Monobloc washbasins take their origin from airports, hotels, restaurant lavatories. Fast, durable, easily cleaned. For this reason they were long thought “cold” for the home — industrial.
To reverse this legacy, Graffe approached the monobloc washbasin with a different eye in collections such as Prisma, Aurora, Orbis and Luna. Softened edges, semi-matte finishes, PVD gold and black coatings over stainless steel bodies — carrying the character of the industrial form into the home while changing its language.
A single piece, less dirt
The most practical advantage of the monobloc was already implied in its origin: with no silicone, weld line or join, water has nowhere to hide. A single-piece casting, a single-piece cleaning. You live with the same surface for the lifetime of the washbasin.
Aurora’s soft egg-like form, Prisma’s geometric rectangle, Orbis’s orbit-like circle — all three share the same single-piece discipline yet speak in different languages. Choosing one is choosing which tone will preside in the bathroom.
In design terms: a monobloc washbasin is not an object, but a decision. In its irrevocable state, it fixes the temporal centre of the bathroom.
