SPECIAL EDITIONS
SPECIAL EDITIONS
Kohler Artist Editions by Nahú, Wang, Elle and Kumari
FEARLESS FEMALE CREATORS SHAPE ART FOR THE HOME
T E X T PAUL HAGEN
M ilan Design Week annually hosts impressive installations by the globe’s leading design voices. In 2023, Kohler made a splash with a display showcasing exciting female artists from around the world. As part of an instal- lation called The Creator’s Journey, four artists ac- cepted the challenge to transform three of Kohler’s current offerings. Among them were the future-is- now Numi 2.0 Smart Toilet, the versatile Brazn sink, and the statuesque Brazn freestanding tub. Each woman crafted a design that complemented the Kohler pieces while also reflecting their own aes- thetic visions and places or origin.
Born in Brazil, Ananda Nahú brought the ener- gy of that country’s iconic Ipanema Beach to her work. Flora Tropical ’s design—cascading waves and blooming flowers against a gradient of saturated colors—is exciting and visually dense. Ziling Wang employs imagery and brush strokes commonly associated with historic work from her native China in A World on Strings . “With this collec- tion, I am creating a mythological atmosphere across the beautiful and diverse Kohler product forms as a three-dimensional canvas,” she says. “It is now func- tional art all through the home.” In the tradition of artists from Adele to Zendaya, Elle only goes by one name. Her Artist Edition piece
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