Seeing solid surface in a new light
In the last 11 months I've been fortunate to attend nearly 20 trade venues in six countries and in each of those venues I've seen such things that I thought my eyes were deceiving me half the time. Due to my experiences in Europe in particular, I've come to see solid surface in a whole new way. This post is illustrated with sinks and vanities designed by Marike Andeweg and her Netherlands-based studio, Not Only White . Not Only White's work is a great example of using solid surface in a new, and stunning way.
Throughout my layout career, I'd been conditioned to turn up my nose at stable floor on every occasion and wherever I noticed it. I'm antique enough to bear in mind when Corian hit the marketplace and I nevertheless recoil at the notion of coral-colored Corian with white swirls.
When I began designing kitchens, the flow to granite counters become just getting underway and each person who turned into designing then driven stone over strong surface in our quests to deliver high-stop designs. My strong floor sample containers sat unloved and unused for years.
My bias towards strong surface regarded hard-stressed.
But a funny thing happened as I changed into taking walks round at IMM in Cologne closing January. There changed into stable floor everywhere. There have been counters of route, but also furniture, sinks, vanities and extra accessories than I should depend.
A couple of weeks later in Spain I saw solid surface toilets and bathtubs. The stuff was all over Europe it seemed. I saw Not Only White's brilliant sinks and vanities at 100% Design in London's Earl's Court in September. I was in London as part of the inaugural Blog Tour and by then my knee-jerk, bad reaction to solid surface was but a memory and I could appreciate the beauty of Not Only White's products.
And they are lovely. They use stable surface in a manner that makes jaded design humans like me prevent and suppose, "Oooooh, what's that?" I love the idea that their hand washing sinks are so small, that their vanity sinks are so shallow and use exciting drains and I love the simplicity of all of it.
To see the rest of Not Only White's collections, check out their website and give some thought to what's possible with solid surface.