis Santachiara, Patricia Urquiola.
The Il Coccio Design Edition, ceramic humidifiers. The project was directed by designer Giulio Iacchetti.
The Il Coccio Design Edition, ceramic humidifiers. The project was directed by designer Giulio Iacchetti.
Patricia Urquiola, Travetta, for The Il Coccio Design Edition
Denis Santachiara, Zeppa, for The Il Coccio Design Edition
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