HYPER VISUAL SAMUEL ROSS SHAPES WATER
This installation showcasing Kohler Formation is appropriately dominated by the line’s signature, saturated Haptic Orange.
Samuel Ross discusses the collaboration between SR_A and Kohler .
S amuel Ross is a British Fashion Awards, and his work is at home in world-class collections like those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum. Ross is also the founder of SR_A, a company meant to explore what it calls “artisan-driven, industrial beauti- fication of precious garments, objects and space.” Ross has helped innovate wearable objects with LVMH, Nike, and Apple. And now he has brought that energy to Kohler. The first fruit of SR_A x Kohler artist and designer known for his exquisite taste. He has received accolades, including three British T E X T STEWART KELLER
collab was the Formation 01 Faucet. The fixture was immediately identi- fiable by its unexpected angles and bold Haptic Orange color. It seems to loudly insist that it be appreciated for its form as much as its function. The Formation 01 is cast as one singular, sculptural object, rather than through a more traditional plating process. And it is crafted from Neolast, a new material exclusive to Kohler that allows dramatic expressions of form, shape, and color. When it debuted, the faucet was hailed as a remarkable meeting of the innovative spirit of Ross and company and Kohler’s 150- year legacy of craftsmanship. Next came the Formation 02, a
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